ICTP Tour to Art Exhibition and Slovenia on Sunday 21 August

[Info Point]

*SUNDAY 21 AUGUST 2011*

*Special guided tour by coach to*

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*A VISIT TO THE CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION "BIENNALE DIFFUSA" IN 
TRIESTE FOLLOWED BY AN EXCURSION TO THE COASTAL TOWNS OF **PIRAN AND 
KOPER IN SLOVENIA***


The tour will start with the visit of the Contemporary Art Exhibition 
"Biennale Diffusa", an extension of the renown 54th International Venice 
Biennale event organized by famous art critic Vittorio Sgarbi. It is 
located in the old port of Trieste, the so-called "Forbidden City" and 
the exhibit is held in outstanding "Magazzino 26" (1890), first time 
ever opened to the public. You will then go to Slovenia to visit the 
beautiful coastal towns of Piran and Koper on the Adriatic coast. Both 
Piran and Koper, as well as most of the coastal towns in Slovenia and 
Croatia had historic and cultural ties with ancient Rome, the Republic 
of Venice, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy. Piran is the 
birthplace of Italian composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini. You will 
visit the Venetian style town and then proceed to Koper, the largest 
commercial port in Slovenia and visit its historic city centre with the 
15th century Praetorian Palace and the Loggia in Venetian Gothic style.

When the tour ends, you may choose to get off in Trieste City Centre or 
proceed with the ICTP bus to Grignano. Please remember that the last 
city bus to Grignano/ICTP leaves at 23:10 from Piazza Oberdan.

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MEETING POINT with our English-speaking guide Ms Paola Alzetta is fixed 
at 12:50 in Grignano near bus stop 6 by the sea.** *

*/_BRING YOUR PASSPORTS OR ID CARDS WITH YOU._/** *


Return time to Trieste is fixed at approximately 20:00.

Please wear comfortable walking shoes and take a bottle of water (and a 
small umbrella in case of rain).You will stop sometime during the tour 
for a quick snack/drink.

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The discounted contribution for the tour is euro 5/head** payable at the 
Info Point when you sign up (8:30 - 16:48) **plus euro 6/head** for 
entrance to the Art Exhibition payable directly to the guide on the bus 
before the tour starts. *

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During the trip, it is essential to be punctual with timings recommended 
by the guide. _TEN minutes after the fixed departure time which will be 
clearly mentioned each time by your guide, the bus will leave_ and 
latecomers will have to proceed on their own under their own 
responsibility. *

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*Info Point*

*ext** 433*

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Info Point
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste - IT
tel: +39 040 2240 433
fax: +39 040 224163
info_pt at ictp.it

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