The Geoeventi calendar in Naples and Campania for the Planet Earth Week
La Planet Earth Week takes place every two years in Italy in October and includes a series of events aimed at popular awareness on the protection of our planet.
The purpose of this initiative is mainly to to spread the geological culture, respect for the environment, care for the territory, but also to promote the enormous and priceless heritage present in our country. Heritage which, in addition to being artistic and monumental, is primarily geological and environmental and, for this reason, must be enhanced and promoted from a tourist point of view.
With Planet Earth Week we want to achieve these and other objectives through a series of named appointments Geoeventi. Through these initiatives we also want to make known to the participants the fundamental role that the Geosciences they play in the protection of the territory and in research and scientific discovery.
The 2014 edition will take place 12 from October to 19 and in Naples and in the rest of Campania there will be a rich calendar of events that includes excursions on the ground, walks in urban and historical centers, doors open to museums, guided tours, exhibitions, educational activities, experimental laboratory activities for children and teenagers, musical and artistic activities, convivial tastings, conferences, conventions, workshops, round tables.
Following is the Geoeventi calendar.
Geoevents in Naples and Province
Guided visits to the Museum Center of Natural and Physical Sciences
The visits will be carried out in the Museums of Anthropology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of the Museums Center of Natural and Physical Sciences according to the following program:
From Monday 13 to Friday 17 October - Visits to the temporary exhibition and 2 laboratory activities on:
1. Rocks, minerals and technology of prehistoric artifacts;
2. Minerals and prehistoric art
Wednesday 15 October - 11.00 hours: Seminar on stone chipping techniques at the Real Mineralogical Museum.
Saturday 18 October - 10.00 hours: Seminars on the application of minerals and natural rocks, at the Real Mineralogical Museum.
Saturday 18 October - 11.30 hours: Walk to discover the natural rocks used for the construction of buildings in the Old Center of Naples.
Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 - 13.30; Monday to Thursday afternoon: 14.30-17.00
Address: via Mezzocannone n. 8 and Largo San Marcellino n. 10 - Naples
Maximum number of participants: 30
Info and reservations: 0812537587
Discovering Capri
The Museo del Centro Caprense offers a journey through the rocks, fossils, minerals and plants of the beautiful island of Capri.
Programme:
Sunday 12 October 2014 at 11:00 the Ignazio Cerio Museum awaits you in its rooms to inaugurate the Planet Earth Week with a “GeoAperitivo at the Museum”.
Monday 13 October from 10:30 to 12:30 primary and secondary school students of I degree will be able to take on the role of "Little Paleontologists" with the observation of fossil organisms hidden in our rocks, and the creation of plaster casts of fossil shells.
On Tuesday 14 October from 10:30 to 12:30 the Museum staff will lead the younger generations to the “Discovery of the Minerals of the Cerio Collection”.
Wednesday 15 October from 10:30 to 12:30 “Budding botanists” primary and secondary school students of I degree to discover the flora of Capri.
Thursday 16 October from 10: 00 to 13: 00 Excursion in direct contact with nature for students of fourth and fifth grade and middle school.
On Friday 17 October from 10:30 to 12:30 “Prehistoric Capri” the students will make a trip to prehistoric Capri, drawing and painting on pebbles.
Saturday 18 October from 10 to 14 "The sea in the mountains: history of 200.000 years ago" Excursion to the forts, addressed to adults.
The route has an average level of difficulty and a length of 2,5 km. Packed breakfast is provided.
For the excursion we recommend suitable equipment: shoes with shaped and non-slip soles, clothing must be comfortable so as not to hinder movements.
Address: Piazzetta I. Cerio, 5 - Capri (NA)
Info and reservations: 0818376681
Our troubled land: a heart of fire, a flow of water (Pozzuoli)
The topic of geothermics will be explored in the super volcano of the Flegrei fields and the Termalismo in Campania.
Program of the 16 October:
10 Hours: 00 - 12: 00 Guided tours by the ANISN Members
16 hours: 30 - 17: 30 Teaching activities, exhibition illustration
17 Hours: 30 - 18: 30 Speeches by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Vesuvius Observatory section on: Geothermal and thermalism.
18 Hours: 30- 20: 00 Songs and Theatrical Expressions (ANISN Members and SCHOOLS)
Maximum number of participants: 300
Address: Monte Nuovo, I cross Turno - Pozzuoli (NA)
For information and reservations: Sofia Sica (081 239 6799); Luigi D'Amico (081 544 68 49; Enrica Oberto (081 767 35 87); Vincenzo Boccardi (081 570 13 40)
Discovering the volcanoes of Bacoli - "Campi Flegrei"
SI will explore the themes of volcanism with excursions and conferences.
Programme:
Conference: Friday 17 October, 18:00 pm, at the “Villa Cerillo” Library in Bacoli
Excursion: Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October
09: 00-10: 30 Stufe di Nerone (Lucrino). Thermalism and local volcanic structures
10: 45-13: 00 Naval Base Guard of Finance Miseno. Crater of Porto Miseno. Visit to the sulfur cave with boat. Fumarolic maniefstations, gas composition, mineralization.
13: 00-14: 00 Break - breakfast in Miseno
14: 00-15: 00 Capo Miseno's Eruptive Center
15: 00-16: 30 Transfer to Poggio di Bacoli. Crater of Bacoli and Punta Pennata.
16: 30-18: 30 Transfer to the headquarters of the Phlegraean Fields Natural Park in Via Bellavista (Bacoli). Observations on the craters of the Fondi Baia. Archaeological Park of the Terme di Baia. End of the excursion.
Address: Conference at "Villa Cerillo", Via Cerillo - Bacoli (NA)
For info: Prof. Giuseppe Luongo, giuseppe.luongo@unina.it
The Tour of the Grand Cone of Vesuvius, in the footsteps of Giuseppe Mercalli
Events to remember the memory of prof. Giuseppe Mercalli on the centenary of his death (1850 - 1914)
Programme:
Circular route on the Great Cone of Vesuvius starting from the square at an altitude of 1000 and crossing the crater rim counterclockwise from the western side, descending along the south-eastern side and closing the itinerary at the starting point. Packed breakfast. Mountain footwear and layered hiking clothing are recommended.
Timetable: appointment: 9.00 at the square of altitude 1000
Address: Gran Cono del Vesuvio - Square of altitude 1000 Ercolano (NA)
Maximum number of participants: 30
Info: giuliana.alessio@ingv.it, cell. 339 6545655; maddalena.delucia@ingv.it, cell 3335485879
Geoventi in Campania
The prehistoric Cilento in Magliano Vetere (Sa)
Guided tours and workshops in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, rich in fossils and finds now housed in the Paleontological Museum of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
Programme:
18 and 19 ottorbre: Guided tours and microscopy laboratories with the possibility to add, upon reservation, the simulated excavation workshop.
Info: cell. 348 2420815, museomaglianovetere@libero.it
5 ° For ... Course of Geology and Tourism 2014: Journey in the Valle Caudina to Montesarchio (Bn)
Discovering the geological history of the Caudina Valley.
Programme:
19 October
The Archaeological Museum of the Sannio Caudino.
The Clay Quarries at "Tre Ponti".
The San Simeone Cave in Bucciano.
Address: Piazza Castello - Montesarchio (BN)
Maximum number of participants: 50
Info: 0815514583
