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The Tiny Riverside Hamlet of Borgo a Mozzano, Its Devil's Bridge and Halloween Celebration
2 APRIL 2015 CATERINA POMINI 6202 THE TINY RIVERSIDE HAMLET OF BORGO A MOZZANO, ITS DEVIL'S BRIDGE AND HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION Very well known for its fascinating medieval stone bridge and Halloween celebration, the village of Borgo a Mozzano is located about half an hour from Lucca and represents a nice stop on the way to the Garfagnana, the Lunigiana and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Is its bridge truly a diabolic construction as legend has it? Situated between the Garfagnana and the Lucchesia - approximately half an hour's drive from Lucca - is the tiny riverside village of Borgo a Mozzano, very well known for its fascinating stone bridge, which resembles the back of a donkey. Also known as Ponte della Maddalena (Mary Magdalene's Bridge), the Devil's Bridge of Borgo a Mozzano climbs steeply up and over the Serchio River and since it seems to challenge the force of gravity, it falls into the Devil's Bridge category, which contains dozens of European and non-European bridges. Most of these bridges were constructed in the Middle Ages and were considered beyond human capabilities of mortal engineering of time. For this reason, each of them has a corresponding Devil-related myth. A little bit of history Probably built in the 11th-12th centuries under Matilda of Canossa, this four-arch asymmetric bridge was a vital river crossing on the Via Francigena, a popular medieval pilgrimage route. Renovated in 1300 under Castruccio Castracani, it was mentioned in a 14th-century novella (short story) by Giovanni Sercambi and later named Ponte della Maddalena after an oratory devoted to Mary Magdalene, whose statue stood at the bridge's eastern entrance. -
My Via Francigena Pilgrimage
My Via Francigena Pilgrimage No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveller, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror- glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet. – Patrick Rothfuss, American writer he Road to Rome or Via Francigena to Rome is – like the Camino de Santiago de Compostela – an historic medieval route that takes pilgrims on an epic journey through some of Europe's most stunning regions from Canterbury, TEngland, across the channel to France, and through Switzerland, before crossing Italy on their way to the tomb of St Peter in Rome. The Via Francigena was named a European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe in 1994. It was the year 990 when Sigeric, the Archbishop of Canterbury, travelled to Rome to receive his pallium (papal investiture) from the pope. On his return, Sigeric made notes of all 79 stops he made, which he called submansiones, in his travel diary. Today it is an immensely important historic document that allows us to reconstruct what was very likely the most used pilgrimage path around the year 1000. But the history of the Via Francigena is more than just Sigeric's words, and stretches even further back in time. The origins of the route date to the Lombards, who by the 6th century were crossing Monte Bardone, between Berceto (Emilia-Romagna) and Pontremoli (Tuscany), near what is today Passo della Cisa (Liguria) in the Apennine Alps, a secure route for reaching the historic maritime destinations of Luni (Liguria) and Tuscia, far from the routes controlled by the Byzantines, their undeniable enemies. -
Borgo a Mozzano, Mozzano
Dizionario Geografico, Fisico e Storico della Toscana (E. Repetti) http://193.205.4.99/repetti/ Borgo a Mozzano, Mozzano ID: 592 N. scheda: 7250 Volume: 1; 6S Pagina: 336, 349 - 351; 166 ______________________________________Riferimenti: Toponimo IGM: Borgo a Mozzano Comune: BORGO A MOZZANO Provincia: LU Quadrante IGM: 105-4 Coordinate (long., lat.) Gauss Boaga: 1624071, 4870784 WGS 1984: 10.54782, 43.98129 ______________________________________ UTM (32N): 624134, 4870959 Denominazione: Borgo a Mozzano, Mozzano Popolo: S. Jacopo a Borgo a Mozzano Piviere: S. Giovanni Battista a Cerreto di Sopra, a Cerreto del Borgo a Mozzano Comunità: Borgo a Mozzano Giurisdizione: Borgo a Mozzano Diocesi: Lucca