Milan, golden Ambrogini to the victims of Crans Montana

Chiara Costanza and Achille Barosi, the two Italians who died in the fire on New Year's Eve, are among the great medals in memory together with ambassador Luca Attanasio. Also awarded were the Niguarda large burns centre, the healthcare workers and the school staff supporting the young victims of the fire

Chiara Costanzo and Achille Barosi, the Burns Center of the Niguarda hospital, the city councilor Carlo Monguzzi, are some of the names who will receive the 2026 Golden Ambrogino, the highest civic merit that the Municipality of Milan awards every 7 December to the personalities and realities that have brought prestige to the city. However, Emanuele Fiano, currently president of the Left for Israel and a member of the Democratic Party, and the Museum of the Jewish Brigade will not be rewarded. Their candidacies, respectively of Azione councilor Daniele Nahum and Forza Italia colleague Alessandro De Chirico, had created controversy, in particular that of Fiano with the Greens. Also to avoid rekindling those controversies, those candidacies did not receive the definitive 'traffic light to see'.

Great medal in memory also for Luca Attanasio

The Commission for the Granting of Civic Merit of the Municipality of Milan met today to define the names of the 43 winners. In particular, on the day of Sant'Ambrogio, during the traditional city ceremony, a Great Gold Medal, 7 Gold Medals of Memory, 15 Gold Medals and 20 Certificates of Civic Merit will be awarded. In detail, the great Gold Medal of Memory will go to Chiara Costanzo and Achille Barosi, the two young Milanese victims of the New Year's Eve fire in Crans Montana, supported by PD councilor Simonetta D'Amico. The presidential office also nominated the historic Lombard city councilor and councillor, the Green Carlo Monguzzi, who died last April. Then there are the ambassador Luca Attanasio, the traffic policeman Francesco Imprezzabile, the journalist Elena Pero and the politician Enrico Rizzi.

The Great Gold Medals

The large gold medal will instead be awarded to the community of families of Crans Montana, the Niguarda large burns center (proposed by the Northern League member Silvia Sardone), the health workers and the school staff supporting the young victims of the New Year's Eve fire at the Constellation. Then, among the names who will be awarded the gold medal, 15 in total, include the former centre-right mayor Gabriele Albertini, proposed in a unified manner by the Forza Italia council group, the singer Biagio Antonacci, the director of the Burns Center of the Niguarda Hospital in Milan Franz Wilhelm Baruffaldi Preis and the stylist of the well-known Milanese fashion house Donatella Versace, also proposed by the Pd councilor Michele Albiani for his commitment to defending rights.

Certificate from the Milan Stumbling Stones Committee and the Lambrate Brewery

Finally, the certificate will be awarded to 20 entities, including the Milan Stumbling Stones Committee, the CDI - Centro Diagnostico Italiano, the Lambrate Brewery and the CISL Milano Metropoli. A month ago, 380 emails or letters of proposal had been received for a total of 307 applications. The proposals of the regional councilor with responsibility for the Territory and 'blue' councilor, Gianluca Comazzi, who had nominated the San Siro stadium in the centenary year, Walter Zenga, historic goalkeeper for Inter and the Italian national team, and the Suspended Families committee which represents the families involved in the building block did not prevail, among others. But not even two candidatures from Action, which with the leader of the Reformists Giulia Pastorella, had put forward the justice witness Lea Garofalo, who already rests at the Famedio dei illustrious Milanese and the football icon Sandro Mazzola, both at the Memorial.