A dispetto delle tante difficoltà degli ultimi mesi, la Campania conquista uno dei maggiori riconoscimenti in fatto di ambiente e turismo. Stamattina sono state presentate a Roma, nel corso della cerimonia di premiazione, le nuove Bandiere Blu, gli ambiti vessilli che incoronano spiagge e acque doc in Italia. Tra le 104 località italiane, il 10% delle spiagge premiate a livello internazionale, che hanno ottenuto l’importante riconoscimento, figurano ben 11 bandiere assegnate alla regione Campania, che conquista così due nuove «reginette», rispetto alle 9 località del 2007. La Fee, la Fondazione per l’educazione ambientale promotrice dell’annuale iniziativa, ha incoronato, oltre ai paradisi cilentani che già dall’anno scorso detenevano la bandiera, anche la suggestiva spiaggia di Massa Lubrense, nella costiera sorrentina, e la località, anch’essa cilentana, di Vibonati-Villammare, presso Sapri. La Campania quindi si colloca, con i suoi 11 riconoscimenti, al quarto posto, dopo Toscana, Liguria e Abruzzo. 08 maggio 2008 In spite of many difficulties in recent months, Campania conquest one of the biggest prizes in terms of environment and tourism. This morning were presented in Rome during the award ceremony, the new Blue Flags, that crown beaches and waters doc in Italy. The Fee, the Foundation for Environmental Education sponsoring the annual initiative, has crowned, in addition to paradises of cilento that since last year held the flag, also the suggestive beach of Massa Lubrense, on the Sorrento Coast, and location, also Cilento, Vibonati-Villammare at Sapri. The Campania then placed, with its 11 awards, in fourth place after Tuscany, Liguria and Abruzzo.

Gaetano Iarrobino "Prince Clogant" Was born in Torre del Greco 1962. He was young when he discovered his artistic talent, pursued and strengthened his abilities during the course of his life. He attended the university department of Psycology, interested in the study of personality and spirit. He felt the impulse to create through painting, and produced numerous works, many of which he has given as presents to his relatives and friends. He organises events for charity. He believes in the pure feeling of existence.He also experiments with abstract and surrealistic painting. He has lived in various places in Italy and France, through travelling to Africa, Asia, America and Oceania, he has enriched his artistic and cultural knowledge and widened his artistic potential. He has tasted the Neapolitan artistic atmosphere organizing dozens of cultural events. On the coast of the Versiglia, Saint Remo and in Montecarlo he has produced "portraits abstract - surrealist", one of these dedicated and donated to Princess Stephanie of Monaco. In recent years he has been to Milan and Florence where he has met other important masters of life painting such as : Aldo Carotenuto, Riccardo Chailly, Luciana Littizzetto, Daisy Agnelli de Phalen, Carlos Saura, Alfonso Signorini, Lina Sotis, Emilio Tadini. He attends courses by Giorgio Toscani and the seminary of Antony Robbins. He lives on the Island of Capri. www.iarrobino.it

THE ESCAPE GUIDE date 06-05-07 Housed in the 19th century palace one by .. Nerano A picturesque, sleepy fishing village, Nerano is far from the glamour resorts, but is the ideal place to stay to explore the Massa Lubrense national park. This is a paradise for nature lovers, who can choose from more than 100 kilometres of marked pathways. One unforgettable walk is from the village of Torca, down to the coastline of the Marina di Crapolla and the ancient San Pietro church, looking out over Li Galli islands, once the hideaway home of Rudolf Nureyev. www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/may/06/escape.italy?page=5italy?page=5

In the suggestive square of Nerano a Il locale di Franco Ciuffi Bar >‘MozArt Eco Bar’< si affaccia sulla piazzetta di Nerano in penisola sorrentina. . Dalle sue stradine all’inizio del Novecento partì Norrnan Douglas per il suo erudito viaggio in Siren Land. Di qui, nel 1968, partì per Londra il giovanissimo Francesco per seguire i corsi di pittura all’Institute of Contemporary Art. Durante gli anni londinesi incontrò artisti come John Latharn, Howard Hodgkin, Roland Penrose e Andy Warhol. In uno scantinato di Eton Avenue visitò lo studio di Kenneth imprigionate in cornici rovesciate e sbilenche dove, ingabbiate sotto vetro, associa a conchiglie raccolte sulla battigia e a ciottoli levigati dalla risacca nelle rotondita tanto care a Henry Moore, altra sua conoscenza londinese. Ciottoli che egli fra bottiglie di rosolio e limoncello. Colleziona ammassati sui ripiani del retrobanco per offrirli al godimento dei clienti, fra una brioche e una tazzina di caffè.