Compartimento: x Stato: Ducato di Lucca ______________________________________ BORGO a MOZZANO ( Mutianum Castrum ) nella Valle del Serchio. Grosso Borgo, capoluogo di Comunità e di Giurisdizione nella Diocesi e Ducato di Lucca. Risiede in pianura nella sinistra ripa del Serchio presso la testa del ponte della Maddalena sull'antica strada della Garfagnana, nel grado 28° 12' 6” di longitudine; 43° 59' di latitudine, 12 miglia toscane a settentrione di Lucca, 4 miglia toscane a libeccio de'suoi Bagni, 10 miglia toscane a ostro di Barga, 14 a scirocco di Castelnuovo di Garfagnana. L'origine di questo Borgo è ignota, per quanto il suo antico nome ( Mutianum ) possa in qualche maniera ripeterlo da un fondo romano appartenuto probabilmente a qualcuno dei coloni dedotti a Lucca. - Il suo primo barlume si mostra fra le pergamene dell'Archivio Arcivescovile Lucchese, all'anno 991, quando il vescovo Gherardo concesse un titolo di feudo ai nobili Soffredinghi signori di Anchiano, e ai loro consorti di Corvaja, terre e case poste a Granajola, Lugnano e Bugnano, Fornoli, Chifenti, Oneta, Motrone, MUTIANO, Bargi e in molti altri luoghi posti nel distretto del Borgo a Mozzano . -
Barga Summer Guide What, When & Where
IN ENGLISH VERSIONE ITALIANA SUll’altro lato inBARGA EVENTS • PLACES • FOOD & DRINK • accommodation • SHOPS & serviCES BARGA SUMMER GUIDE WHAT, WHEN & WHERE 2020 EDITION Il Giornale di BARGA VisitBarga.com arga is a pearl set in the Serchio Valley: Ba place of unique beauty that touches us profoundly. Its history is linked to that of the Poet Giovanni Pascoli who lived here and wrote some of his most famous poetry. But it also goes back many centuries and is reflected in the charm of our medieval town. This year “InBarga” has been adapted to the Coronavirus period that has overturned many moments and routines of our daily life and has forced us to re-plan all the events. We want to give you, for this reason, the opportu- nity to discover in these pages, a way to spend an unforgettable and alternative holiday in Barga despite these difficult moments. We invite you to wander around the streets and lanes completely absorbed in history, charm, sounds, scents, colours and welcom- ing warmth of the people. You will discover for sure why Barga and the surrounding places have always been a favourite destination for artists in search of inspiration and of a special Eden. You will fall in love with it too. inBARGA SUPPLEMENT TO IL GIORNALE DI BARGA NUMBER 835 DEL MAGGIO 2020 VIA DI BORGO, 2 – 55051 BARGA LU EXECUTIVE EDITOR: LUCA GALEOTTI TEXTS: SARA MOSCARDINI ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS: SONIA ERCOLINI GRAPHIC AND LAYOUT: CONMECOM DI MARCO TORTELLI PUBLISHING: SAN MARCO LITOTIPO SRL, LUCCA WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF Società Benemerita Giovanni Pascoli -
Tuscany Short Tour EN
44--ddaayy VVeessppaa ttoouurr tTuussccaannyy driving a Vespa for 7 days too long? What do you think of this 4-day tour! the best of tuscany This 4-day Vespa Tour is perfect for everyone who likes to experience Tuscany [email protected] in an authentic and local way, but also do not want to travel 7 days by Vespa. 0031623015383 Ideal to combine with a citytrip to Florence invespino or a beach holiday. Ready to find out more about this unique tour? tuscany, a wonderful region! Tuscany is undoubtedly the most famous of all regions in Italy, where art, culture, a lovely landscape and delicious wines come together. The Vespa also has its origins in this region; 75 years ago the first Vespa took to the streets in Pontedera. During this short tour you will discover, among other things, the rolling area around Lucca and Pisa, the surprising coastline, and of course the vineyards. You stay in classic Tuscan style, in Villa Michaela. This luxury villa is only a 10 minute drive from Lucca and is the ideal base to discover this part of Tuscany. day 1 Arrival day Accommodation On this (hopefully) very sunny Tuesday you are very welcome at your accommodation Villa Michaela from 14:00. After you have checked in, you can relax by the pool, in the garden or take a nice walk on the estate. Around the end of the afternoon, the Vespa rental company will come with the Vespas for the administrative part of the tour. The helmets and keys will be handed over, so vespa you're good to go! The Vespa is delivered to the hotel by my friends from The Vespa Rent, from Pisa. -
Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps VI
Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps VI International Workshop Saturday 24th - Saturday 31st July 2010 The Apuan Alps Centre for Physics @ TTI, Vallico Sotto, Tuscany www.vallico.net/tti/tti.html This is the programme document for the 2010 international workshop Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps - the sixth such event to be held on this topic at TTI. The general purpose of workshops at this venue is to gather together a limited number of expert physicists to discuss subjects where the need for new insights is felt with particular intensity. The quantum Monte Carlo method, for many years the next big thing in computational electronic structure theory, is a good example of this. The format of TTI workshops is intended to encourage a relaxed and intellectually-stimulating atmo- sphere rather different to the usual 8am to 7pm grind of your regular conference. Formal talks are re- stricted to the mornings, and participants are given the freedom and space to think and to contemplate and discuss the issues at hand. Healthy recreational activities are to be organized in the afternoons, and it is hoped that by taking part in these whilst breathing clean mountain air and sampling decent local food, the participant will be able to return home mentally and physically refreshed as well as having deepened their understanding of science. 1 LIST OF REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS Dario Alfe` UCL, London, U.K. d.alfe at ucl.ac.uk Claudio Amovilli University of Pisa, Italy amovilli at dcci.unipi.it Michal Bajdich Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S.A. -
Nucleic Acids Function
Nucleic Acids Function International Workshop Sunday 7th September - Thu 11th September 2008 The Towler Institute, Vallico Sotto, Tuscany www.vallico.net/tti/tti.html This is the programme document for the Nucleic Acids Function workshop to be held at the TTI monastery in Tuscany in September 2008. The purpose of this event is to review and discuss ideas concerning the structure, function and molecular intervention of nucleic acids that do not code for proteins (non-coding nucleic acids). The broader remit of the field is nucleic acids chemical biology (i.e. the elucidation and manipulation of nucleic acids function using chemical approaches). The event is organized by Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian and his group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. TTI aims to encourage a more relaxed and intellectually-stimulating atmosphere compared to standard venues, and people are generally given the freedom and space to think and to contemplate and discuss the issues at hand. Healthy recreational activities are to be organized in the afternoons, and it is hoped that by taking part in these whilst breathing clean mountain air and sampling fine Tuscan cuisine, the participant will be able to return home mentally and physically refreshed as well as having contributed to the betterment of mankind. Please contact Shankar Balasubramanian (sb10031 at cam.ac.uk) or Joanne Castle (jc462 at hermes.cam.ac.uk) for further details about the scientific programme, or Mike Towler (mdt26 at cam.ac.uk) for local organi- zation issues. 1 LIST OF REGISTERED -
Seravezza, Serravezza - Sala Vecchia Di Versilia - Versilia Del Pietrasantino - Cave Di Marmi
