In the Shadow of the Deer of Rhodes: The Memories of Physics in Naples at the Mostra d'Oltremare

Association “All’Ombra del Cervo di Rodi”

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-320-2

In the Shadow of the Deer of Rhodes: The Memories of Physics in Naples at the Mostra d'Oltremare

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Association “All’Ombra del Cervo di Rodi”

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-320-2

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Restoration and enhancement, Heritage, Science, Roots of the Naples School of Physics, Historical memory

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Editore: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 182

Language: Italian

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Abstract: In the area of the Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples, there are buildings (belonging to the original historical nucleus or post-war reconstruction) that urgently require restoration.Some of these buildings, for nearly fifty years, have been witnesses to a crucial period in the development and growth of the Naples School of Physics. Researchers, professors, students, and technical-administrative staff, along with distinguished Nobel Prize laureates and sophisticated equipment for international experiments, bear witness to an extraordinary past that must be preserved and enhanced. It is for this reason that the Association “All’Ombra del Cervo di Rodi” was established, with the aim of promoting initiatives that support the restoration and the enhancement of this heritage. This text is a tribute to memory, inevitably looking to the past, while never losing sight of the future, which we pursue with determination and commitment.

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Association “All’Ombra del Cervo di Rodi”

The Association ‘All'Ombra del Cervo di Rodi’ was founded with the purpose of enhancing the former Physics Pavilions of the Mostra d'Oltremare in Naples. These pavilions, unused since 2000, hold significant historical, cultural, and scientific value, as they hosted the emergence of the first Neapolitan Schools of Theoretical and Experimental Physics in the late 1950s. The Association has placed these historic buildings at the core of its working agenda, envisioning their future as a Center of Excellence that could become a reference point for both scientific research and advanced technologies, as well as education and training.