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May 11, 2011
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- Friday in Genoa will open the 2011 edition of Port Week
- Scheduled a series of events to bring the port to the city
  It is true, whatever people may say, history rarely repeats itself. But this is one of those occasional times. The fact has already happened is shown by the photograph published on the side, taken from the historical archives of the Port of Genoa. The shot captures one of the many departures of Italian citizens in search of a better life abroad have taken place from the port of Genoa. It's 14,000 farmers in Libya direct imbarcatisi October 29, 1938. The scene today is the same, only this time they are citizens of other nations to reach the port of Genoa to escape fighting and look for a place to lead a dignified and secure life. In the next hours will arrive in port with two ships carrying about one thousand persons on board bound for Lampedusa and the reception centers in northern Italy. Are migrants coming from Central Africa and got stuck in Libya because of the ongoing war in the country.
- The landing will be a few hours before the opening of Port Week, the week in which the port of Genoa, the city will open with a series of events organized under the direction of the Port Authority and the contribution of the community who have the port of Genoa 'target closer and closer to the port city. The landing - noted this morning the president of the port of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, presenting the event - is a story "that is also very much on the symbolic level." It is an event - said - that "it is in the DNA of the port, which is the locus of communication."
- History repeats itself in the port of Genoa, with new acts of solidarity and support as that made by the Company only workers Goods Miscellaneous Paride Batini which has hosted dozens of migrants in the room called. Also during Week history and current Port will meet and will be the stars, repeating that the port - as recalled by Merlo - is a crossroads and as such place of communication and contact between cultures and peoples.
- Like last year, Port Week will open with two days devoted entirely to children thanks to an initiative that sees the co-organization of "The Port of Little, an association that offers moments of fun and learning for children in care in hospital : Friday 13 and Saturday 14, the Old Port will be hosting eight workshops and a show. The leaders of the association to teach young patients - but also the children of many schools that have accepted the invitation and citizenship - the trades of the port, marine biology, and the secrets of fishing knots, how to build the ship of dreams and tales of the sea. Friday and Saturday will be held in the afternoon the play "stage-Fish: amazing adventures, talking fish and algae that are sbellicare with laughter." In addition, students and citizens will be able to perform well around the harbor by boat (for schools must be booked by contacting the phone number 0108593458).
- Among other initiatives planned during the course of Port Week, Saturday, May 14 Friday, May 20 and are scheduled two free visits to the port of Genoa by boat departing from the Aquarium in time to be defined.Friday, May 20 at the Museum of Sea and Navigation will be inaugurated the photographic exhibition "Tales from the wind" of the photographer Stefano Lanzardo curated by Beatrice Cynthia Astrua and Compal will remain on display until mid-August. The exhibition, in line with Port Week, inspired by a photographic reportage that Lanzardo made between 1989-90 during the redevelopment of the sails of the Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian Navy training ship.
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