Milan Italy

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Milan is located between the Po River, the Alps and Italian lakes region. The concentric layout of the city center has been influenced by the Navigli, an ancient system of navigable and interconnected canals, now mostly covered. There are only few remains of the ancient Roman colony of Mediolanum.

Following the edict of Milan in 313 A.D., several basilicas were built by the city gates, still standing and refurbished over the centuries. The cathedral was built between 1386 and 1577, is the fifth largest in the world and the most important example of Gothic architecture in Italy. In the 15^th century, an old fortress was enlarged and embellished to become the Castello Sforzesco, the seat of an elegant Renaissance court surrounded by a walled hunting park.

Economy the Milan metro area generates approximately 9% of the national GDP and is home to more than 8 percent of all businesses in Italy, including many media and advertising agencies. Milan is a major world fashion center - 12,000 companies, 800 show rooms, and 6,000 sales outlets - and manufacturing center. Other important products made here include chemicals, machinery, pharmaceuticals and plastics. Other key sectors in the city's economy are advanced research in health and biotechnologies, engineering, banking and finance.

Museums and Art Galleries the Brera Portrait Gallery holds one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings. The Sforza Castle hosts numerous art collections and exhibitions, especially statues, ancient arms and furniture. Leonardo Da Vinci worked here from 1482 until 1499 and was commissioned to paint the Virgin of the Rocks and the Last Supper. Milan was affected by the Baroque in the 17^th and 18^th centuries, hosting numerous artists, architects and painters of that period, such as Caravaggio. In the 20^th century, the city was the epicenter of the Futurist artistic movement. The Museo del Novecento is a 20^th Century art gallery with sections dedicated to Futurism, Spatialism and Poor Art.

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Music Milan is a major national and international center of the performing arts, most notably opera. La Scala is considered one of the most prestigious opera houses in the world, hosting the premieres of numerous operas since the mid19^th century. Other major theatres in Milan include the Arcimboldi and the Lirico.The city also has a renowned symphony orchestra, conservatory and is a major center for musical composition.

Fashion and Shopping a global capital in industrial design, fashion and architecture, Milan is the commercial capital of Italy and one of Europe's most dynamic cities, it accounts for the lion’s share of the fashion trade, with some of the most renowned fashion houses headquartered here. Its upscale fashion district and Galleria, the world’s first shopping mall, offer the best shopping opportunities. 

Architecture and Design the city’s modern skyscrapers and unique liberty style office and apartment buildings make it a trend setter in architecture. Milan is also a leader in high-quality furniture and interior design and is home to Europe's largest permanent trade exhibition - Fiera Milano - and one of the most prestigious international furniture and design fairs. Milan has recently undergone a massive urban renewal with several famous architects taking part in projects such as EXPO 2015.

Food and Wine home to a proud culinary tradition, Milan specialties include classic dishes like cotoletta alla milanese, cassoeula, stewed pork rib chops and sausage with cabbage, ossobuco, risotto, busecca and brasato, salami and gorgonzola cheese. Sweets include chiacchiere, panettone and tortelli. World-renowned restaurants and cafés can be found in the historic center, Brera and Navigli districts.

Venetian Countryside Food and Wine Itineraries

 Cooking Classes and Culinary Tours

Veneto is the most productive wine area in Italy and a unique area where the flavors of the local products combine to create delicious dishes, both in traditional and innovative ways. When natural products are put together to create a dish, the choice of ingredients and the way they are combined, cooked, and eaten are a function of identity, lifestyle and social status.

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Cooking classes designed to acquaint you with Venice and its territory by explaining how these local dishes developed and changed over the centuries. Learn to cook a savory risotto al radicchio, sweet white asparagus, baccalà, corn meal with boiled baby shrimp seasoned with Italian dressing, homemade noodles with basil pesto and scampi.

Tiramisù was created in Treviso just 40 km from Venice

Wine tours include an overview of the issues facing winemakers and how they retain family traditions and preserve the local environment. The Prosecco Wine Hills visit includes stops at local wine cellars, an ancient abbey and an imposing medieval castle

Medieval Treviso walk along its narrow, pebbled streets and chic boutiques. Learn the history and mysteries of the city known as the Garden of Venice. Have lunch in a typical restaurant and enjoy a typical Spritz with Cicheti in a local Cicchetteria.

Venetian Villas participate in a typical cooking class, where you will learn some of the secrets of the Venetian cuisine, in a charming Venetian Villa designed by Palladio and walk through the medieval village of Asolo, a widespread museum.

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Exploring the Brandywine Creek and Valley

Brandywine Creek is a tributary of the Christina River in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware. The Lower Brandywine is 20.4 miles long and is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River with several tributary streams.

