A voyage around the Mediterranean reveals a claustrophobic & inhospitable face of Europe … The Mediterranean Sea, home of the olive tree, bellybutton of the ancient world, commercial crossroad between East and West, meeting point of people and cultures but also of military conflicts, is connected in our memory with the Journey of Odysseus, who …
MUCEM Museum of the Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean A MUSEUM OF THE CIVILISATIONS FOR THE 21st CENTURY Marseille hosts a museum that looks like her: leaning on the northern side of the Mediterranean, a meeting point of the two sides, open to the winds of ideas. A Museum of the civilizations of the …
On 17th and 18th July 2012, was held at the Pavillon “Al-Andalus” of the Science Park of Granada (Spain), the final conference of the European project “Euroempleo”, for international promotion and inter-regional cooperation in rural areas. On this occasion, the Cultural Foundation “The Routes of the Olive Tree”, project partner for Greece, intervened to make …
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An original proposal of tours that combines agricultural production, trade of traditional products, cuisine and the heritage of the olive tree, was presented a few days ago, in Messinia, to a delegation of French tour operators, specialized in cultural tours. Visits and meetings were held, from 12th to 17th of May 2012, all around the …