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RIGA GENOVA, 2 LUGLIO 2008 Sabato 5 luglio la sedicesima edizione con un ricordo di Ippolito Pizzetti REGIONE LIGURIA, PALAZZI, GIARDINI E NOBILTA’ DEL ‘700 DALLA RUSSIA A VERSAILLES, AL PREMIO GRINZANE VILLA HANBURY DI VENTIMIGLIA Con i presidenti Claudio Burlando e Mercedes Bresso VENTIMIGLIA. Sedicesima edizione del Premio Grinzane Cavour Giardini Botanici Hanbury, sabato 5 luglio 2008, alle 17,30, alla Mortola di Ventimiglia. La manifestazione è promossa con la Regione Liguria (assessorato alla Cultura) e la Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo, in collaborazione con l’Università di Genova, la Provincia di Imperia e gli Amici dei Giardini Botanici Hanbury. Per la Regione Liguria saranno presenti a Villa Hanbury il presidente Claudio Burlando e l’assessore al Turismo Margherita Bozzano. Presente anche il presidente della Regione Piemonte Mercedes Bresso. Il Premio prende il nome dal prestigioso complesso naturalistico del Ponente Ligure creato nel 1867 da Sir Thomas Hanbury, uno dei giardini botanici più incantevoli d’Europa, oggi affidato all’Università di Genova. Il premio promuove ogni anno la cultura dei giardini, dei fiori e del paesaggio attraverso tre sezioni di libri. I palazzi e i giardini della nobiltà settecentesca, dalle tenute nobiliari ,dalla campagna russa a Versailles la terra, il territorio e i suoi frutti sono al centro della sedicesima edizione della manifestazione. La cerimonia di premiazione sarà preceduta alle 16,30 dal convegno “Ippolito Pizzetti, un ricordo”, dedicato alla memoria dell’architetto, giornalista e paesaggista per molti anni membro della giuria del Premio Grinzane Giardini Botanici Hanbury. Della giuria, presieduta da Marella Agnelli, fanno parte Boris Biancheri, Annalisa Maniglio Calcagno, Paolo Mauri, Paolo Pejrone, Giuseppe Conte, Nico Orengo, Giuseppe Conte, Francesca Marzotto Caotorta, Massimo Venturi Ferraiolo, Sergio Buonadonna, Sergio Givone, Paola Profumo, Claude Raffestin e il coordinatore del Premio Giuliano Soria. A conclusione della manifestazione sarà presentata l’intesa tra il Muma- Istituzione Musei del Mare e della Navigazione di Genova e il Premio Grinzane Cavour che collaboreranno per la realizzazione del “Parco Culturale del Mare”. |
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| Ventimiglia Travel Guide Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and see The boulevard in Ventimiglia The boulevard in Ventimiglia Hans Bos The Ventimiglia of today is composed of the upper town of medieval origin, built on the top of the "Cavo" hill, and of the new lower town in the alluvial plain between the river Roja and the torrent Nervia, where the ancient Ligurian people Intemelii and then the Romans once settled. The Ventimiglia region is very various from a geographical and a climatical point of view. The valley of the Roja, the only river of the Imperia region running nevertheless mostly in France, is characterized by steep and deep gorges rich in woods and small lakes, studded with few but picturesque mountain villages; the coast westwards between the mouth of the Roja and the French border near Mentone, on the contrary, has a typical mediterranean vegetation and offers such an exceptionally mild climate that it favoured in the last century the creation of the acclimatization park of Sights. The extreme western strip of the coast is famous for the presence of the Balzi Rossi caves, imposing cliffs sheer to the sea characterized by the typical reddish colour where prehistoric man found a shelter for milleniums, leaving many evidences of his presence. __________Sights Edit This x Mortola: Hambury Gardens The Hambury Botanic Gardens were created in 1867 when sir Thomas Hambury, holidaying on the Costa Azzurra, was stuck by the beauty of Capo Martola, near Ventimiglia, and began to purchase, piece by piece, part of the land which later amounted to eighteen hectares. A pastureland zone was invilved, bounded on three sides, by mountains which protected it from the wind and, to the south east, washed by a flawless sea. Sir Thomas, who was very rich, had travelled particularly in the Far East and thought of transforming this small area into a complex to receive exotic plants from different countries, helped by this brother Daniel, a pharmacologist who came from England for this purpose. In a short space of time everything was transformed: villa Orengo, also purchased together with the land, was restored, country buildings were built or re-adapted, the land was worked to receive plants and seeds. _______History Edit This The first permanent settlements in the Ventimiglia area date back to the 6th century B.C. and assume the form of fortifications, the so called "castellari", situated on the ridge separating the Roja and the Nervia valleys, in order to defend and to control the territory. The Ligurian lntemelii dominated for a long time the territory between Arma di Taggia and Monaco and built their main town in Albium lntemelium, situated in the level zone at the foot of Colla Sgarba, near the mouth of the Nervia. The pre-Roman settlement had its greatest expansion in the years between 270 and 180 B.C. and obtained its prosperity probably from sea trade with the neighbouring Greek colonies of Marseilles. The Romans subdued the lntemelii people around 180 B.C. and they placed a military garrison, transformed towards 89 B.C. into a real town called Albintimilium. The