Festival Andersen 26/5-29/5/2011 Sestri Levante

From Thursday 26 May 2011 Sunday 29 May back to the 14th Sestri Levante Andersen Festival: 100 and more free events open to the public and: four intense days of narratives, shows, meetings, contemporary circus and street theater, exhibitions, reflections, special events and a marathon non-stop stories, with artists and companies from 9 countries and 5 continents.

Among the guests Dario Vergassola,David Riondino, Maurizio Maggiani, Sleeping, Mercedes Martini, Paul Hendel, Tiziano Scarpa and Marlene Kuntz

The Festival,promoted by the Municipality of Sestri Levante and organized under the artistic direction of Artificio23 diLeonardo Pischedda, will be inaugurated Thursday by 26maggio parade of school children of Sestri, and will end with the ribbon cutting of the renovated theater Shell.

Read the full article: http://www.andersenfestival.it/wordpress/?page_id=2

Here is the link to the program instead (animation) http://www.andersenfestival.it/2011/and_2011/and_2011/

We present a video edition 2010

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The Aquarium of Genoa

For those who come to spend a few days in Cinque Terre The Aquarium of Genoa is a goal within reach. Perhaps taking advantage of a day less than ideal for outdoor activities such as trek summer on the trails or bathrooms, a visit to Aquarius is a pleasant entertainment for adults and children.

The Aquarium of Genoa is the largest aquarium in Europe and the second Italian, after the one in Valencia, Spain. Opened in 1992 at the Colombiadi, that the Expo to celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America; was subsequently extended several times. At the time of its opening was the second largest aquarium in the world.
The path of about 2 hours and 30 minute runs on a total area of 9.700 square feet.

From the Cinque Terre can be reached either by car or train in an hour and a half.

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BUON NATALE ! MERRY CHRISTMAS

My sincere wishes for a happy Christmas to all our readers.

We leave you with two wonderful video full of atmosphere and sinuous wrap-around to close the year in harmony.
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Waterspouts to 5 Earth video

Today 23 November, we witnessed a truly outstanding performance: the formation of 4 waterspouts on the sea front of Riomaggiore and Manarola.

The event itself is not at all unusual, although it is rare to see a formation of four vortices are very close. Even more exceptional size of the largest that was really scary. Here is a photo gallery and video Albino Faggioni

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Video Series: Rick Steves in 5 Earth

Last video of the serie…while visiting the Cinque Terre, Rick Steves talks about the ancient castles which were used to defend the villages from pirates attacks. Those days are gone and now… the only attacks are by tourists and they’re actually very welcome…

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The dolphins in the Cetacean Sanctuary (video)

Some… for those accustomed to sail to the Cinque Terre the dolphin is not an exceptional event; especially in late spring, the presence of these wonderful mammals is a constant of our water…But to see a show like the one documented in the video is something else!

The joy and the wonder of Luke, the child protagonist of the sighting, have witnessed a sea still alive and sincere hope for the future.
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Another Rick Steves' video about the Cinque Terre

Here’s another video by Rick Steves showing details about Riomaggiore and Monterosso.

As usual he points the attention on few basic and useful infos for tourists givin an exact overview of what one can expect visiting the Cinque Terre

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The Marine Protected Area of ​​Cinque Terre: important initiatives

Deterrents against trawling in the AMP Cinque Terre

L’Cinque Terre Marine Protected Area was established by the decree of the Ministry of Environment 12 December 1997 and includes the towns of Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Monterosso and Levanto for a small portion.
The implementing decree, and the specification of the AMP prohibit bottom trawling in the waters of the reserve, considering carefully-- the high environmental impact of this kind of fishing that is practiced pulling, by long steel cables, nets weighted with chains that literally plow bottom. In this way, these tools levy, in addition to fish species, also benthic components , algae, larvae and eggs, causing significant damage to the marine.

Despite checks on compliance with the provisions of trawling is conducted with unquestionable professionalism by security staff ( especially in the person of Comm. Bassi Andrea) in synergy with the local Harbour of La Spezia, not infrequently some “fishermen” have intruded into the waters with their boats prohibited. The difficulty lies in controlling the type of fishing: craft making real “flash” within the prohibited waters by towing the net for a limited time and away immediately after, not allowing time to catch them red-handed controllers (as better explained in the video).

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