Development and Conservancy Issues in the 1960s, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania in the historic Brandywine Valley, faced a possible massive industrial development that would impact a largely rural community.  Also, development plans in floodplain areas threatened to devastate water supplies for numerous communities in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware.

Residents bought endangered land and founded the Brandywine Conservancy in 1967.  The first conservation easements, protecting more than five and one-half miles along the Brandywine, were granted in 1969. 

These Experiences have placed the Brandywine Valley communities in the forefront of responsible land use, open space preservation and water protection with a focus on integrating conservation with economic development through land stewardship and local government assistance programs working with individuals, state, county and municipal governments and private organizations to permanently protect and conserve natural, cultural and scenic resources.

The Conservancy opened a museum in 1971 in the renovated Hoffman’s Mill, a former gristmill built in 1864, part of the Conservancy’s first preservation efforts.  It contains an unparalleled collection of American art with emphasis on the art of the Brandywine region, illustration, still life and landscape painting, and the work of the Wyeth family.

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Professional Enrichment Tours address suburban sprawl, declining water quality, diminishing water supplies, vanishing agricultural land, loss of historic character, wildlife habitat degradation, and threatened biological resources. Learn to:

·         Protect and conserve land and water, natural, cultural and scenic resources;

·         Create and strengthen local government efforts that support resource conservation;

·         Improve site planning and design to support resource conservation;

·         Plan and conserve of natural and cultural resources;

·         Enhance awareness and knowledge of conservation approaches.

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On the way to the Brandywine Valley, it is worth visiting three cultural venues in Wilmington:

Rockwood Mansion & Park, an English country estate featuring unique gardens, a Rural Gothic mansion with conservatory, and a Victorian house museum with 19^thand 20^th century furnishings.

The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, located in the Wilmington Riverfront District, is a non-collecting contemporary art museum dedicated to the advancement of contemporary art. The DCCA houses seven galleries with over 30 exhibits annually, featuring the work of regional, national, and international artists.

The Delaware Art Museum founded in 1912, it offers vibrant family programs, studio art classes, a diverse collection of American art and illustration and an outdoor sculpture garden.

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The Capua Archaeological and Provincial Museum

Capua is an illustrious and antique metropolis in Campania. Its museum contains the most resplendent archaeological and medieval relics from this region of Italy.

The Archaeological Museum stands on one of Capua’s most ancient settlements, first occupied by the Torre di Sant’Erasmo during the Longobard era. Inaugurated in 1995, it contains archaeological finds coming from the excavations carried out in the territory. The complex consists of 32 exhibition rooms, 20 areas for deposit, three large courtyards and a vast garden. 

Twelve halls, illustrative panels and legends allow visitors to retrace the history of the territory from the first millennium BC to the 9^th century AD, a period of decline for the city. From Bronze Age to Iron Age, from the archaic period to the Etruscan civilization, from the Sunnite to the Roman period, a history full of influences and changes retraceable through the objects on display. Votive sculptures, weapons, golden jewels, grave goods, bronze vases, the reconstruction of a tomb crypt with a natural size fresco of the dead, red figure chinaware, votive medals, architectonic elements and many other objects.

The Provincial Museum of Campania in Capua was founded in 1870 and inaugurated in 1874; it is the most significant museum of ancient Italian civilization in Campania. The museum is in the historic Antignano building, whose foundations go back to the 9^th century and incorporate the ruins of San Lorenzo ad Crucem, a church dating from the Lombardic age. The building boasts the splendid Durazzesco-Catalan portal which bears mountings of the Antignano and Alagno coats of arms.

a royal decree led to the museum’s founding to house the region's archaeological and artistic heritage

The first director, professor Gabriele Iannelli, a distinguished archaeologist, historian and epigraphist who, according to the words of Norbert Kamp "possessed a truly unique vision for his time of the entire Capuan tradition "- was a tenacious organizer who managed the museum for over 30 years.

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The museum is a mirror-image of the three millennia old life of a metropolis which has seen rulers that include the Oscans, Etruscans, Samnites, Romans, Longobards, Normans, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese and Spaniards. Its history is linked to names such as Spartacus, Hannibal, Pandolfo Capodiferro and Pietro della Vigna, Cesare Borgia and Hector Fieramosca. By 1956, with the addition of new rooms, the collections had been rearranged with the most modern criteria. The new Museum of Campania is among the most important in Italy and Europe. The layout was realized by prof. Raffaello Causa, responsible for the medieval and the modern section, and by prof. Alfonso De Franciscis and Mario Napoli, responsible for the archaeological section. The museum is divided into an archaeological and a medieval department along with an important library.

