Genoa, the Tall Ships at the Marina di Sestri Ponente
Today at the Marina di Genova, the tourist port of Sestri Ponente, the Tall shipsthe large sailing ships participating in the Iacobus Maris Route, carrying a message of peace and collaboration between peoples.
For the days of Friday and Saturday from 10-13 and 16-20, the sailing ships, moored in the English style on the quay, can be photographed and visited for free, with the aim of bringing visitors closer to the discovery of these historic boats by promoting the between collaboration between different countries and nationalities, with particular attention to the involvement of young people and universities.
Organized by the Fundación Traslatio in collaboration with the Municipality of Genoa, the Genoese stage is the first stop on the Iacobus Maris Route, an event commemorating the Jacobin tradition of the transfer of the body of the apostle James, from Jaffa, the main port of Palestine in the Middle Ages, to Santiago de Compostela. The Tall Ships will cross the Mediterranean with 5 stops in 3 countries: Genoa, Valencia, Seville, Porto and finally Vigo.
The presence, from tomorrow until Sunday morning, at Marina Genova of some giants of the sea has been confirmed: the Romanian pole brig Mircea (82 meters, launched in 1938), the Spanish three-masted schooner Pascual Flores (35 meters, launched in 1917 ) initially intended for the export of fruit, sale and various goods in the ports of the Mediterranean and Africa and today dedicated to the tourist and cultural promotion of Torrevieja and the dissemination of the history of this type of boats in relation to the transport of salt. The fleet is completed by the Spanish schooner Atyla (31 meters, launched in 1984) built in the 1980s following traditional techniques (carpentry along the river) with a design inspired by 18th century ships, and the Spanish racing boats VO70-E1 (21 , 50 meters, launched in 2005) and Galaxie.
On Sunday 26 June at 11 the Tall Ships will depart from Marina Genova with the naval parade towards Valencia.