Giardini Naxos, great enthusiasm for the passage of the “Amerigo Vespucci”

Great enthusiasm this morning in the Naxos bay for the passage of the ship “Amerigo Vespucci”the sailing ship of the Italian Navy dating back to 1931. engaged in the Mediterranean tour, the three -treer boat paraded in front of the coast of Taormina and Giardini Naxos, followed closely by several boats and motorboats who were able to admire its 101 meters long. The ship passed in front of the Ionian coast during the journey through the stages of Porto Empedocle and Reggio Calabria, then resuming navigation to Catania, where it will remain anchor before leaving in the direction of Reggio Calabria for the eleventh stage scheduled until May 6. Then he will move to Palermo, Naples, Cagliari, Gaeta, Civitavecchia, Livorno, until the arrival in Genoa scheduled for June 10. That of Porto Empedocle was the tenth stage of the Mediterranean tour of the American Vespucci, to pay homage to Agrigento, the Italian capital of culture 2025. In Giardini Naxos, where on January 14 the municipal administration had presented an application so that the “Amerigo Vespucci” inserted a stop in the Golfo Naxiota in his lap between the seas, a stage was not expected but only a rapid passage to the coast, From the regional tourism department led by the councilor Elvira Amata, present in the town of Naxiota together with the mayor Giorgio Stracuzzi and his administration, with which he observed the transit of the sailing ship from an boat. The Municipality had made an appointment to the citizens at 9 in Piazza Municipio, as a reception activity in the city had been planned by the “Nasso” cultural association of Giardini Naxos, under the patronage of the Administration, with the landing of the students of the Naval Academy of Livorno. The dock, however, did not happen as the stage was not included in the Mediterranean tour and the sailing ship limited itself to a parade at sea, admired with great appreciation from the coast by citizens and tourists.