Michelangelo and Leonardo: both were
geniuses, in art and science. In the marvelous landscape of Tuscany
you can find art, nature and culture side by side. During the Youth
Congress you’ll visit two of the most important artistic cities
of Tuscany as Pisa and Florence, but we’ll show you even a new
way of looking at them… as a geologist could do, finding out
which kind of rocks were used for their magnificent monuments and
the fossils concealed in them, as ammonites and sea urchins…
You’ll walk through the wild Apuane Alps, discovering the beauty
of the outer and inner landscape (as the Corchia Cave, the largest
karst complexin Italy) just where the famous Italian marble quarries
lie (can you imagine Michelangelo choosing the raw blocks for his
masterpieces?) and you’ll see a marble beauty, as the famous
David in Florence.
You’ll visit the Migliarino-San Rossore Park, encased between
the Tyrrhenian sea and the Massaciuccoli Lake, famous for its tapestry
of colours, its variety of plants and animals, its natural beauty,
where you can follow its horse-tracks on typical carriages drawn by
horses. Here in the Park, alongside the lake, the “maestro”
Giacomo Puccini, a famous Opera composer, spent some time (his house
is nowadays a musem).
Finally, at the Museum of Geology and Palaeontology of Florence you’ll
see past landscapes of Tuscany, when “strange” monkeys (as
the worldwide famous Oreopithecus) were leaping amongst the branches
of wetland forests and rhinoceros, elephants and sabre-toothed tigers
were struggling for survival…
August 22nd, 2004
• Welcome to partecipants to the Youth Congress and tour of Florence
(including Galleria dell’Accademia, to see the David)
August 23rd, 2004
• Walk in the Apuane Alps with a visit to the Corchia Cave
August 24th, 2004
• Tour of Pisa and visit to the Migliarino-San Rossore Park
August 25th, 2004
• Guided visit to the Musem of Geology and Palaeontology of Florence
and tour of Fiesole.
Youth Congress Meeting Point & Registration Desk: Grotte
area at the Conference Center Fortezza da Basso
Pre-registered people will receive a confirmation letter including
the detailed Youth Congress timetable and itinerary.
