Conference PRIN GRAFIA

The international Conference PRIN GRAFIA takes place at "Il Palazzone di Cortona" on June 16-20, 2025, and aims at bringing together experts and emerging researchers working in geometry and statistics of random fields and their applications. 

Cortona is a small village at the heart of Tuscany, from which Florence can be reached by train in about one hour, and Rome, Siena, and Pisa in about two hours. "Il Palazzone" is a wonderful Renaissance palace, nowadays a conference resort owned by the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. The seminar room is 'Sala Papacello', equipped with a projector and a blackboard, and enriched by the pictorial decorations of Tommaso Bernabei known as Papacello. 

Invited speakers

Program

Titles & Abstracts

Available here!

Accommodation

Speakers are accommodated at either "Il Palazzone" (the conference venue) or the hotel "Villa Santa Margherita" (in the city center). Rooms are booked from Sunday 15 to Friday 20, please contact the organizers in case you need to modify the dates of your stay. 

Social events

Social dinner: the social dinner takes place at Palazzone di Cortona, on Tuesday 17 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

Social trip: for those who are interested there will be a trip to Siena on Wednesday 18 (afternoon). 

Photos

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Location and directions

Address: Palazzone di Cortona, 52044 Le Contesse AR, Tuscany, Italy

Directions: The closest airport is Florence, but for intercontinental flights is Rome. Another option is Pisa. Cortona can be easily reached either by car or by train, being served by the Autostrada del Sole (Valdichiana exit), State Road SS 71 and the Milan-Florence-Rome railway. 

By train: There are two railway stations, Terontola-Cortona and Camucia-Cortona, on the track from Florence to Rome. Both are connected to Cortona by bus. The Terontola station is 11 km from Cortona and the Camucia station is 5 km from Cortona. The train schedules can be obtained from the official timetable of the Italian Railroad company.

By car: Autostrada del Sole:"Valdichiana" Exit. Upon exiting the highway, take the Siena-Perugia State Road and continue towards Perugia. There are 3 possible turn-offs for Cortona: Cortona via Manzano, Cortona via Laurentana and Cortona via Strada Statale 71 (State Road 71). In this latter case, at Camucia there is a deviation for Cortona and Città di Castello (the Umbran-Cortonese Province Road).

Tip: "Il Palazzone" can be reached by a pleasant walk away from the center of Cortona (about 1,5 Km: you walk from Piazzale Garibaldi on Via Gino Severini and along the way you will find several tourist signs for reaching "Il Palazzone").

Organizers and funding

Committee: Valentina Cammarota (Univ. Roma La Sapienza), Claudio Durastanti (Univ. Roma La Sapienza), Domenico Marinucci (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), Maurizia Rossi (Univ. Milano-Bicocca).

Funding: the event is funded by PRIN/MUR project 2022 Geometry of RAndom FIelds and Applications (GRAFIA).

Poster

Registration

Registration is free but mandatory. If you are interested in attending the conference please contact us at 

valentina.cammarota[at]uniroma1.it

claudio.durastanti[at]uniroma1.it

marinucc[at]mat.uniroma2.it

maurizia.rossi[at]unimib.it

Places to visit in Cortona

MAEC MUSEUM - Museum of the Etruscan Civilization

https://cortonamaec.org/en/opening-hours-fares/

Diocesan Museum

Opening hours: (from April 1st to October 31st)

Every day from 10.30 to 18.30 (closing from 13.30 to 14.00)

Address: Piazza del duomo, 1 Cortona

https://www.cortonamia.com/en/museum-diocesano-cortona/

The Monastery of Saint Francis “Le Celle”

Opening hours:  From 7.00am to 07.00pm

Address: Strada dei Cappuccini 1 Cortona (10 minutes by car and 50 minutes of walking distance)

https://www.cortonamia.com/en/convento-le-celle/

Fortress of Girifalco and church of Santa Margherita

Opening hours:  10:00 AM – 7:00 PM (March 29 – June 16),  10:00 AM – 8:00 PM (June 17 – September 1)

Address: Piazza di Santa Margherita da Cortona

https://www.fortezzadelgirifalco.it/index_eng.php

Etruscan tombs

Everyday from 10.00 to 14.00 and from 15.00 to 18.00

Address: Loc. Sodo di Cortona 52044 Cortona (AR)

https://cortonamaec.org/en/archaeological-park/

Villa Bramasole 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Tuscan_Sun_(film)

https://www.cortonamia.com/en/how-to-reach-bramasole/

Tanella of Pitagora

https://www.accademia-etrusca.org/tombe-accademia-etrusca/

https://www.cortonamia.com/en/10-attractions/

Via Jannelli

https://www.cortonamia.com/en/10-attractions/