NATURAL SCIENCES'S MUSEUM AND GIANNI CAPRONI AERONAUTICAL MUSEUM TRENTO.

In 1964 the Museum of Natural Sciences, administratively linked to the autonomous province of Trento, that from 1982 moved its headquarters in Sardagna set.
During the nineties and 2000, the museum is modernizing the organization of interactive exhibits and conduct research. In this phase also the museum expands incorporating other facilities located in the Province of Trento as the Alpine Botanical Garden and the Terrace of the stars, in the Monte Bondone, the museum of piles of Lake Ledro, the Aviation Museum Gianni Caproni, the Geological Museum of the Dolomites in Predazzo and limnological station lake Tovel. In 2006, moreover, the museum in the center of Tanzania established ecological monitoring and environmental education Udzungwa located within the Udzungwa National Park.


On 27 and 28 July 2013, the new headquarters opened the museum named after Muse - Science Museum in less than eleven months after its opening, has reached the threshold of 500 000 visitors, making it one of the most visited museums in Italy.
The building, designed by internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano.


The building was built according to the techniques that ensure energy conservation and environmental sustainability, which earned him the recognition of the LEED gold certification

The Gianni Caproni Aeronautical Museum, founded by the Trentino aviation pioneer Gianni Caproni, exposes the first aviation collection in the world, formed in the twenties of the twentieth century. Since its early years, Gianni Caproni decided to keep within its workshops some of his most important planes, instead of proceeding to their disposal and re-use of materials for other buildings.
This choice, in 1927, he developed the foundation of the Museum. Reopened at Trent in 1992 and subsequently inserted in the network of science museums belonging to the MUSE-Science Museum at the Museum Gianni Caproni it works to promote the dissemination of historical and aeronautical culture at all audiences, with permanent exhibitions and temporary, educational activities for schools, cultural activities offered to the public, the scientific publishing.

Castello del Buonconsiglio

It is a castle located in the center of the italian city of Trento, in the Trentino-Alto Adige. Currently it is converted in an historical museum. In the castle was the residence of the prince-bishops. It has an unique original nucleus of the XIII century and next to that is found the Great Tower. It was overhauled in 1475 with Venetian Gothic style. There are also cells of soldiers who fought for Italy in First World War, and they were shot in the castle moat. They stand on the Eagle Tower the fresh named "Twelve Months" international Gothic of the XV century.

 

Catedrale di San Vigilio (Duomo)

Better known as "Duomo" or "Catedrale di Trento" is dedicated to San Vigilio, patron of the city.
It is an imposing Romanesque-Gothic building built between the XII-XIII centuries. It is accompanied by a bell tower built in the XVI century. There are funerary monuments and remainis of the frescoes in the XII and XV centuries in the trasepts. In the crypt remains on the early Christian basilica of the VI century and the subsequent restructuring during IX and XII centuries.
It became important during the Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563, where the Counter was supported. It was the time of Prince Bishops, as Cristoforo Madruzzo.

Palazzo delle Albere

Alvear Palace is a villa-fortress built in the XVI century by the Prince Bishops Madruzzo Trento.
The building is named after the double row of poplars that in the past, were lined up along the avenue leading from the city to the village, through the "arc of the trhee doors" at the entrance of the road.
The building is square, with four towers at the corners of 6 square meters wide and 20 meters high, and is surrounded by a moat.
In the center of the roof it was present originally a small square tower now destroyed. Even many frescos of the palace were lost.

Monuments and Museums in Trento, Italy

In this part of our blog, we are going to show you some cultural interesting places of our next destiny, Trento.

Jorney to Barcelona

The trip will consit of visiting the capital of Catalunya, Barcelona. The trip will be on Friday 20^th May, and the arrive on Sunday 22^th May (by plane). It will be a weekend to enjoy in family the best places in the city.

   -1^st day: Road to Barcelona.

-Output from Granada at 8:00h.

-Arrival at the airport at 8:20, baggage check and embarkation time at 10:00h with Iberia.

-Arrival to the hotel, Senator Barcelona, near to Camp Nou. Then, free time and have lunch at the hotel with a buffette.

-16:00 o'clock: visit to the Sagrada Familia, Cathedral of Barcelona, and the centre of the city.

-At the end, arrival to the hotel and have dinner there (free time).

2^nd day: Port Aventura amusement park

-8.00-9.00h: Breakfast at the hotel.

-9.30h: Output from the hotel to Port Aventura by train (12€ per person, 48€ in total).

-10.15h: Arrive to the amusement park. All day enjoying free time there.

-00.00h: Get back to the hotel.  

3^rd day: Capital route and get back to Granada

-8.00-9.00h: Breakfast at the hotel.

-10.00-13.30h: Go out to Barcelona centre. Visit to the Güell Park and Aquarium.

14.00-15.30h: Have lunch in the mexican restaurant “La Rosa del Raval”, where there are menus around 10€.

-17:00h: Arrival to the hotel and going to the airport.

-19:00h: embarkation

-20:00h: Arrival to Granada

· COSTS:

-Plane: 400€ adults, and 170€ childrens (go and arrive).

-Hotel: 80€ per person and night.

-Port Aventura: 37€ per adult and 18€ per child.

-L' Aquarium: 18€ per adult and 13,5€ per child.

-Güell Park: 7€ per adult and free for childrens.

       TOTAL: 1.397€

Survey Italian visit

1. Many students said they participated in the activities indicated that they agreed with everything they did. Moreover no one said they disagreed totally with the project, so we concluded that it was a success.

2. In this case we see has also been good relations between the Italian and Spanish students. It caused people to integrate with us.

3. In this graph we see how many people were disagreement on this topic.

On the one hand many people thought they had difficulties and moreover others believed that it was not difficult

4. In this case many people claim they had fun and got along well with the Italians. No one complained about the project and all agreed

5. In this case no one thought that the subjects were difficult to understand therefore the explanation was a success and development of these

6. Here people think that it was easy to get along with the language and had little problems with this. Many Italians speak Spanish very well

7.They agreed that the outcome of the project was good except some small percentage that disagreed. But overall the project was good for many of them

8. All but a few people said they were confident that the project favored their learning and we use many means both technological and otherwise

9.They agreed that the work was hard and to prepare the work lasted a long time and many classes even took part in house

10. Here, people have divided opinions as many believed they did not learn much vocabulary perhaps because most of the time talking in Spanish with Italian

11. Group work, which is always difficult was pretty good on this project if we see the graph as many said they had been working well with others.