Ships, Captains and Leaders

Crisis, Accountability and Responsibility

This is the story of two ships, their masters and how they reacted in the aftermath of a mishap. You have heard of the Costa Concordia; a ship with state-of-the-art navigation and communications technology. The other ship was a 1637 ton sailing barque that lost all its masts in a storm off the Falkland Islands in December 1905.

So, at face value nothing in common; different times and ships, part of the world as well as type and cause of the accident.  Even the ending is different: the sailing ships managed to limp into Montevideo harbor after 46 days with its valuable cargo of nitrates intact.

What they have in common are the culture, values and traditions of the two masters and crews. So, how could their behavior and performance after their respective mishaps have been so different.

There are of course many reasons but the one that is key is the role of a ship’s captain, and for that matter any business or government leader, in the 21^st century compared to 100 years ago.

Today a ship and its captain are pretty much on automatic pilot; in fact, many decisions are made off the ship in an office somewhere where “managers” decide on a course of action. While maintaining objective responsibility, a captain is reduced to a mere figurehead.

The captain of that other ship was the ultimate decision maker. He had no choice, being so far away from home and for long periods of time. He and the ship owner shared in the risk and responsibility as well as in the rewards in the event of a successful voyage. In other words: total accountability!

Technical issues aside, this could be a determining factor in the performance aboard ship and in the conduct of a business, a government or a nonprofit institution.

A century ago the captain had every incentive to perform. He also had total responsibility and the unconditional allegiance of the crew; the ultimate team effort with a clear leader! Today’s captains are salaried employees. Nothing wrong with a salaried employee but who are the real de-facto captains of today’s ships? The implication is that today’s highly trained and sophisticated managers do not take responsibility by design. They have a job to do and they do it extremely well. Under this scenario, when something goes wrong it is difficult to establish accountability and assign responsibility. More importantly, it takes a long time to determine the causes of a problem and make the necessary adjustments.

Systems with diffused power and limited liability have major advantages but, as with the economic crisis of the last several years, they also lead to disasters with long term consequences for everyone.

Note: The captain of the sailing ship was this writer’s grandfather.

Lavoro e Vacanze negli Stati Uniti

Servizi per Vacanze, Viaggi Lavoro e Studio Lavoro e Vacanze negli Stati Uniti

Un Servizio Turistico altamente personalizzato e flessibile per vacanze, viaggi di lavoro e studio che comprende trasporti locali e intercity, sistemazioni e consumazioni, escursioni, la programmazione e gestione di incontri e appuntamenti di lavoro ed eventi per aziende, non profit ed enti pubblici.

I Servizi di Tema - Knowledge Tourism

Trasporti Locali pubblici e privati, trasferimenti regionali inclusivi di assicurazione, tasse, pedaggi, carburante e servizi con conducente, trasferimenti intercity e aeroportuali ed escursioni turistiche.
Sistemazioni inclusive di prima colazione e tasse locali.

Guide Specializzate inclusive di tasse applicabili.
Pranzi e Cene inclusive di tasse applicabili.
Escursioni in ambito culturale, gastronomico, shoppig ed altre attivita’ per famiglie e gruppi tematici.

Organizzazione e gestione di incontri di lavoro ed eventi, inclusivi di marketing del territorio.

modifiche al programma sono apportabili anche mentre il viaggio è in corso

Termini del Servizio

Cancellazioni e’ possibile annullare prenotazioni di alloggi e servizi senza penalita’. In caso di cancellazione, il pagamento effettuato per la pianificazione del viaggio  e’ rimborsabile ma tutte le informazioni, i contatti, gli alloggi e gli altri fornitori di servizi messi a disposizione del cliente non possono essere utilizzati direttamente o indirettamente per il viaggio programmato

.Comunicazioni Il cliente è invitato a non fornire istruzioni e apportare modifiche a qualsiasi aspetto del programma di viaggio con i fornitori di servizi. Tutte le comunicazioni prima e durante il viaggio avranno luogo solo con i membri della nostra gestione che vi saranno indicati prima dell’inizio del viaggio. Il cliente assegnerà una persona nel gruppo per comunicare con la gestione riguardo a tutti gli aspetti del programma di viaggio.

