The afternoon was long, intense and still echoes the words heard in so many dialects while, little by little, we restore calm here at the Museum.
There is a positive feeling that remains with us and we have not yet rationalized it. It's a concentration of tight hands, photos taken, stories collected and words of gratitude. One thing is certain, we would like so much that those who think that our country is a country to be abandoned, to let it drift adrift without even trying a stroke of oars to put it back on the right course would come here, maybe on a Sunday afternoon like the one just ended.
But such a beautiful and complex story deserved the participation of the many protagonists who actively (and humanly) collaborated in the design. From Enrico Fumia, who was responsible for the design of the car, to Pasquale Oliveri who told a page of Italian ignorance of an era when Alfa Romeo could take the chair and give lessons to the world. Speaking of 164 could not miss the presence of Giorgio Langella "the one who brought Alfa to Santa Claus" testing the prototype in the most extreme conditions, whizzing through the icy roads of Sweden and Finland to go even beyond the Russian border. The story was completed by Elvira Ruocco, the "Lady in red Alfa" who, thanks to her twenty years of experience at the Arese documentation centre, preserves and passes on an infinite amount of Alfa knowledge, from the smallest events to great memories.
In the audience, Donatella and Gabriella Chirico, daughters of Domenico Chirico and Federico Moroni, son of Guido Moroni, Arcangelo Jeker nephew of Giuseppe Luraghi (editor's note: he worked at the Style Centre of Arese with Walter De Silva), both remembered with anecdotes that gave back to the many present the human dimension, besides the legendary one of Uomini Alfa.
And the "magic" will be renewed next March 8th with an event that fills us with pride. The Museum has been included in the City 2020 Museum initiative , promoted by the City of Milan and carried out in collaboration with the City Museum Association.
An itinerary that aims to enhance the history and beauty of the museums of the Milanese metropolitan city that, in this edition, will touch on a theme that is particularly dear to us: "Women protagonists in different fields of art. From female figures portrayed over the centuries to women artists, as well as women active in the promotion of art and in leading positions in museums and art facilities in general"..
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