30 April to 27 September 2009 
MONET. TIME OF SHOW WATER LILIES Conceived and curated by Claudia Zevi & Partners. Produced by Palazzo Reale with the cooperation of Civita, 24 HOURS Motta Culture and Art exhibitions and museums joints
An unmissable exhibition created through the largest loan ever granted abroad by the Museum Marmottan Monet: 20 large canvases devoted father of Impressionism the study of his garden at Giverny in the last season of his life and his artistic research. Royal Palace - close Piazza Duomo 12 - Milano
from Tuesday to Sunday 9.30 to 19.30 of "Hanami". Hanami comes from the words HANA, flower, and Miru, look. Hanami literally stands for "look at the flowers." The origin of Hanami
dates back to the Heian ranging from 794 to 1185 AD, when the nobles who enjoyed writing poetry while admiring the plum flowers in their backyards. But when Emperor Saga in this era began to organize setessa Hanami not in the flowering season of plum flowers which takes place in March but during the cherry blossom (Sakura in Japanese), in April, this is became traditionally the period of Hanami. Today, Japanese people Hanami but especially in public parks and those with the most magnificent cherry trees spettacolali and attract thousands of people every day.
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Also this year, many admire the cherry trees in full bloom, others in a happy scene, some in a romantic and who is in a very tense. Hanami today thus presents a modern side as well as the traditional one but I can say without doubt that the feelings and emotions you feel at the sight of the Japanese cherry trees are unchanged from those of a thousand or more years ago.
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