“An important moment, significantly realized in the proximity of World Environment Day. This is certainly one of the dominant issues to be addressed, also and above all in the Ragusa area which has made naturalistic wealth an opportunity for economic activity and tourist attraction”.
He said it today Patrizia Valenti, extraordinary commissioner of the former Regional Province, at the opening of the fifth edition of Environment Week, event conceived, promoted and organized by the Institution viale del Fante.
After the inaugural round table, with the interventions of Professor Pierluigi Catalfo, Don Ignazio La China, Gianvito Distefano and Professor Giorgio Flaccavento, in the White Room also on the Donnafugata Castlethe painting and photography collective “Il Paesaggio degli Iblei” was inaugurated, which will remain open until June 9th, with free admission.
The full program of Environment Week 2024 it will continue until June 5th with events linked to the knowledge of the Ragusa area and its biodiversity.
Tomorrow at 9am there will be a guided tour of the suggestive site of the Byzantine necropolis of San Nicola, edited by CAI of Ragusawith the participation of the archaeologist Saverio Scerra and with the collaboration of the “Nostra Signora di Gulfi” Social Cooperative.
Followed by the tasting of Monti Iblei extra virgin olive oil and typical Iblei products. The afternoon program includes a visit to the Collina degli Iblei and Almo Miele companies at 4.30 pm with tasting of typical products on the theme “Food and environment: together towards sustainability – Discovering the grass pea and the bee oasis”.
(photo: the Commissioner of the former Province, P. Valenti and the mayor of Ragusa, P. Cassì)
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