Regions
Lefkas, Greece
Lefkas is a unique island and it distinguishes from the all islands of Ionian Sea for the easy access that it allocates. The island combines harmoniously the blue and green and it is surrounding by unique sandy beaches with characteristic sand that resembles with eggs of pigeon, as sings her poetry, Angelos Sikelianos.
The climate is Mediterranean and the time soft. The island is wide spend with olive trees, vines, cypresses, oaks, pines, planes and other trees, that reach up to the beaches. A bend of small islands, like the island of Onasis Scorpion, [Skorpidi] and the island of poet Aristoteli Balaoriti, Madoyri, Meganisi, Sparta, Kalamos, Kastos, Thileia and Kythros, they supplement her picture. The capital is the city of Lefkada, with the characteristics wooden multicoloured buildings and her unique lagoon, that entertains infrequent species of birds and is protected from the convention Ramsar but also from the Ministry of Culture, that has been recognized as particular natural beauties because of her sandy beach.
Lefkada is one of the important regions of Greece in intellectual Level. They were a lot of man borne in Lefkas that were distinguished in the letters, the arts and the sciences. The national poets Aristotelis Balaoritis and Angelos Sikelianos were given birth lived and created in Lefkas. Discover the emerald island at: www.lefkada.gr
Lecce, Italy
Lecce is the city in Puglia which more than any other, has entirely preserved its historical and cultural identity. As the natural main town of the Salento area, nearly halfway between the Ionic coast and that of the Adriatic, it dominates a great deal of lowlands marked only occasionally by small hills, a frontier land of sorts set on the far most eastern point of the peninsula. The landscape is characterised by an immense expanse of red earth and bare stony ground. One of the symbols of the city is the church, "Chiesa di Santa Croce" (1549), an object of recent restoration and to be found in the immediate vicinity of "Piazza S' Oronzo", at the centre and part of the beating heart of the city.
Lecce has also been defined as the "small Florence of the south" for its Baroque atmosphere and its beautiful monuments. The Lecce Baroque is a type of sculpture and architecture which, beginning in the 16th century, spread all throughout the province. It exploited the malleability of the Lecce stone, a calcareous stone which, compact and homogeneously honey-coloured, is used in decorating roads, balconies, buildings and churches. Even today, the shops still feature local artisans who, with plane and chisel, bring sculptures and other treasured objects to life.
Metz and Thionville, France
Moselle is part of the current region of Lorraine and is surrounded by the French departments of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Bas-Rhin, as well as Germany and Luxembourg in the north. The inhabitants of the department are called Mosellans.
The population is 1 million, located mostly in the urban area around Metz and Thionville. The city is famous for its yellow limestone architecture: la Pierre de Jaumont Pierre and for its nickname "The Green City" (25m2 - 270sqft of park,garden and playground per inhabitant). Metz is the 39th place to go in 2009 according to The New York Times.
The economic sectors represented in Metz, are the metallurgical, petrochemical, automotive, logistics, trade. The Technopole Metz welcomes 230 locations and 4 000 employees who are divided into three clusters: high technology firms related to telecommunications and information, great schools and universities, and business center consisting of the World Trade Center Metz -Saarbrücken and International Congress Center.
The Country Metz is also traditionally an area of culture and producer of Mirabelle in Lorraine, the city of Metz giving its name to one of two main varieties of the fruit. Metz is also one of the four member cities QuattroPole with Luxembourg, Trier (Trier) and Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken). This network promotes cross-border inter-urban. Finally, Metz and Thionville in 2007 joined a third CBC Lela +. This network of cities aiming the development of the border region and includes Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Longwy and Arlon. Note that the economy is messin linked to that of Luxembourg: 70 000 Lorraine currently working there. It is estimated that 135 000 workers will cross in 2030.
Metz and Thionville are ideally located at the intersection of two major road axes: The Paris to Strasbourg motorway, itself a part of the E50 motorway connecting Paris to Prague, and the A31 motorway, which goes north to Luxembourg and south towards Nancy, Dijon and Lyon. They are connected to the French high speed train (TGV) network, which provides a direct rail service to Paris and the city of Luxemburg. The time from Paris (Gare de L'Est) to Metz train station is 82 minutes.