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Milano as we know it, with its old palaces, renowned monuments and crowded streets, hides another city whose visible signs are very few, the so called 'underground Milano'. Through their unknown architecture, canals, wells, caves, tunnels, crypts and graves one can see the metropolis's evolution. To pay homage to these secret places, the municipal committee for Tourism and Milano-based speleological association 'Cavità Artificiali' organized three events, which will focus on the deep relationship between the city and its underground.

On November 20th at the Natural History Museum the writer Ippolito Edmondo Ferrario and the speleologist Gianluca Padovan will illustrate a photo reportage on the research that has been carried out in the city's underground in the last 20 years. Seven days later at the Civic Aquarium they will dwell upon 'underground waters': the ancient sewer system, the several troughs, Leonardo da Vinci's water system and their unchanged importance will also be described by a dance performance of the cultural association 'Haila Shmaya'.

Last, on December 4th for the first time citizens will be able to go down to Milano's 'heart' by visiting the underground premises of the Moreschi institute, which once were used as air-raid shelter. This initiative is part of the project 'Cento Milano', an idea of the Tourism committee to promote the city's traditions and its excellences. The next series of meetings, which are scheduled for March, will be dedicated to the connection between the Lombardy capital and the world of cinema.