Subject Areas.: Halloween Special

On the occasion of Halloween, the city of Milan takes on a thousand different facets, thanks to the special atmosphere during this day. Legends and ghost stories, both fascinating and tremendous, come to life in the streets of the city, which are populated in turn with mysterious creatures, bizarre decorations and scary masks! This holiday originated from Celtic tradition in the last century and took on a distinctly macabre, and deliberately commercial character, especially in the United States, but it soon spread to us as well… falling just before the days that our tradition dedicates to the commemoration of the dead. Therefore, there is no better occasion to meet in our city as well and rediscover its horror stories, visiting the most… “scary,” underground, dark and mysterious places! In Milan, the voices of ghosts and souls that do not give themselves peace echo among the walls of the ancient Castello Sforzesco and the trees of Parco Sempione, home to ghosts that have been wandering here in pain for hundreds of years now… by lantern light we may be able to unearth them! And how can we not also feel the presence of the dead in the avenues of the Monumental Cemetery, which, among majestic sepulchres and austere tombs, is the ideal place to experience Halloween in Milan under the banner of art and history. Amidst the first mists and the colors of autumn, let’s go in search of the scariest stories hidden in the center of Milan, where the symbols and places of Milanese tradition and legends are still to be found, which, between truth and fiction, bring the macabre sense of horror to the city. Keeping us company, however, will be the delicious taste of an autumn treat that, while belonging to the Lombard tradition, well interprets the macabre mood of Halloween… For the bravest, it is impossible not to venture among the skeletons of the sanctuary of San Bernardino alle Ossa, the starting point for an unforgettable ghost tour of the city.