New collaboration with CTS – Centro Turistico Studentesco e Giovanile

Hello bloggers,

today we particularly inform our Italian travellers about the opportunities  offered by  CTS – Centro Turistico Studentesco e Giovanile.

Nuova collaborazione con CTS – Centro Turistico Studentesco e Giovanile

Dall’intuizione di un gruppo di studenti universitari che negli anni ’70 hanno dato vita al grande fenomeno del turismo studentesco, CTS è divenuta la più grande associazione di promozione sociale e si occupa da oltre 36 anni del viaggio, inteso come strumento per diffondere la conoscenza, la salvaguardia e la tutela degli ambienti naturali e del patrimonio storico, artistico e culturale nonché strumento per migliorare l’utilizzo del tempo libero di giovani e studenti.
CTS non è solo soluzioni di viaggio vantaggiose; infatti ogni giorno la tessera CTS si arricchisce di convenzioni per consentire ai soci di usufruire di sconti ed agevolazioni per lo shopping, nelle librerie, centri sportivi, parchi divertimento e servizi come la CTS MasterCard – carta di credito gratuita e ancora sconti presso musei, teatri, cinema, e scuole di lingua.
CTS è inoltre distributore unico in Italia della ISIC CARD, Carta Internazionale dello Studente. Patrocinata dall’UNESCO è l’unico documento che attesta lo status di studente. E’ riconosciuta in 116 Paesi nel mondo e consente di accedere ad un network vastissimo di agevolazioni in Italia e all’estero.

Events in Florence, Italy: Romantic Literature

Hello Bloggers,

Are you a writer? Are you a keen Dante Alighieri’s  reader? Love the Romantic Era and/or Italian literature?
If yes, follow the upcoming event of Life Beyond Tourism at this link.

The Romantics in Italy: Dante, Italian Culture, and Romantic Literature, a literature symposium that will be held in Florence, Italy, from January 23 to January 30, 2010… to discover how the Italian Romantic literature influenced writers all over Europe!

2010 Travel thoughts

Hello bloggers,

we would like to wish you a happy new year by sharing with you the following travel thoughts!!

“Every journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step”
by Lao Tse

“The true voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes”
by Marcel Proust

Follow LBT on Mixi.jp!!

Do you have any friends in Japan?? Invite them to search and follow Life Beyond Tourism on mixi.jp at this link!!

Presentazione del DVD ‘Firenze 2000 anni di Storia’

Il 19 Dicembre, a Firenze , nella splendida cornice dell’Auditorium al Duomo, in via de’ Cerretani 54/r, verrà presentato il DVD ‘Firenze 2000 Anni di Storia’, che narra la storia di Firenze dalle sue origini ai giorni nostri dal punto di vista storico, artistico e culturale. Al lavoro hanno partecipato Cristina Acidini, Soprintendente per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Antonio Paolucci, Direttore dei Musei Vaticani, Bruno Santi, già Soprintendente dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure e Paolo Del Bianco, Presidente Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco, promotrice di Life Beyond Tourism. La realizzazione è a cura della ArtMediaStudio.
Chi desiderasse partecipare all’evento potrà contattare la Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco allo 055. 216066.

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE” IN BAKU

Hi Bloggers,

we are happy to share with you a nice report about the Degree & Profession Regional Festival 2009 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The report has been published on Azerbaijan magazines, and it was written by Nurlan Koishanbaev – who has been University Delegate at the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation and is thus part of the Life Beyond Tourism (LBT) Club of Ambassadors now! Learn more about the LBT University Delegates-Club of Ambassadors program at this link!
Enjoy the report …

“Baku city was declared as a capital of Islamic Culture by the decision of the Fifth ministers of culture Islamic conference (21th – 23th November, 2007). In connection to this fact, series of events will be held in the capital of Azerbaijan during 2009. One of this events was international festival for students and young architects ”Degree and Profession” which theme is “Traditional Islamic architecture”. The festival was held in period of 14^th – 20^th March, 2009 and was organized by The Azerbaijan Republic Ministry of Culture, Azerbaijan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Romualdo del Bianco Foundation, and with assistance of IRCICA. Architects, students and researchers from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Russia, Italy, Cyprus and Bosnia took part in the festival.

Aim of the Baku Festival is to give to students of Islamic culture a possibility to represent their projects, to acquaint with experience of leading architects, to attend lections of scientists and experts of architecture, to take part in students workshops.

The main initiator of the festival is the Romualdo del Bianco Foundation, which created online base of student’s diploma projects so that they could be widely represented to circle of professionals connected with the Foundation.

53 projects from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Cyprus universities and Turkey master projects took part in diploma projects contest.

KazGASA presented 12 diploma architecture and design bachelor projects – four projects from Architecture department and eight from Design department. Those present authors of projects made short speeches, and other projects were demonstrated as a slide show. Speeches of KazGASA graduates N. Koihsanbaev and Y. Pack were honored with good comments.

There were instituted four awards in nominations Architecture, Urban planning, Restoration and interior design.

Urban planning nomination winner was considered KazGASA graduate Nurlan Koishanbaev’s diploma project “Asiada sports complex development concept in Almaty city”. Each of the winners was awarded with diploma and Romualdo del Bianco Foundation grant – month training course in Italy and 500 euro bonus.

All of the 12 KazGASA diploma works presented in Baku were fulfilled excellently. Students showed creativity and very good graphic abilities. After the projects slide show participants of the festival inquired after our school. Offers of participation in similar events in Florence and Cyprus were made.

The President of Romualdo del Bianco Foundation, Mr. Paolo del Bianco, basing on KazGASA graduates’ diploma projects analysis offered to hold “Degree and Profession” festival next year in Almaty.

The festival in Baku granted a possibility for presenting architectural schools and promoting relations between young architects from different countries.”

New countries are joining the LBT Photoblogs!!

Hi bloggers, don’t miss the beautiful pictures of Georgian architecture and traditions on cultural-heritage.biz!! and post your own photos!!

Christmas Exhibition in Florence: Traditional Handicraft

Not done with christmas shopping yet?? Looking for unique, characteristic presents??
Come visitng the Traditional Handicraft christmas exhibition in Florence, Italy! A trade fair of  original crafts from Czech Republic!  
Where:  Auditorium al Duomo, Via Cerretani 54/r Florence, Italy
When: December 6-8, 2009
Hours: Sun. 4-7 pm, Mon. 10 am-6 pm, Tue. 10 am – 5 pm. Free entrance

Buy Tourism Online has began!!

Yesterday Monday 16th, the B.T.O. Buy Tourism Online in Florence, Italy has began at the Stazione Leopolda.
Buy Tourism Online is a fair and training event dedicated to the tourism industry on how to promote your businness online; how to invest in web marketing solutions, and how to make the best use out of  social media and social networks! Follow it live on www.worldsitetravellers.com!

Cultural Exchanges across Europe!

Hi bloggers,
are you in Florence this week?? don’t miss the symposium

The Caucasus: Georgia on the Crossroads. Cultural Exchanges Across Europe and Beyond

The goal of the Symposium is to introduce international scholars and professionals working in the field of Georgian and Caucasian art and culture to each other. On an Italian setting, they will have the opportunity to:

“familiarize international audiences with the broad spectrum of scholarly work that exists in the ever-expanding field of Georgian and Caucasian cultural studies”.

The aim of the project is to establish a network of scientists, and provide them with an unprecedented forum for scientific cultural exchange.
More information on this link!