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Environmental Education Centre in Mesola
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The charming Este building of the Mesola Castle (Ferrara) houses a new eco-museum structure dedicated to nature, which gives visitors the opportunity to take a "closer look" to the traces left by time and by man in the territory.
The exposition offers a full immersion in the history, nature, and culture of the Po Delta: the “sala geologica – geological hall” presents the tale of the geomorphological evolution and the story of the land reclamation; the “Laguna Salmastra - Brackish Lagoon” presents itself in the different seasons.
An interactive, modern, and didactically efficient route includes spaces dedicated to learn more details “on the field”, spaces which have been created in particular for students. Moreover, it is possible to go along some paths: the botanic path, next to the ecological one, up to the zoological path.
If your curiosity leads you to look for the smallest details, the microcosm is right for you: a hall entirely dedicated to the small-size universe guarding the “architectures” of insects. However, environmental didactics continues in the nearby Nature Reserve Bosco della Mesola (Italian text)
Environmental Education Centre in Mesola
Castello Estense - Mesola (Ferrara)
P.zza Umberto I - tel. 0533 993595 |
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Manifattura dei Marinati
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The activities of Azienda Valli Comunali di Comacchio covered three main aspects: Fish farming in the lagoons and fishing, surveillance against illegal fishing, internal catch management and marketing.
From 1933 the Azienda managed also a marinating factory, whose activity was previously carried out by several private firms.
The entire eel and small sandsmelts’ manufacturing cycle took place in the factory. This activity was carried out for more than sixty years in Manifattura dei Marinati. The facility includes the "Calata", a landing place for boats used for fish delivery, especially the so called “marotte”, the Fire Room (Sala dei Fuochi) with its twelve chimneys, used to cook eels, the Vinegars’ Room, with tuns and barrels, and the small sandsmelt frying room.
The creation of the new laboratory “Traditional marinated Eel from Comacchio Lagoons” brought the most important manufacturing tradition of this city back to life.
Manifattura dei Marinati - Park's Visitor Centre and Laboratory for the manufacture of the traditional marinated Eel from Comacchio Lagoons
Via Mazzini, 200 - 44022 Comacchio - Ferrara
tel. 0533 81159 - 314003
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Visitor Centre "Palazzone Sant’Alberto"
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It is situated next to the River Reno and only a stone's throw from the Valli di Comacchio lagoons. The Park Visitor Centre "Palazzone di Sant’Alberto" is a real stronghold if you want to learn more about the Delta ornithofauna.
Inside this historical building you will find a range of services providing tourists and visitors with any possible means to discover the Delta territory, and the Visitor Centre area in particular. The upstairs halls house the “Museo Ornitologico di Scienze Naturali di Ravenna” with its “Alfredo Brandolini” ornithological collection: a natural exhibition which gives visitors the chance to admire the most common bird species: many of them can be sighted within the Park, especially in the birdwatching paradise running along the banks of the river Reno and skirting the southern part of the Valli di Comacchio. The Museum is also provided with a scientific library. The centre offers the opportunity to discover nature trails, didactic labs, and to carry out guided visits.
Palazzone di S. Alberto – S. Alberto – (Ra)
Environmental Education Centre
Tel. and fax 0544 528710
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Visitor Centre "Saline di Cervia"
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The Visitor Centre, situated next to the centuries-old salt pan “Salina di Cervia”, represents an important reference point for the whole Parco del Delta del Po dell’Emilia – Romagna. Within this recently built structure you will find a learning route with clear didactic aims, which allows visitors to admire and to understand the magic world of salt, from its birth to its production. The visiting route is characterised by some "themes": “La natura” (nature), since the Salt pan can be admired from life, by observing the extraordinary floristic and faunistic diversity of the site. Then “la materia” (the substance): what the salt is, what it is made of, which is the formula leading to its formation, which organisms – including the invisible ones – live in this very particular environment. Moreover, “Il tempo” (the weather), about the importance of climatic conditions and their influence on the formation of salt. Finally “Il luogo” (the place): the physical description of the area, the importance of its nearness to the sea and the precious work of the salters are the main elements which characterise the discovery of this unique natural habitat. The visitor centre is provided with functional didactic equipment to create workshops, maps, instruments and exhibition panels to learn more about the magic world of salt.
Visitor Centre "Saline di Cervia"
Via Bova, 61 Tel. 0544 973040 |
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