27th OCTOBER
AFTERNOON18.00 Youth Meeting in dialogue with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Mons. Pierbattista Pizzaballa e with the Italian Consul General to Jerusalem Giuseppe Fedele
28th OCTOBER
MORNING SESSION (10.00 - 12.00) > Presentation of the Ashkelon excavation results (mission of the University of Florence-DIDA and of the Ashkelon Academy College from the Italian Foreign Ministry), in particular the so-called Saint Mary in Viridis Church, near the Gate to Jerusalem.
Cecilia Maria Roberta Luschi,
UniFi-DIDAElisabetta Boaretto,
Weizmann Institute of ScienceDan Bahat,
Archaeologist and President of Dante Alighieri Society JerusalemLaura Aiello, Novella Lecci, Alessandra Vezzi,
UniFi-DIDA> Presentation of the survey results on the hypogeum of the Saint Mary in Sovana Church, with the holographic reproduction by the University of Florence-DIDA
> Presentation of the restoration of the Nativity Basilica in Bethlehem
Mr. Giammarco Piacenti, President of Piacenti S.p.A.
Mr. Alessandro Fichera, Archaeologist, Piacenti S.p.A.
12.00 PAUSE LUNCH AND VISIT OF THE MUSEUM OF ORSINI PALACE AND OF THE SUGGESTIVE CITY OF PITIGLIANO
AFTERNOON SESSION (14.00 - 17.00)
INTERRELIGIOUS AND INTERCULTURAL ROUND TABLE
The threats from climate, environmental degradation, and migration, with particular reference to water scarcity and to the climate change in the broader Mediterranean and Middle Eastern region, also in view of the COP27 planned in Egypt: the contribution of the religious communities and cultures in dialogue.
The contribution of the religious communities
Izzedin Elzir, Muslim Community of Florence
Luca Franceschini, Director of the Cultural Heritage Office, Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI)
Giovanni Gentili, Sindaco di Pitigliano
Josef Levi, Professor to the Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Centrale of Florence
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Gianni Roncari, Bishop of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello and Grosseto
Abdul Aziz Sarhan, Director of the World Muslim League
Giuliano Savina, Director of the Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue Office, Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI)
Noemi Di Segni, President of the Jewish Communities of Italy (to be confirmed)
The contribution of cultural and governmental institutions
Almotaz Abadi, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Deputy Secretary General
Paola Berardino, Prefect of Grosseto
Giuseppe Fedele, Consul General of Italy to Jerusalem
Leonardo Marras, Councilor of the Regional Council of Tuscany
Pace Claudio, Assisi nel Vento, coordinatore Gruppo Fede, Scienza e Arte, socio RIDE
Luciano Pezzotti, Ambassador of Italy to Royal Kingdom of Jordan
Desirée Quagliarotti, Representative of Italy at the ALF Advisory Council
Raphael Schutz, Ambassador of Israel to Holy See
Dina Storey, Partner Strategy& and Impact Center Lead
Alexandra Valkenburg, Ambassador of European Union to Holy See and to the UN Organizations in Rome
Kais Abu Dayyed, Ambassador of Royal Kingdom of Jordan to Italy (to be confirmed)
A moment of prayer will follow in the Synagogue of Pitigliano for the beginning
of Shabbat and a Kosher dinner for those who want to stay.
> organization: Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello, University of Florence-Department of Architecture, Prospettive Mediterranee, Museo di Palazzo Osini Pitigliano.
> cooperations: Comune di Pitigliano, Associazione La Piccola Gerusalemme.
> sponsorship: Pontificio Dicastero per la Cultura e l'Eduzazione, CEI, MAECI (progetto AskGate), RIDE, ALF rete Italiana
