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Satellite View of Venice & its lagoon
©NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS,
and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
The UNESCO Office in Venice - UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE) focuses its action in SCIENCE and CULTURE on Member States of South-East Europe as a priority, and develops initiatives in favour of Central Europe and the Mediterranean basin in close consultation with the other UNESCO offices concerned.

|HOT SPOT| International Year of Astronomy IYA 2009 Side Events in Italy and in South East Europe. Ongoing exhibition in Venice (26 Oct-27 Nov) : Galileo, Venice & the Moon. Watch video : IYA2009 Trailer.

|EVENTS| 10 Nov (Palazzo Zorzi) : Celebrating 2009 UNESCO World Science Day for Peace and Development. 10-12 Nov (Syracuse, Italy) : Island & Coastal Biosphere Reserves in the Mediterranean. Models for Sustainable Development. 20-21 Nov (Palazzo Zorzi) : Cultural Heritage : Conservation, Innovation, Development. See more about upcoming local events and SEE events.

|NEWS| Press Release MDG-F Project Office (Sarajevo) 20/10/2009 : Memorandums of Understanding for the implementation of the MDG-F Programme Culture and Development signed with 10 municipalities; read Press coverage [Pdf, 1543kb]. Darwin & Modern Science. Follow-up in ICTP Trieste.

|MULTIMEDIA| Trailers Screening : H2Ooooh! Water, And yet it moves-Galileo, Pet Pals-Marco Polo’s Code.

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On the main floor of Palazzo Zorzi, better known as the “piano nobile”, the Conference Hall and Meeting Room area have been equipped with all the modern technologies.

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Palazzo Zorzi situated in the sestiere of Castello, near Campo S. Maria Formosa, not far from Piazza San Marco, Riva degli Schiavoni and the Church of San Zaccaria.

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Venice is mostly likely to be affected by high waters during autumn and winter. Between September and April, the City implements the Pedaestrian Mobility Plan with raised walkways .


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icomos-italy-tb.jpgCultural Heritage: Conservation, Innovation, Development
International conference organized in the framework of the celebrations for the 35th anniversary of ICOMOS Italia by ICOMOS International Council of Monuments and Sites. Press release just published

poster-exhibit-ictp-thumb.jpgDarwin & Modern Science - Follow-up of associated events at ICTP
Exhibit on Darwin & Modern Science and mini-conference on "Darwin, Evolution & Science" hosted by The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) to celebrate the bicentennial of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the Origin of Species

moon-tb.jpgGalileo, Venice & the Moon
Travelling exhibition organised by INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padua in the context of International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009)

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