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www.fellowshiphistory.org
Magna Graecia International Fellowship of Rotarians
I would like to inform you about a new
World Fellowship, Magna Graecia (IFMG).
It aims to bring together Rotarians keen on history, heritage and archaeology who
are particularly interested in Southern Italy: Magna Graecia.
Members of the Fellowship will receive on request detailed
documentation (both printed matter and videotapes) on the
history, art, natural environment and ethnic and social aspects
of various sites of Magna Graecia.
A cultural tour with a different chosen theme will be promoted every year with local
Rotarians as guides.
The tour must have a specific theme because
of the complexity of the histozical sites in a region which for
several millenia has been the cross-road of exchanges between
North and South, East and West.
Every site reveals traces of the
great civilisations which have followed on, one after another,
for almost 3,000 years, very often in areas of outstanding
beauty.
Nowadays history and nature together in this part of
Italy form something which is unique in the Western world.
A journey to these shores has always been regarded as a return to
the classical world and a return to nature, with the
Mediterranean sun, the sea, vegetation and mouth-watering
produce.
These considerations justify the Magna Graecia Project,
which offers Rotarians cultural tourism for the elite.
The tour, promoted, prepared and guided by Rotarian friends with a
common interest in Magna Graecia, could become an annual
event in the international Rotary calendar.
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