Cortona is a small town in southern Tuscany, going back Etruscan time,
situated on a hill 20km North of Lake Trasimeno. Place of the meeting
is the
"Palazzone",
a 16th century castle 2km outside of Cortona in
a typical Tuscan landscape of olive and wine gardens. The Palazzone is
owned by the
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa,
who rents it to the
Instituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica
for several meetings every year.
How to reach Cortona
Il Palazzone
is located outside the massive ancient town walls of Cortona, and can be reached by a
pleasant walk away from the center of Cortona (about 1,5 Km: you walk from
Piazzale Garibaldi on Via Gino Severini and along the way you will find
several tourist signs for reaching Il Palazzone). Here is
a google map (Piazza Garibaldi (bus stop) to Palazzone). To Hotel Oasi Neumann one has to
take the lower road at the last intersection
a google map from Piazza Garibalid (bus stop in Cortona) to Oasi Neumann.
By Train: There are two railway stations, Terontola-Cortona (10 km to center) and
Camucia-Cortona (5 km to center), on the track from Florence to Rome (one hour
from Florence, and
two hours from Rome, Siena, or Pisa). Both stations are connected to
Cortona by an infrequent bus, or you take a taxi. The train schedules can be obtained from
the official
timetable
of the Italian Railroad company Trenitalia, or alternatively at the
German Rail company DB, which also covers
non-Italian stations.
For train travel from Florence, Cortona Camucia is recommended (as closer);
from Rome we recommend Cortona
Terontola. When looking for trains from Florence or Rome, keep in mind that they
might start at different stations: Roma Tiburtina or Roma Termini, Firenze SMN,
Firenze Campo di Marte.
Taxi service (from abroad add ++39 before the
number).
- PESCI Giorgio 360 957648 or 338 1637497<\li>
- ADREANI Enzo 335 8196313
- BUFALI Antonella 339 6333966 (from Tuoro)
- CALERI Albino 368 7386544 or 338 7043596
- COLTELLINI Stefano 334 7508079
- IACOMI Roberto 349 0828093 or 338 1008098
- PRVULOVIC Dejan 348 4023501
- PRVULOVIC Miki 338 9317508
- BELLERI Enzo 335 3353394
- CALZINI Francesco 345 0559815
- SABAN SALIJEVIC 338 28 77 210
- MARTINELLI Filippo (from Castiglion Fiorentino, only in case of an
emergency) 347 7809768<\li>
By car: Autostrada del Sole (State Highway A1, red on the map):"Valdichiana"
Exit. Upon exiting the highway, take the Siena-Perugia State Road (green on
the map ) and continue towards Perugia. There are 3 possible turn-offs for
Cortona: Cortona via Manzano, Cortona via Laurentana and Cortona via Strada
Statale 71 (State Road 71). In this latter case, at Camucia there is a
deviation for Cortona and Citt?di Castello (the Umbran-Cortonese Province
Road).
The closest
airport is Florence, but for inter-continental
flights is
Rome. Another option is Pisa. From there, continue by
train.
Maps:
Map of Cortona;
Exendend map of Cortona (including the Palazzone).
Some of the information and design of this web-page is based on the webpage for
Geometric group theory, random
walks and harmonic analysis, Cortona 2004, other information is based on
the webpage for
The
interplay of Algebra and Geometry, Cortona 2009.
