Friday, May 1, 2020. 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm. 45 minutes lecture, 15 minutes Q & A. The webinar will take place online through Cisco Webex. The webinar is $10 for all Filitalia members and non members. RSVP is required, so please reserve your ticket online. REGISTER NOW

Join Angela Cacciarru and discover three fascinating cities -Venezia (Venice), Chioggia and Comacchio- with a common element: beautiful canals which wind through the cities and create their unique characters.

These exquisite cities built above and around canals bring us close to one of the most important elements of our planet: water, the source of life, connection, leisure, and beauty. In this online lecture, you will take a virtual tour of these romantic cities, deeply experiencing the beauty of their canals and architecture, and glimpsing the warmth of their people.

You will also learn how these cities were built, how they dealt with the challenges and opportunities the water represents, and how they successfully developed in symbiosis with the water.

You will be enraptured by the atmosphere of these cities, by their unique history, and by their stunning beauty.

About Angela Cacciarru:

Angela was born and raised in Italy, and has more than twenty years of experience as an instructor of Italian language and culture. She got her BA in Economics from the University of Cagliari, in Sardinia, where she also collaborated with a poetry magazine as an editor and author.

She left Italy in 1990, and, since then, has developed an extensive international and multidisciplinary teaching background in the United States, Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. She became an United States citizen in 2004.

Her knowledge of Human Geography, her academic specialty since her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been important in diversifying and broadening the content of her classes.