The Monastery of Santa Caterina in Locarno will house the natural history museum
The town council of Locarno has examined and approved the documentation relating to the variation of the town planning scheme.
The town council of Locarno has examined and approved the documentation relating to the variation of the town planning scheme, which seeks to house the new headquarters of the Cantonal Museum of Natural History in the Monastery of Santa Caterina. âIn this way, the grounds for transferring this important museum to Locarno are established, in accordance with the address given by the cantonal authority,â said the administrator.
From Cannero to Luino on a Vespa, riding the waves of Lake Maggiore
Alessandro Pozzi, a Vespa rider from Jerago con Orago, is launching the âTraversata per la Vitaâ, a fundraising initiative to be completed on a very unusual means of transport.
Sunday, 13 June. This is the date of the newÂ
charity fundraising challenge, the âTraversata per la Vitaâ (âCrossing for Lifeâ) by Alessandro Pozzi. This time,
the
Vespa riderÂ
from Jerago con Orago, who has already taken a number of solidarity trips around the world on his vintage Vespas, is going to make a record crossing on his âPerasperaâ, a completely original, 1959 Vespa, fitted to a 1960s twin-hulled boat, which, until 3 years ago, was part of a regular rescue service on the coastline of Romagna.
Domino transplant at the Polyclinic of Milan: one liver saves two people
A marathon operation lasting 18 hours: a young man with a rare disease receives an organ from a donor and gives his to another patient.
Gianluca has a rare genetic disease that forced him, at only 27, to undergo a liver transplant. And yet, his liver would work perfectly in another person and could save their life. The solution, which is as simple to imagine as it is complex to put into practice, was “
domino transplantation“: once
a donor had been found for
Gianluca, all that was needed was to find another patient that he could donate his organ to, thereby saving two lives with one liver. And that is exactly what
Urban metamorphosis: Via Manzoni gutted by Democratic pickaxe
This is the seventh entry in Fausto Bonoldi s column on how the street in the very centre of Varese has changed.
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Metamorfosi urbana, settima tappa: Via Manzoni 4 di 10
Every Monday, on a virtual walk, the column âUrban metamorphosisâ talks about the transformations that the town of
Varese has undergone in the last one hundred years, that is, since it became the Capital of the Province. The column is written by
Fausto Bonoldi, a historic figure in Varese journalism who has covered this topic for years in the Facebook group
La Varese Nascosta (âThe Hidden Vareseâ) and who has also written a book, published by Macchione, entitled â
All of the 28 people voting were in favour. The previous regulations dated back to 1978.
The new “
Regulations for Civic Museums and Places of Culture” have been unanimously approved (all 28 votes were in favour); the regulations will serve to better organise and promote Vareseâs cultural heritage by increasing the ability to preserve, organise, exhibit and study. The last regulations on this matter dated back to 1978.
The right to knowledge, to public and multimedia use, to popularising and informing are the essential points of the regulations, which also include, in their 75 pages, an extension of opening times, thereby making museums potentially more accessible to those who work or study.