Congress Members, Students Members, Accompanying Members and Youth Congress participants
are cordially invited to attend the

Opening Ceremony
to be held at 16.30 on August 20 in the Cavaniglia Pavilion of Fortezza da Basso.

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All the Congress participants and dignitaries are invited to the
Welcome Reception
at Giardino di Boboli (Palazzo Pitti)
on August 20 at 20.00

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		A Tribute to Steno During the 2nd International Geological Congress, Bologna 1881, the participants visited the tomb of Nicholas Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638-1686) in the Basilica of St. Lawrence (San Lorenzo) in Florence to honour one of the founders of modern geology. In remembrance a plaque was installed in the cloister of the Basilica. To renew this tribute and stress the link between modern Earth sciences and Steno’s anticipatory concepts, a plaque will be unveiled during this Congress in the Chapel where his human remains are kept 123 years after the homage of the Bologna Congress participants.
Basilica si S. Lorenzo, August 25, at 19.00