The Amerigo Vespucci ship will stop
in Alexandria, Egypt from 12 to 17 February.
This is the second visit of the Navy training ship, ambassador
of Made in Italy in the world, to the Egyptian city in 93 years
of history and it is from here that the sailing ship will begin
its tour in the waters of the Mare Nostrum.
The initiative 'Mediterranean Tour of the Amerigo Vespucci ship
and Villaggio IN Italia' promoted by the Minister of Defense
Guido Crosetto is supported, together with the Presidency of the
Council of Ministers, by 12 ministries.
The initiative is organized by Difesa Servizi SpA.
On Thursday, February 13, state broadcaster Rai, media partner
of the World Tour, will be back alongside the Vespucci ship for
the Mediterranean Tour with a special link-up with the Sanremo
Festival, during the 75th edition of the famous song contest
broadcast from Italy in Eurovision, as already announced by the
host and artistic director Carlo Conti.
Welcomed by the Italian Ambassador to Egypt Michele Quaroni, the
Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida and the Minister
of Culture Alessandro Giuli will be present in Alexandria and on
board the ship.
The event 'Vespucci meets Egypt' is scheduled for Saturday,
February 15, a cultural and food and wine initiative organized
by the Ministry of Agriculture, with the support of the Italian
Embassy, ;;the Ice foreign trade agency and the Italian Cultural
Institute in Cairo.
Starting at 5:30 pm, there will be a reading of a selection of
pieces by poet Giuseppe Ungaretti and Futurism founder Tommaso
Marinetti, recited by the Italian actor Davide Rondoni and the
Egyptian actress Fatma Adel, and a musical performance that will
see the involvement of the soprano Fiorenza Mercatali and the
tenor Paolo Mascari and the special participation of the
Egyptian soprano Gala El Hadidi, accompanied on the piano by
maestro
Francesco De Poli.
There will also be 250 young students from the "Don Bosco"
Institute of Alexandria, Egypt, which Ungaretti attended during
his childhood and, on this occasion, the class registers and
report card of the great Italian poet will be exhibited.
During the afternoon event, great space will also be given to
gastronomic excellence with a tasting of ice cream from farmers'
markets, a project curated by the agriculture ministry that has
just started in Alexandria and is obtaining excellent results
with Filiera Italia.
On the evening of February 15, awards will also be presented to
the ambassadors of Italian Quality in the World during a special
dinner aboard the Amerigo Vespucci ship dedicated to the UNESCO
candidacy of Italian cuisine as an intangible heritage of
humanity, organized together with the Ministry of Agricultural,
Food and Forestry Policies (MASAF) of the Italian government.
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