CONFERENCE VENUE

Located in the historic building of the Galileo Ferraris National Electrotechnical Institute in Via Valperga Caluso 35 in Turin, very close to the conference venue, the Aula Pognante is the ideal setting for our pre-congress workshops.

The classroom, equipped for Petrography teaching, is equipped with 36 microscopes in the student station and 1 microscope in the teacher station, with projector, monitor and the services necessary for in-person, on-line and mixed teaching.  Link to Google Maps

The Great Hall, seat of the ECROFI 2025 Congress, is located at the former -Baroque Convent of the Lateranenses Canonesses, renovated between 1982 and 2004.

In the Aula Magna, originally the old chapter house or refectory, you can admire a series of frescoes attributed to the pictorial and chromatic technique of the Guidobono. A family of artists, active between the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century,  who during their stay in Turin, have left testimonies also at the Royal Palace. Link to Google Maps

The post-conference field trip will take participants to the stunning Val Sesia, ca. 100 km NNE of Turin, renowned for its significant geological features.

Within the Sesia Val Grande Geopark, this region provides an exceptional outdoor laboratory to explore the continental lithosphere, offering insights into geological processes that have shaped the Earth between the end of the Variscan cycle and the beginning of the Alpine one.  Link to Google Maps