Rome, June 26 (LaPresse) – "I will verify, through the competent offices, the elements which, according to the parliamentary questioners, would date the use of the second tier of San Siro Stadium to before November 1955. Given the proximity to the 70th anniversary of its construction, I will ask the same offices to provide a definitive opinion, also pointing out the need to clearly establish the starting date for the 70-year period," said Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli during a question time session in the Senate.
"Currently, the 'Giuseppe Meazza' Stadium in Milan is not subject to protection under the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, neither from a monumental nor a landscape standpoint," Giuli explained. "I said 'currently' because, according to articles 10 and 12 of the aforementioned Code, public property buildings – such as San Siro, which belongs to the Municipality of Milan – are considered automatically protected ('ope legis') if two cumulative conditions are met: they must have been designed by deceased authors, and their construction must date back more than seventy years, regardless of the formal assessment of artistic, historical, archaeological or ethnographic interest, which may be carried out later, either ex officio or upon request from the owners."
In particular, the minister added, regarding "the issue of the 70-year threshold for the second tier, the first official document certifying the completion of the works under the main construction contract – and thus the only legitimate reference – is the provisional inspection report dated November 10, 1955. Therefore, to initiate the process of verifying cultural interest in the second tier, we must wait until November 10, 2025."
Regarding the "possible imposition of a historical-relational constraint on the entire stadium, it should be noted – Giuli recalled – that the Ministry had already issued an opinion in 2020 through the Regional Commission for Cultural Heritage of Lombardy, which was negative. Nonetheless, any potential sale of the stadium would not prevent the future application of such a restriction should the necessary conditions arise."
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