Within the framework of the Natale coi Fiocchi programme, the city centre turned into the ideal setting for the creation of wonderful statues from large raw ice cubes, realized by ice sculptors coming from Harbin to Torino in virtue of the Friendship Protocol signed by the two Cities in 2003, thus also ensuring a follow-up to the participation of the City of Torino in January 2012 to the 28th edition of the China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival and to the first meeting of the World Cities' Ice and Snow Tourism Council.