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This morning in St. Peter's Square before the'' Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis has lit the torch of the 26th edition of the Winter Universiade to be held from December 11 to 21'' in Trentino. '' The Press of Trentino, 2013, and we thank them, tells us all about this event.
Wednesday 6 November 2013 11 minutes reading time
Papa Francesco officially lit the torch of the Universiade 2013 Trentino during a brief private ceremony, under the arch of the bells'','' before the Wednesday general audience. Just before 10 so definitely started the countdown that will lead to'' opening of the 26th Winter Universiade on December 11 in the historic Piazza Duomo in Trento, where stands the cathedral that housed the Council. And when the President of the Organizing Committee has invited the Pope Sergio Anesi in Trentino Papa Francesco'' is remembered if the "Trento? Of course, the city of the Council, "he said. And then he added: "In Trento? For a council? "The Pope then invited to pray for him," I need it. "
At the ceremony of the lighting of the torch of Trentino 2013 attended, among others, the President of the Fisu Jean-Claude Gallien, the Minister of Regional Affairs Graziano Delrio,'' the Archbishop Luigi Bressan of Trento, President of the Autonomous Province of Trento Alberto Pacher with the commissioners Tiziano Mellarini Dalmaso and Martha, the rector of the University of Trento'' Daria de Pretis with the President of the University'' Innocent Chive, the Mayor of Trento Alessandro Andreatta and the President of Cusi Coiana Leonardo.
The Chairman of the organizing committee, Sergio Anesi, called the ceremony "An extremely important moment at which the Pope did not want to miss his support." "With the lighting of the torch'' - he added - we tried a unique experience, destined to become the heritage of all those present. This gesture gave further direction'' s commitment of those who are working to bring in Trentino many young people with a great sign of confidence. did not expect such an event to our attention by the Holy Father, whose presence here today is an important testimony to the world of sport,'' the Italian and Trentino. "President Fisu Gallien spoke of "Great signal for the sport, very important for our world that fills us with joy and pride.'' With the lighting of the torch Papa Francesco wanted to send a message of confidence in young people, which is our heritage of the future, for which we are committed to building a better world and full of solidarity.'' The torch lighting for all of us is a symbolic act of investiture full. "
The torch has already been dubbed "the flower of the Alps". , Resembling in form and color gentian, a strong symbol of the mountain elected to sign the meeting between sport, research and technological innovation and the environment. Trentino 2013 has in fact also one of its objectives the full environmental sustainability.
The torch lit by the Pope this morning in St. Peter's Square in Rome, becomes a symbol of hope for peace and friendship among peoples. To bring this message the Torch will depart from Rome at a time of some university towns in Italy and in Europe, where spreads among young inspiring values ​​of Trentino, 2013, together with the vision of a better future.
This afternoon the torch will be shown to the Conference of Italian University Rectors (CRUI) and the historic La Sapienza university in Rome. Tomorrow, November 7, will still be in the capital will reach the Presidency of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Capitol and then some ministries (Economic Development, Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Education, Foreign Affairs) and the headquarters of the Cusi and cones. In the coming weeks will arrive in other Italian and European cities, bringing with it the message that invites Universiade rise to the top, to win with dedication, perseverance and effort a milestone after another. Turin, Lausanne, Pisa, Monaco, Venice, are some of the stages of his journey, where he will meet with university students and academic representatives. He will then return to Trento to inaugurate the 26th Winter Universiade, after crossing the valleys of Trentino competition venues. A relay race of champions will take on 11 December from Rovereto, home of the international conference, until the opening ceremony in Piazza Duomo'', for the'' power'' of the brazier and the inauguration of this great event, the presence of participating teams from over 60 countries around the world with 3,600 members.
Created by a group of researchers led by Professor Stefano Rossi of the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Trento'', the torch of the 26th Winter Universiade can be defined as an'' expression of the most advanced scientific research in engineering materials and design. It draws on the key themes of the Universiade: the culture of sport, scientific research, attention to young people.
The material of the structure, petals and stem, is an innovative colored stainless steel named TSteel, which allows to have very bright colors and at the same time to have textured surfaces.
5 petals, 5 colors, 5 materials, 5 meanings
The 5-star symbol of the Universiade, as the five Olympic rings, are characterized by the colors black, yellow, green, blue and red. You have chosen to connect perceptually different colors with those of the five classes of materials that make up the torch, with five different meanings.
Yellow: a material that exhibits this color, which can be easily colored in transparency, is wood. Are traditionally wooden hockey sticks. You used a birch veneer selected for the characteristic texture, laser-cut to design (Faculty Arts and Design - Bolzano LUB), and thereafter has been strengthened by the color yellow water varnish.
Red: the polymer that resembles the handle of the "stone" of curling, whose design is stylized on the surface is the red polymethylmethacrylate (production Acrilgraph, Limerick - Padova), worked by milling at the Technological Institute Max Valier of Bolzano.
Black: Black is carbon fiber, widely used in the construction of the skis. Innovative material by the special texture that seeks to represent the trend of the mountains. They are used tissue prepregs in different orientation and arrangement of carbon fiber; plates produced were then cut to tool to create the design of two skis. The symbol has been done at the DII'' s University of Trento.
Blue: blue reflections of the metal, such as foils shoes that slip on the ice. For the petals of the torch was then used'' s stainless steel Supermirror colored blue (TSteel). The design was created with screen printing techniques and etching to remove the colored layer (Steel Color).
Green. The book, which is the study and knowledge, it is an aspect that differentiates the Universiade from the Olympics. Was used to represent a slab of artificial stone, LG Himacs, which created the perception of the surface of a green stone and is the basis on which was written the word Universiade.
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