Dizionario Geografico, Fisico e Storico della Toscana (E. Repetti) http://193.205.4.99/repetti/ Seravezza, Serravezza - Sala Vecchia di Versilia - Versilia del Pietrasantino - Cave di Marmi ID: 3881 N. scheda: 48000 Volume: 5; 6S Pagina: 7, 252 - 269; 232 ______________________________________Riferimenti: 44480, 53410 Toponimo IGM: Seravezza Comune: SERAVEZZA Provincia: LU Quadrante IGM: 104-1 Coordinate (long., lat.) Gauss Boaga: 1598300, 4871956 WGS 1984: 10.22679, 43.99574 ______________________________________ UTM (32N): 598364, 4872131 Denominazione: Seravezza, Serravezza - Sala Vecchia di Versilia - Versilia del Pietrasantino - Cave di Marmi Popolo: SS. Lorenzo e Barbera a Seravezza Piviere: SS. Lorenzo e Barbera a Seravezza Comunità: Seravezza Giurisdizione: Seravezza Diocesi: (Luni - Sarzana) Pisa Compartimento: Pisa Stato: Granducato di Toscana ______________________________________ SERAVEZZA, SERRAVEZZA (Seravetia, già Sala vecchia, o Sala Petilia) nella vallecola della Versilia. - Terra nobile con chiesa prepositura (SS. Lorenzo e Barbera) capoluogo di Comunità e di Giurisdizione sotto il vicariato regio di Pietrasanta, Diocesi di Pisa, una volta di Luni Sarzana, Compartimento pisano. Trovasi sulla confluenza de- due rami maggiori della Versilia no il nome della Terra di Seravezza, quello che viene da levante appellato il torrente Ruosina, e secondo alcuni Pezza, l'altro che scende da seti, chiamato il Rimagno, e da taluni il torrente Serra. Dalla congiunzione del primo col secondo, che accade nel luogo dov' è Seravezza molti dedussero l-origine del suo nome. Quantunque altra volta anch' io aderissi a cotesta etimologia di Seravezza (Antologia di Fir. Vol. XXII, Maggio 1826, pag. 50 e 54) ulteriori riflessi mi hanno indotto a ricredermi, sia perché in nessun tempo quei due Page 1/22 Dizionario Geografico, Fisico e Storico della Toscana (E. -
ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE ALTOPASCIO – LUCCA Piazza D
ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO STATALE ALTOPASCIO – LUCCA Piazza D. Alighieri, 1 Tel. 0583/25268 Fax 0583/216502 C.F. 80003820463 - e mail: [email protected] www.icaltopascio.gov.it Oggetto Modalità di accettazione delle Domande di Messa A Disposizione (MAD) per la stipula di contratti a tempo determinato a.s. 2018/2019. IL DIRIGENTE SCOLASTICO VISTO il DM 131/2007 “Regolamento per il conferimento di supplenze al personale docente ed educativo e ATA”; CONSIDERATA la possibilità, in caso di esaurimento delle graduatorie d’istituto, di dover provvedere alla stipula dei contratti a tempo determinato, inclusi i posti di sostegno, con il personale che si è reso disponibile; CONSIDERATO il numero ingente di domande che pervengono all’Istituto ogni giorno, congestionando la posta istituzionale (PEO e PEC) e rendendone difficile la corretta gestione CONSIDERATA la necessità di gestire la archiviazione e la consultazione delle domande pervenute in modo efficiente e efficace DISPONE di accettare, a partire dalla data del 2 ottobre 2018 ESCLUSIVAMENTE domande pervenute tramite l’apposito FORM pubblicato sul sito www.icaltopascio.gov.it (dal mese di gennaio il sito istituzionale assumerà l’indirizzo www.icaltopascio.edu.it). Le presenti disposizioni si applicano a tutte le MAD pervenute per l’a.s 2018/19. E SPECIFICA CHE: 1. A partire dal 2 ottobre non saranno accettate domande pervenute in altra forma (PEO, PEC, consegna a mezzo di posta ordinaria o a mano). 2. A partire dal 2 ottobre a ciascun mittente della domanda di MAD pervenuta agli indirizzi istituzionali sarà inviata una mail contenente istruzioni e link per la compilazione dei moduli on line 3. -
Regione: Toscana
REGIONE: TOSCANA Concentrazione di radon indoor misurata in abitazioni nell’ambito di indagini di misura: sintesi dei dati presenti nell’Archivio Nazionale Radon (ANR) per i Comuni con almeno 5 abitazioni misurate. COMUNE NUMERO MEDIA MINIMO MASSIMO ABITAZIONI ARITMETICA (Bq m–3) (Bq m–3) MISURATE (Bq m–3) ABBADIA SAN SALVATORE 19 203 44 959 ABETONE CUTIGLIANO 10 111 15 345 AGLIANA 5 34 10 70 ANGHIARI 5 58 12 129 ARCIDOSSO 19 135 39 366 AREZZO 39 42 16 162 ASCIANO 12 34 12 60 AULLA 5 53 42 76 BAGNI DI LUCCA 5 124 30 306 BAGNONE 5 52 14 126 BARBERINO TAVARNELLE 12 32 8 92 BIBBIENA 9 77 23 191 BORGO SAN LORENZO 6 19 14 29 CALCI 5 39 17 104 CALCINAIA 6 31 18 49 CAMAIORE 79 49 13 209 CAMPAGNATICO 7 76 14 231 CAMPI BISENZIO 5 19 15 22 CAMPIGLIA MARITTIMA 5 31 12 55 CAMPO NELL'ELBA 19 56 8 156 CAMPORGIANO 6 60 19 138 CANTAGALLO 11 69 15 288 CAPALBIO 5 181 26 340 CAPANNOLI 8 34 21 54 CAPANNORI 11 39 15 92 CAPOLIVERI 7 85 10 219 CAPRAIA ISOLA 22 81 19 286 CAPRESE MICHELANGELO 7 95 25 360 CARMIGNANO 8 45 13 132 CARRARA 19 41 10 164 CASCIANA TERME LARI 8 54 13 167 CASCINA 11 35 16 78 CASOLA IN LUNIGIANA 6 52 11 108 CASOLE D'ELSA 5 33 9 64 CASTEL DEL PIANO 19 107 16 297 CASTEL FOCOGNANO 5 106 18 291 CASTEL SAN NICCOLÒ 19 61 13 162 1 di 5 COMUNE NUMERO MEDIA MINIMO MASSIMO ABITAZIONI ARITMETICA (Bq m–3) (Bq m–3) MISURATE (Bq m–3) CASTELFRANCO PIANDISCÒ 15 39 17 134 CASTELL'AZZARA 8 95 24 143 CASTELLINA IN CHIANTI 5 39 15 84 CASTELLINA MARITTIMA 5 28 7 40 CASTELNUOVO BERARDENGA 10 25 10 55 CASTELNUOVO DI GARFAGNANA 5 81 24 194 CASTELNUOVO DI VAL DI -
