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New
proposals in the surprising Genoa centre
A
plunge in the aquarium
The
coast of the Eolie islands archipelago reproduced in an Aquarium
Tank
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There is something just as
beautiful in Barcelona, something with a more ancient tradition in
Montecarlo, something just as new in Sydney, but, in Italy, something so
unique is only in Genoa, where the aquarium is continually expanding and
every year something new is offered.
The Eolie islands Aquarium has been operative since Dec. 10th 2000. It
reproduces the coast of the famous volcanic Sicilian archipelago. It
contains a splendid wall of orange madrepore and a range of species
typical of the Mediterranean Sea: the Rainbow Wrass, , the coloured
Pavonina Wrass, the Sand Turbot, the Cardinal Fish.
This is the most recent initiative of an extremely successful project
which is continuously offering new attractions. (Thanks to the automatic
ticket centre) tickets can be bought in Genoa without |
standing in a
queue. Access to the pavilions is opened every half hour to
avoid crowding, thus improve the quality of the visit.
Tickets must be booked for schools or groups of more than 25
people. This can be done through the Aquarium website (www.acquario.ge.it).
Guided visits can also be chosen.
Another initiative of the centre are the nineteen Tanks of
The Great Blue Ship, which have been added to the existing
40 Tanks. This route lasts two and a half hours (one hour
longer than it used to), and the total surface covered has
increased from 7,000 to 9,400 sq. m. Close to the aquarium
is one of the most recent and innovative museums in Genova,
the Sea and Navigation Pavillion, where environment and real
situations are reproduced by means of a strictly authentic
range of materials, objects and finds.
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Christmas
at the cinema:
Films for all tastes
Six films are
currently appealing to children, and five of them are cartoons:
"Pokemon 2", "Babar, King of the Elephants",
""Princes and Princesses" are traditional cartoons;
"Dinosaurs" has been made with digital processes, whereas
"Chickenrun" is made with puppets. Any actors left? Yes,
they haven’t disappeared. "The Grinch" features the
polymorphous Jim Carrey. All of them are just beautiful.
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Cities
for children
What do
cities offer children? A survey from the CNR research
centre has tried to answer this question. The results
show that our urban centres are depersonalised.
Children want adequate lighting, slower cars,
understandable road signs placed at a child’s height,
pedestrian crossings, larger pavements, safe routes
from home to school and telephones which can be
reached by children.
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Consumption
is not the only subject:
a child dies every 3 seconds
Christmas
holidays don’t mean only shopping. They can also
represent for us a moment of reflection and UNICEF is
helping us in this. This Christmas they have broadcast
distressing
information about children, victims of tragedy. In
1999 eleven million children below the age of 5 died,
all of them of curable diseases. To understand this
figure better we can specify that it corresponds to
thirty thousand victims a day, 1270 every hour, one
every three seconds. According to the UN fund for
childhood, twenty million children were compelled to
leave their homes and countries by surrounding wars.
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Visiting
parks
with Infotoys
Thanks
to an agreement with Viviparchi, visitors to
Infotoys.it will be able to access participating
structures at a more favourable fee. Parks which have
signed an agreement with Viviparchi are listed in the
section www.infotoys.it/parchidivertimento-f.htm,
where
the characteristics of the main Italian structures are
shown.
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