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Welcome Reception
| Sunday 29th June, 2008, 19:30 hrs |
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| Kefalos Municipal Theatre & Napier Garden |
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| (Included in registration fee) |
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| Price for accompanying persons: € 35 |
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* Please note that no delegates may attend the Welcome Reception, unless they are registered first.
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Registration will take place at the Kefalos Municipal theatre, during 17:00-19:00 hours. Wearing
your conference badge, you will be able to attend the reception.
The event will start with welcoming speeches
by the Conference Chair and representatives of the Ministry of Environment the Prefecture, and the Mayor of Argostoli.
Next, we will enjoy Kefallonian songs, a short dance performance, and a beautiful video clip of
Argostoli. The evening will finish few meters away at the Napier Gardens with Greek snacks (mezedes)
and drinks.
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Napier garden is one of the most beautiful parts in the town of Argostoli, a historical place full
of memories of a glorious past. It is a tree planted small hill surrounded by walls of traditional Kefalonian architecture.
In the park pebbled aisles walk you around.
The hill was bought in 1828 by the British administrator Sir Charles James Napier and then it was donated to the
Municipality of Argostoli. In 1905 the land was converted into a Municipal park. After a period of abandonment,
today the park has been completely restored using E.U. funds regaining its former glory. After the extension of the walls
and the pebble-lined aisles, the nice lighting, the restoration of Napier's bust sculpted in 1906 by Ioannis Kokkinos
and the construction of the old kiosk Napier gardens have become a beautiful modern park.
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Kefalos theatre has a beautiful auditorium with excellent acoustics. Originally built in 1857 by a Venetian architect,
it was newly renovated. It is considered as one of the most impressive architectural ornaments of Argostoli and one of
the best theatres in Greece.
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| Welcome Reception Program |
| Registration |
Kefalos Theatre |
17:00 - 19:00 |
| Opening speeches & Music performance |
Kefalos Theatre |
19:00 - 20:30 |
| Napier Gardens (Argostoli city centre) |
Napier Gardens |
20:30 - 21:30 |
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