Macao
Milán · Lombardia · Italy
In 2012 a collective of cultural workers occupied the Palazzina Liberty in Milan, on the Viale Molise, to demand public space for the arts after the sector's crisis. Macao became a symbol of the Italian occupied-space movement, but it was evicted in 2021 and the building was left closed. In November 2025 the city council awarded its refurbishment to a private property developer, on condition that a socio-cultural use is maintained.
- Led by
- Collective of cultural workers
- Status
- Closed
- Participation
- Community led
- Visitable
- No, evicted and under conversion works
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 4 September 2026
Verification
Verified
This place is verified through the first-hand knowledge of the atlas curator: a visit to the place or a relationship with the project, dated below. It is not a source you can check yourself, which is why it is declared this openly.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Macao: storia di un centro sociale chiuso definitivamente ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Vistanet Milano
- Nascerà un nuovo spazio culturale al posto di un ex centro sociale occupato di Milano ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Artribune
- Visita y relación con el proyecto de Domenico Di Siena · first-hand knowledge · 10 May 2026