INDAM meeting on
Geometric Control and
sub-Riemannian Geometry
Cortona, Italy, May 21 - 25, 2012
With a special session in honor of Andrey Agrachev's 60th birthday
Conference Venue
The event will take place at Il Palazzone, in Cortona. 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.
By plane: The closest airport is Florence, but for intercontinental flights is Rome. Another option is Pisa. From there, continue by train.
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 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.
By Bus: (from the train stations: Camucia, Terontola, Arezzo or Castiglion Fiorentino) It is also possible to get to Cortona by the bus of the "La Ferroviaria Italiana Spa Arezzo" company Here the schedule of the bus.
By car: Autostrada del Sole (Highway A1, red on the map below): "Valdichiana" Exit. Upon exiting the highway, take the Siena-Perugia State Road (green on the map below) 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 Città di Castello.
For further informations one can also visit the website CortonaWeb.
Maps: Train map; Road map; Map of Cortona; Exendend map of Cortona (including the Palazzone).
Photos of the conference now available!
Some slides of the conference now available!
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 also 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).By plane: The closest airport is Florence, but for intercontinental flights is Rome. Another option is Pisa. From there, continue by train.
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 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.
By Bus: (from the train stations: Camucia, Terontola, Arezzo or Castiglion Fiorentino) It is also possible to get to Cortona by the bus of the "La Ferroviaria Italiana Spa Arezzo" company Here the schedule of the bus.
By car: Autostrada del Sole (Highway A1, red on the map below): "Valdichiana" Exit. Upon exiting the highway, take the Siena-Perugia State Road (green on the map below) 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 Città di Castello.
For further informations one can also visit the website CortonaWeb.
Maps: Train map; Road map; Map of Cortona; Exendend map of Cortona (including the Palazzone).
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