MERINI ALDA: GREMI CATHEDRAL FOR FUNERAL OF STATE Poetess NAVIGLI
(AGI) - Milan, Nov. 4 - The Cathedral and crowded a cascade of applause that accompanied the coffin outside the cathedral.
Milan greeted so '' his' poet, Merini Alda, who died on November 1. A bond, that between the artist and his city ', as established by decision of the mayor Letizia Moratti Tribute to bid farewell to the' poet of the Navigli 'with a state funeral. A bond confirmed by Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla, Episcopal Vicar for culture the Diocese of Milan, who in his homily, he recalled in''Alda Merini that stretch of canal that gives us' the last part of a Milan of the past.'' A Milan, Monsignor Brambilla added,''that in a bit cliche 'it is obvious the city' loved / hated but had perhaps a more 'complex with the poet.'' It could not fail, in memory of Archbishop Brambilla, some ways more 'dedicated to the famous city' by the poet:''You could always just leave Milan to go to heaven, but maybe I would like, even from them ', my home Navigli'''.
listen to it in the front row, Mayor Letizia Moratti, who came to the Cathedral with the tricolor flag, the President Province of Milan, Guido Podesta ', and representing the government, two ministers Lombard such as Maria Stella Gelmini, Umberto Bossi. Also present were familiar faces from the worlds of culture and entertainment: the singer Milva, Valentina Cortese, Rosal and musician John Nuti, who finished the function. It is also about ordinary people and 'close around Merini Alda in respectful silence until the last round of applause that accompanied the casket covered with yellow roses out of the Duomo. Alda Merini will be 'buried in the memorial chapel Cemetery, next to the characters more' illustrious history of Milan.
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