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Repubblica italiana Liceo Statale “Vito Capialbi” Musicale – Coreutico - Linguistico - Scienze Umane - Scienze Umane con opzione Economico-Sociale Via S. Ruba, 29 - 89900 VIBO VALENTIA - Cod. Mecc. VVPM01000T 0963/93450 Cod. Fisc. 96012940795 sito web: www.istitutocapialbi.gov.it e-mail: [email protected] “Music to Decrease Inequality at School” 2 April – 8 April 2017 Travel Guide Sunday 2 April 2017 Arrival of participants Lamezia Terme Airport Located in Calabria, Italy, Lamezia Terme International Airport is roughly situated where the Italian “boot” has its toes. The airport’s IATA code SUF is derived from Sant’Eufemia – a district of Lamezia Terme. The town is just 3 km away and within just 1km there is an exit from the airport onto the motorway A3 for onward travel by hire car. Serving not just domestic air travel within Italy, Lamezia Terme also has a plethora of international destinations to offer. Major airlines operating from this airport are Monarch, Ryanair, Air Italy, Air Berlin, Alitalia, Easyjet, Germanwings, KLM, Air France and Helvetic Airways among others. The airport has a runway of 7920 ft / 2,414 m length and is operated by Sacal S.p.A. There’s just one terminal building at present, serving both arrivals and departures. The airport can handle up to 2,000,000 passengers per year and at the close of 2008 Lamezia Terme International celebrated the check-in of its 1,500,000th passengers. 2 Monday 3 April 2017 Vibo Valentia Vibo Valentia is a city and municipality in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center (the most famous places nearby are Tropea, Capo Vaticano and Pizzo). There are also several large manufacturing industries, including the tuna district of Maierato. Very important for the local economy is Vibo Marina's harbour. Vibo Valentia was originally the Greek colony of Hipponion. It was founded, probably around the late 7th century BC, by inhabitants of Locri, an important city of the Italian Magna Graecia, south of Vibo Valentia on the Ionian Sea. The Roman historian Diodorus Siculus reports that the city was conquered in 388 BC by Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who deported all the population. The population came back in 378 BC, with the help of the Carthaginians. In the following years Hipponion came under the dominion of the Bruttii, who controlled most of Calabria. After the town fell to Rome, the name was Latinized to Hipponium. The town became a Roman colony in 194 BC with the name of Vibo Valentia. After a phase of prosperity during the late Republic and early Empire, the town was almost completely abandoned after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. In 1070 the Normans built a castle at the site of the old Acropolis and in 1235 a new city was established by Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor and king of Sicily, with the name of Monteleone. The city took back the old Roman name of Vibo Valentia only in 1928. Some places to visit: Norman – Swabian Castle, built around 1087 by Roger of Normandy now housing the State Museum of Archaeology Cathedral of S. Leoluca, containing the noteworthy Trittico by Gangemi Church of S.Michele, recently restored to its ancient splendour Villa Comunale, once the private garden of Villa Gagliardi 3 Tuesday 4 April 2017 Scilla (Greek: Σκύλλα), a town in the Province of Reggio Calabria, is the traditional home of the sea monster Scylla of Greek mythology. The town lies on the the Straits of Messina. Town offices and the residence of the patronal saint are situated in the centre while Marina di Scilla, the beach-front, is populated by tourists and thus heavily characterized by hotels and restaurants. Scilla's traditional fishing district of Chianalea is considered one of the prettiest coastal areas in Italy. The Ruffo Castle, a fortress built by the Dukes of Calabria overlooks the beach. On a seaward- facing terrace is Scilla Lighthouse, an important aid to ships entering the Strait of Messina from the north.The village suffered greatly from the devastating 1783 earthquake and the 1908 Messina earthquake. Scilla: The Marina Reggio Calabria: The Seafromt Reggio di Calabria is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria. It is the capital of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria and the seat of the Regional Council of Calabria. Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. It is situated on the slopes of the Aspromonte, a long, craggy mountain range that runs up through the centre of the region. The third economic centre of mainland Southern Italy, the city proper has a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants spread over 236 square kilometres (91 sq mi), while the fast-growing urban area numbers 260,000 inhabitants. About 560,000 people live in the metropolitan area, recognised in 2015 as a metropolitan city. Reggio is the oldest city in the region, but despite its ancient foundation , it has a modern urban system, set up after the catastrophic earthquake of 28 December 1908, which destroyed most of the city. 4 It is a major economic centre for regional services and transport on the southern shores of the Mediterranean. Reggio, with Naples and Taranto, is home to one of the most important archaeological museums, the prestigious National Archaeological Museum of Magna Græcia, dedicated to Ancient Greece (which houses the Bronzes of Riace, rare examples of Greek bronze statues which have become the symbols of the city). The city centre, consisting primarily of Liberty buildings, has a linear development along the coast with parallel streets, and the promenade is dotted with rare magnolias and exotic palms. Reggio has commonly used popular nicknames: The "city of Bronzes", after the Bronzes of Riace that are testimonials of its Greek origins; the "city of bergamot", which is exclusively cultivated in the region; and the "city of Fatamorgana", an optical phenomenon visible in Italy only from the Reggio seaside. The Bronzes of Riace 5 Wednesday 5 April 2017 The Murat Castle, Pizzo Calabro Pizzo, also called Pizzo Calabro, is a seaport and comune in the province of Vibo Valentia situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Gulf of Santa Eufemia. Fishing is one of the main activities, including that of tuna and coral. As with many other places in Calabria, Pizzo claims ancient origins. The town may have been founded by colonists from an unknown site in ancient Magna Graecia, but there is currently no documentary or archeological evidence to support this. Consequently, the history of Pizzo begins in 1300 when the existence of a community of Basilian monks, a fort, and a fishing village is documented . The name Pizzo (translated either as bird's beak or projecting point) fits perfectly with the tuffa promontory that juts out into the sea near the mouth of the river Angitola. For centuries tuna was trapped in the beaches around Pizzo, especially in the months of May and June. Despite fading in importance over time this activity continued until the 1970s in the Centofontane area, where nets were spread to corral tuna from offshore. Ruins of the activity remain. The activity is now banned. The Piedigrotta and Prangi areas include some sea caves, and "the cave of the Saracen", although largely eroded today, was supposedly used by Saracen pirates to store booty and people captured during their raids along the coast of Calabria. The Church of Piedigrotta, hewn in the sandstone on the seashore is one of the foremost tourist attractions of the town. 6 The former King of Naples Joachim Murat, who was the brother-in-law of Napoleon was imprisoned for several days in the town's Aragonese castle and then sentenced to death. He was executed by firing squad on October 13, 1815, in the main hall of the castle and was possibly buried in the church of San Giorgio. Paradoxically, the castle is now called Castello Murat. Inside the castle is the Provincial Museum Murat. In 1783 the town was almost destroyed by an earthquake, and it suffered some damage from the same cause in 1905. Pizzo is famous in the area for its Tartufo, a large ball of ice cream filled with molten chocolate. Inside the Church of Piedigrotta, Pizzo Calabro 7 Thursday 6 April 2017 Vibo Marina is a port town in the province of Vibo Valentia. It is a frazione of the town of Vibo Valentia. It has around 10,000 inhabitants. The town lies in the Gulf of Saint Eufemia, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Pizzo and Bivona are nearby; other important towns near Vibo Marina are Vibo Valentia, Lamezia Terme and Tropea. In the 3rd century BC, Agathocles the tyrant of Syracuse ordered the construction of a harbour where Vibo Marina now stands. The installation of the harbour goes from the caste of Bivona to the high part of Vibo Marina, where a Roman manor had existed in ancient times. Vibo Marina was originally called Porto Santa Venere (Saint Venus' Harbour). A legend tells that the local fishermen discovered on the sandy shore a statue of Saint Venus. Under the Fascist government, the name was changed in 1928 to Vibo Marina. It is an important industrial area in the economy of the Vibo Valentia province. Here there is an important commercial and tourist harbour for petrol distribution, fish selling (especially tuna), Aeolian Islands sea connection. The Port Authority is one of the most important in Southern Italy and is responsible for tourist and commercial shipping in the area.