2nd E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for Environment and Energy

The 2nd E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for Environment and Energy will be held in Gargnano, Italy from 14 to 16 September 2016, in Palazzo Feltrinelli, Congress Centre of Universita degli Studi di Milano. The Symposium will be anticipated by the Congress of the Electrochemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society.

Gargnano is a small town situated on the western shore of the Garda Lake, in Lombardy, at 50 km from Brescia. The name of the village appears for the first time in a document of 937 as Garniano, perhaps derived from the Latin stem Garenius. Passages of the Roman historian Titus Livius and inscriptions on headstones testify the presence of Etruscans, Celts, Cenomani and Romans. From 1350 to 1426 the territory of Gargnano was a dominion of the Visconti of Milan, later a dominion of the Republic of Venice.

Palazzo Feltrinelli (1898-1899), built to be the private home of Giuseppe Feltrinelli, dominates piazza Vittorio Veneto. It was designed by Alberico Belgiojoso, although some sources attribute it to Francesco Solmi, who designed Gargnanos cemetery, reminiscent of the Monumentale cemetery in Milano. The main body of Palazzo Feltrinelli is a highly imposing block with a rectangular layout. The entrance is most striking, architecturally coordinated with the central hall, which is lit through the roof. The building was to gain historical importance, following its use during the period of the Italian Social Republic (1943-1945). Like many other buildings in Gargnano and elsewhere around the lake, it was requisitioned by the Fascist government , who converted it into Benito Mussolinis headquarters, and had it patrolled by Italian and German guards. The mansion is now a satellite branch of Milano public University. Used as an international conference centre, in the summer it hosts Italian language courses for students from all over the world.