The Palazzo Citterio has opened in Milan | EUROtoday

The nationwide anthem is sung at ceremonial openings in Italy. Always initially and never on the finish of the ceremony. At the opening of the Palazzo Citterio in Milan, this order was by accident turned the wrong way up within the unrest of December seventh. The sign to rise for the anthem got here on the finish, which, as one of many notable visitors privately remarked, was about as exceptional as if the Canadian anthem had been intoned initially as an alternative of the Italian one. However, this didn’t detract from the solemnity of the second. It occurred in opposition to a formidable backdrop, in entrance of the monumental portray “Fiumana” (1895–1896) by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo. It reveals a protest march of employees and farmers over a size of an excellent 4 meters. They have marched off, the bread is just too costly, and now the stream of individuals is getting nearer and nearer, the chief within the foreground has nearly reached the sting of the image. He seems calm, holding his jacket over his shoulder together with his proper hand. The left one is within the trouser pocket. His face is within the shadow of his hat, however if you stand in entrance of the portray he appears straight at you.