Geological and Cultural Heritage: Dissemination Experiences in Tuscany
heritage Communication Geological and Cultural Heritage: Dissemination Experiences in Tuscany Sonia La Felice 1,2,*, Tsegaye Abebe 3, Andrea Aquino 4 , Simone Landi 2, Marco Lezzerini 4 and Claudia Principe 1,2 1 Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 1 – 56124 Pisa, Italy 2 Associazione La Nuova Limonaia, c/o Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, via Roma 79 – 56011 Calci (PI), Italy 3 Adhana Geological Consultancy Service, Via M.L. King 9 – 56021 Cascina (PI), Italy 4 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria 53 – 56126 Pisa, Italy * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 30 June 2019; Accepted: 23 July 2019; Published: 25 July 2019 Abstract: We report on some recent experiences of scientific dissemination activities on geomaterials carried out by a network of scientific organizations in Tuscany (Italy). The primary message we want to disseminate is that even the most “insignificant” rock (e.g., those constituting the bar or kitchen counter-tops) stores in their interior very useful information beyond the beautiful colors and their aesthetic appearance. These rocks can tell stories of very old geological periods on how they were formed. Their structures, texture and shape, as well as their chemistry and mineralogy provide clues to the reconstruction of geological events. Moreover, the rocks used in urban architecture and monuments are an inexhaustible archive containing a lot of historical and economic information on the development of a city and its surrounding area. The role of geologists, in this context, is to provide to the public, in clear and engaging language, the tools necessary to solve the puzzle (i.e., identify the most important types of rocks and rock-forming minerals, know their physico-chemical properties, their textures and structures and discover the environments in which they formed). -
Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps VIII
Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps VIII International Workshop Saturday 27th July - Saturday 3rd August 2013 The Apuan Alps Centre for Physics @ TTI, Vallico Sotto, Tuscany www.vallico.net/tti/tti.html This is the programme document for the 2013 international workshop Quantum Monte Carlo in the Apuan Alps - the eighth such event to be held on this topic at TTI. The general purpose of workshops at this venue is to gather together limited numbers of expert physicists to discuss topics of mutual interest in greater depth than is normally possible. The focus of this meeting will be on the quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) method and other related techniques in computational electronic structure theory, and their use in under- standing the quantum-mechanical behaviour of atoms, molecules, and various kinds of condensed matter. For many types of problem the accuracy of quantum Monte Carlo is much better than that of the more widely-used density functional theory, and its scaling with number of atoms is much more favourable than that of high-level quantum chemistry. Unlike most other methods, it is also fully capable of ex- ploiting the full power of the largest computers in the world. All topics related to applications of QMC and/or theory and algorithm development will be welcome, though it is expected that broader topics in the general area will also be discussed. This year’s meeting also has a special theme, concentrating on the relationship between QMC and density functional theory. In particular, we hope to look towards obtaining a better understanding of the relative benefits of QMC/DFT in systems and situations where DFT often fails, such as in weakly-interacting systems, strongly-correlated materials, metal-insulator transitions, magnetic properties, and biological systems.