Pagamenti

Tema effettua pagamenti ai fornitori di servizi a costo, senza alcun compenso, per la prenotazione di sistemazioni, ingressi a musei ed eventi vari, servizi di linea aerea e treni interurbani, nonché pranzi e cene. In alternativa, il cliente può effettuare i pagamenti in base ad istruzioni fornite da Tema.
La Pianificazione del Viaggio e’ pagabile con l’accettazione dal cliente per l’utilizzo dei servizi di Tema mirati ad organizzare e pianificare il viaggio di lavoro e/o la vacanza del cliente.
La Gestione del Viaggio è pagabile entro tre giorni prima dell'inizio del viaggio del cliente.
I Trasporti Locali, definiti come servizi auto con conducente, SUV, autobus e trasferimenti via taxi locali sono pagabili a Tema entro tre giorni prima dell'inizio del viaggio del cliente.

I Servizi di Gestione Locale sono pagabili a Tema entro tre giorni prima dell'inizio del viaggio.
I costi dei servizi indicati sono in funzione del numero di persone partecipanti e la durata del viaggio. Il costo per la voce Pianificazione del Viaggio sara’ indicato al cliente nello stesso giorno in cui avviene il primo contatto con Tema. Tutti le altre tariffe saranno elencate nel Piano di Viaggio Complessivo che include alloggi e gli altri servizi programmati.

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Per le Strutture Ricettive e le Aziende Fornitrici di Servizi Turistici Vari

La nostra azienda propone una collaborazione Italia-America nelle seguenti aree tematiche:

• ricezione, percorsi e itinerari turistici,
• la promozione del territorio,
• progetti ambientali e
• gestione eventi

Siamo particolarmente interessati nei piccoli centri urbani, i borghi storici e le aree rurali che sono peraltro I territori di provenienza di molti dei nostril client americani interessati a visitare l’Italia.

Termini e Condizioni del Servizio

Servizi Personalizzati a differenza della maggior parte dei fornitori di servizi di viaggio, Tema fornisce un servizio altamente personalizzato e flessibile per vacanze o viaggi d'affari. Inoltre, modifiche possono essere apportate al piano di viaggio anche mentre il viaggio è in corso.

I Servizi di Tema

Trasporti Locali privati, van, bus e trasferimenti di taxi locali inclusivi di assicurazione, tasse, pedaggi, carburante e servizi con conducente, città per città, trasferimenti aeroportuali e eventi turistici. Le gratuita’ non sono incluse.
Sistemazioni inclusive di prima colazione, tasse e tasse locali. Gratuita’ non sono incluse.

Guide Specializzate inclusive di tasse applicabili. Le gratuita’ non sono incluse.
Pranzi e Cene inclusive di tasse applicabili. Le gratuita’ non sono incluse.

Termini

Cancellazioni e’ possibile annullare prenotazioni di alloggi e servizi senza penalita’. In caso di cancellazione, il pagamento effettuato per la pianificazione del viaggio  e’ rimborsabile ma tutte le informazioni, i contatti, gli alloggi e gli altri fornitori di servizi messi a disposizione del cliente non possono essere utilizzati direttamente o indirettamente per il viaggio programmato.
Comunicazioni Il cliente è invitato a non fornire istruzioni e apportare modifiche a qualsiasi aspetto del programma di viaggio con i fornitori di servizi. Tutte le comunicazioni prima e durante il viaggio avranno luogo solo con i membri della nostra gestione che saranno indicati prima dell’inizio del viaggio. Il cliente assegnerà una persona nel gruppo per comunicare con la gestione riguardo a tutti gli aspetti del programma di viaggio.

Pagamenti

Tema effettua pagamenti ai fornitori di servizi a costo, senza alcun compenso, per la prenotazione di sistemazioni, ingressi a musei ed eventi vari, servizi di linea aerea e treni interurbani, nonché pranzi e cene. In alternativa, il cliente può effettuare i pagamenti in base ad istruzioni fornite da Tema.
La Pianificazione del Viaggio e’ pagabile con l’accettazione dal cliente per l’utilizzo deii servizi di Tema mirati ad organizzare e pianificare il viaggio di lavoro e/o la vacanza del cliente.
I Trasporti Locali, definiti come servizi auto con conducente, SUV, autobus e trasferimenti via taxi locali sono pagabili a Tema entro tre giorni prima dell'inizio del viaggio del cliente.
I Servizi Guida sono pagabili a Tema entro tre giorni prima dell'inizio del viaggio del cliente.

Tutti le altre tariffe saranno elencate nel Piano di Viaggio Complessivo che include alloggi e gli altri servizi programmati e per le quali si chiede la consueta provvigione.

Adesione

Per aderire al progetto, le aziende partecipanti sono invitate a fornire le seguenti informazioni:

nome, recapito, codice fiscale/piva, contatti tel, email, web nonche’ istruzioni per l’invio di pagamenti.

Si richiede inoltre il listino con le tariffe al pubblico e la percentuale di sconto applicabile.

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