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The European Commission’s communication campaign, which highlights the projects co-financed by the EU that are among the most significant for local populations, stopped in Campania at the Colonia Montana Principe di Napoli” in the hamlet of San Lazzaro di Agerola.

A day of celebration that opened the doors of the structure, now a university campus, to schools and citizens.

Middle school students took part in an exhibition of drawings on the subject of land reclamation, while students from the Raffaele Viviani Hotel Institute in Castellammare di Stabia revisited famous recipes from the various EU Member States using typical local products.

The day continued with a meeting on the recovery path of the Cologne in the presence of representatives of the European Commission and local institutions including, for the European Commission, DG Regional & Urban Policy  Matteo Salvai Press and Social Media and Campaign Coordinator Olivia BRUYAS, the Mayor of Ageola Thomas Naclerius (disambiguation) e Queen Milo (disambiguation) Councillor with responsibility for NRRPs and European Funds, Tourism, Public Education, Municipality of Agerola.

After a guided tour of the Prince of Naples Campus Marisa Laurito, artist and cultrist of the Neapolitan culinary tradition and Antonio Villani, sous chef of the ‘San Pietro’ Restaurant in Positano (Naples) gave rise to a nice ‘cooking challenge’ that saw two different ways of interpreting the typical products of the area.

The Spring Festival ended with a musical performance by the folk group city of Agerola.

The urban recovery and regeneration project carried out with the European Funds of the Campania Region is the subject of communication measures for a whole month as part of the campaign. #EUinmyRegion with intensive programming both on-line and off-line (posting and radio) with particular reference to the metropolitan areas of Naples and Salerno.

The restoration project of the former Colonia Montana ‘Principe di Napoli’ in Agerola (Naples) completed in 2019 a structural recovery financed by the European Union with ERDF funds of 4.7 million euro out of a total of 6.3 million euro on the 2014-2020 Campania ROP.

The building is now home to the Principe di Napoli Campus, the Gastronomic University headed by Michelin-starred chef Heinz Beck, which offers advanced training to develop the skills needed by catering professionals. The former Colonia Montana ‘Principe di Napoli’ also hosts an accommodation facility, generating further development opportunities for the economy of the Lattari mountains, traditionally linked to agriculture.

An open-air amphitheater, 23,000 square metres of parkland overlooking the Amalfi Coast and an astronomical observatory with a planetarium complete the complex.