Milano, toponymy. Councilor Sacchi names square Adelaide “Lilla” Brignone and Passage Mario Achille Severgnini. The mosaic dedicated to Rosa Genoni was also inaugurated.

The naming ceremony of two new city locations (between via Porlezza and via Giulini) was held on March 25, in the presence of the Councilor for Culture Tommaso Sacchi: Piazzetta Adelaide “Lilla” Brignone and Passage Mario Achille Severgnini.

“These two places – said councilor Sacchi – are united by an invisible thread: two stories of professional excellence, generosity and social commitment link the personalities of Severgnini and Brignone to our community and these dedications are our tangible and significant tribute to their work and their lives."

Mario Achille Severgnini, born 80 years ago and raised in an environment rich in history and social commitment, contributed to promoting financial culture among Italian families and therefore the economic development of the country, distinguishing himself for his far-sighted vision and pioneering gaze in the field of technology and investments. An active and altruistic citizen, his family includes illustrious figures such as Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli, founder of the Italian Touring Club, and Achille Bertarelli, well-known collector of prints which were donated to the Municipality of Milano in 1925 to establish the Civic collection of Bertarelli prints which is still based today at the Sforzesco Castle.

Lilla Brignone, an actress considered among the most important interpreters of Italian theater after the Second World War, collaborated for a long time with the Piccolo Teatro, especially in the first years of its foundation, as well as with the most renowned theater companies of the time. The meeting with Giorgio Strehler was decisive, he acted in numerous theatrical masterpieces and contributed to making theater known and loved also through television prose and the dramas in which he participated. Her theatrical success was accompanied by her cinematographic success which saw her perform in several films between the 30s and the 70s. In 1981 she received the honor for artistic merit of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Present at the event were the President of Municipality 1 Mattia Abdu, promoter of the dedications, the municipal councilor Diana De Marchi and the Director of the Piccolo Teatro Claudio Longhi. Mario Achille's daughter, Leslie Severgnini, participated.

The Severgnini family was responsible for the donation that made the mosaic dedicated to Rosa Genoni possible, inaugurated at the same time as the two dedications: the tribute to the memory of the entrepreneur, fashion designer and protagonist of female emancipation, was created by the Progetto Persona association and unveiled in the presence of Rosa Genoni's granddaughter, Raffaella Podreider.