Venue of Conference

Pisa airport and Pisa railway station are suggested arrivals, since, in order to help participants, we have organized a bus-shuttle going to Volterra, on September 6th, and back to Pisa on September 9th. The bus takes around 1 hour and half to get to Volterra.

On Wednesday, September 6th, the bus will be leaving from Pisa railway station at 9 p.m. and it will stop at Pisa airport at 9:30 p.m. On Sunday, September 9th, the bus, on the way back to Pisa, will be leaving Volterra right after the Round-table discussion, at 12:30.

We warmly invite you to plan your trip in order to meet the bus schedule, otherwise you will have to get to Volterra on your own. Please also let us know your traveling schedule, if you haven't already done it.

If you are coming to SIAF on your own, get the Map.

Historical notes

SIAF Campus, just outside Volterra, lies on the hills dominating the valleys of rivers Cecina and Era. Volterra is one of those few towns which has played a leading role in the economic, politic and cultural life of the Italian peninsula since its founding by the Etruscan in the VII century B.C. After the Roman period, the city of Volterra probably reached its apex when it became an independent "Comune" during the Middle Age. The unfortunate war against the city of Florence and the Medici family in the XV century caused the end of the independent "Comune" and of this period of magnificence. More historical notes here.