town enlarged in the level area in the south of the ancient pre-Roman centre through a system of rectangular lots and perpendicular streets, according to the usual pattern of the decumani (layouts from West to East) and of the cardini (layouts from North to South). In consequence of the pillage suffered because of Otto in 69 A.D., Albintimilium was rebuilt in the same area occupied in the Republican Age. The theatre was built along the longest decumanus near the older porta di Provenza (gate of Provence), an interesting example of gate with two towers and the area of the forum, still unexploited. Inside, the thermae rose near the present hospital, while beyond the west walls the necropolis extended. Towards the end of the 4th century A.C. the town went through a progressive decline as consequence of the barbarian invasions. Many inhabitants moved to the promontory at the mouth of the Roja, and founded a fortified city (castrum), which opposed for some time the Longobard expansion. The Roman settlement was completely abandoned in the 7th century, after the total occupation of this area by the Longobards; it remained for centuries hidden under heaps of rubbles, and was partly found out again at the end of the last century by the learned man Girolamo Rossi of Ventimiglia. Later, other archaeologists followed him, such as Pietro Baroncelli and Nino Lamboglia, who made systematic excavation works, which outlined more precisely the features of the town. Soundings and researches are still in course. The Byzantine castrum assumed the name of Vintimilium and became one of the main episcopal centres in Liguria. The medieval town developed step by step around it and was ruled by the Counts of Ventimiglia who, besides opposing efficaciously the Saracen expansion (end of the 9th century), assured to the people a period of relative security. The growth of the town towards the 10th century is evidenced by the rebuilding of the cathedral and by the foundation of the church of San Michele, bestowed in 1041 to the Benedictines of Lerins. Between the l1th and the 12th century, Ventimiglia became a free town and it was subjected by Genoa only in 1251, after many years of strong opposition. During those centuries the town extended probably along the north-east promontory slope creating the quarter Campo (the present Via Garibaldi, Via Giudici, Vico degli Olivi) and the quarter Largo, which dominated a "lake" originated from the Roja in the area close to the present bridge. This ward with the passing of time and with the change of the river's watercourse, disappeared and only the denomination of vico Lago and salita Lago remained. The town was surrounded by walls, which departed from the Counts castle and were interrupted by gates, porta Marina, porta Piemonte, along the road of the Roja Valley, porta Nuova and porta deI Ciouso still remain nowadays. The Genoese dominion manifested itself with the building of the San Paolo fort overhanging the town, and with the strengthening of Castel d'Appio at Siestro. In the 13th - 14th centuries the town assumed a defined structure with the building of the quarter Oliveto around the church of San Michele. In 1313 the Friars Minor of San Francesco founded a convent near the present porta Nizza (Nice gate), reused in the last century as school building; the Austin Friars instead settled down in Ventimiglia only in 1487 and occupied the area on the left of the Roja's mouth. After a period of insecurity caused by the Franco-Spanish war, beginning from 1529, the Genoese rebuilt the walls, still nowadays intact in the north-east zone. Between the 16th and 17th century Ventimiglia had a period of general renewal of its architecture elements and showed the richness attained by the nobiliary-class. The Palaces of via Garibaldi were rebuilt and enriched by ornaments, while the churches were fitted to the new liturgical demands. In 1668 the convent of the Lateran nuns was built in the territory of the ancient castle. In the 18th century there were no fundamental modifications in the walled village, but this period was characterized by the foundation of several suburban villas with parks and gardens on the slight slopes in the hamlet of Latte. In 1797 the town was under the democratic Ligurian Republic rule and was nominated chief district of the Palms' Jurisdiction (Giurisdizione delle Palme), included in the province of Sanremo. Under the Reign of Savoy (1814) Ventimiglia was choosen as fortified town for its strategic boundary position. In that period the fort of the Annunciata was built in the area of the sixteenth century Franciscan convent. At present it is the seat of the Civic Archaeologic Museum "Girolamo Rossi',. thanks to its particular position sheer to the sea we can enjoy a wonderful view over the Riviera and the Cote d'Azur. After the coming of the railway line and the establishment of the international station, opened in 1871, Ventimiglia spread along the plain, gradually bringing there the main public institutions, among which the town hall. ________Getting There Edit This By train: "Ferrovie dello Stato"/ Genova-Ventimiglia railway (Ventimiglia station). By car: "A10" motorway (Genova-Ventimiglia): exit Ventimiglia; S. S. 1 (Aurelia) Airport: Genoa (GOA) (Cristoforo Colombo Sestri) (Web site: http://www.airport.genova.it) 6km (4 miles) west of the city (travel time – 20 minutes) has duty-free facilities. Buses are available to the city. Genoa-Ventimiglia 250Km |