Symposium Location
New: Information about the location of the sessions
The city of Bari is located in Southeastern Italy on the sunny and warm Adriatic coast, in the Region of Puglia of which is the regional capital. Bari counts around 400,000 inhabitants and is a very active commercial and touristic port featuring several daily ferry connections with Greece, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia.
The city features an old medieval area rich in renowned monuments, including the romanic Basilica of San Nicola and the Cathedral of the 10th-11th century, several other churches and buildings of various styles, narrow streets and small squares permeated by a suggestive ancient atmosphere, and several small restaurants, pubs and bars.
The active and crowded city centre surrounds the old city featuring long strait streets, several buildings of the 18th-19th century, including the central University building, the Ateneo, and elegant shops for all needs, restaurants of all types, pubs and bars. A typical feature of Bari is the impressive boulevard along the seashore (Lungomare), about 2-km long, with the old small harbor where still are small fishing boats.
The modern, wider city surrounds the city centre, and includes the scientific Campus of the University of Bari, buildings hosting several other University Faculties and Research Institutes, and the Polytechnic of Bari.
The beaches south and north of the city are renowned for their fine white sands often surrounded by pine woods and cliffs of calcareous rock.
The province of Bari and the region of Puglia offer a number of beautiful towns, both on the coast and on the hills, rich of culture, monuments and architectural features, and an agricultural land rich of centuries-old olive trees, vineyards and orchards.
The Symposium will take place at the Palace Hotel in the city centre.