Lights in San Luca

The Portici di San Luca light up on the occasion of the 2nd edition of the Bologna Portici Festival thanks to an artistic project by Cesare Cremonini with the participation of the German artist Philipp Frank.

The appointment is from 5 to 9 June, from dusk to dawn. The Portici di San Luca, a UNESCO heritage site since 2021, come to life thanks to an impressive artistic project unique in the world wanted by Cesare Cremonini with the participation of the German artist Philipp Frank.

The installation will light up the night of Bologna from 5 to 9 June, from dusk to dawn.

Luci a San Luca tells Bologna through lights and colors that reflect the feelings of a city in such an important year.

A year of goals, successes and celebrations: from the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest inventors in modern history, Guglielmo Marconi (born in Bologna on April 25, 1874), to the historic qualification of Bologna in the Champions League which, after 60 years, reaches an unforgettable goal in its glorious history.

Cesare Cremonini, this year wanted to involve the visionary land-light artist Philipp Frank in the project of the porches of San Luca and his ability to create a fusion between the natural landscape that surrounds him and plays of light, thus shaping unmistakable and impactful atmospheres.

Under the porch of San Luca, from the Arco del Meloncello to the Basilica, for almost two kilometers, technology will give life to more than 300 arches, illuminating them, in a setting of extraordinary beauty.

Walking along the porch, at the famous Orphanelle curve, it will be possible to witness a real visual spectacle in which the trees along the path will be integrated with seductive projections of lights in a combination that will transport the public into a surreal atmosphere.

Here, for the first time, the images will be accompanied by the unreleased music that Cesare Cremonini wrote for the occasion together with the producer and musician Alessandro Magnanini. Finally, shortly before arrival, the porch will be the setting for a video installation, signed by Philipp Frank, in which architecture, nature and technology meet in a moment full of suggestion

, where the virtual becomes real.

Bologna is the city where light can walk. - says Cesare Cremonini - From every perspective you look at it, it is the protagonist of our ability to live. From the continuous geometries of shade and light that are created between the porches, to the fiery colored facades at dusk, Bologna is that place where the dark is not scary. Light like Lucio Dalla, the Michelangelo of the Italian song. But not only that. Bologna as a beacon of knowledge preserved in the Alma Mater Studiorum, the oldest university in the world. Is that why we all feel a bit like young Guglielmo Marconi here? The Nobel prize-winning physicist who discovered radio waves, with which we now ignite our time of communication and creativity, is 150 years old and continues to inspire new generations. The same new generations who are lucky enough to live the dream of Bologna soccer flying to the Champions League in the 'Year to Come'. The “Lights in San Luca” project, part of the Bologna Portici Festival, now in its second edition, is dedicated to all this and more. A dedication of light and color to bring Bologna to the eyes of all of Italy and beyond

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Event in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, under the patronage of Regione Emilia-Romagna; Main partner: Intesa Sanpaolo; Premium sponsor: American Express; Media partner: QN - Quotidiano Nazionale, UPtv.