Posts From Elisabetta Legnani

Walls are still there after 25 years

Dopo 25 anni ci sono ancora muri

EN | IT – “Imagine that, just off Trafalgar Square, Place Vendôme, Times Square, Schwarzenbergplatz, or Piazza Venezia, there is a wall dividing into two parts London, Paris, New York, Vienna, or Rome. Imagine that the inhabitants of a part are prohibited from going into the other, and that the inhabitants of the other part are allowed to go to the opposite part only occasionally, provided they complete special formalities”. These were some thoughts about the Wall. 25 years ago the Berlin Wall finally fell, but are we sure that all the invisible walls in Europe have fallen along?

In the name of Erasmus

Nel nome di Erasmo

EN | IT | FR – Erasmus is a program launched by the European Union in 1987 to enable young people from all over the continent to study one or two semesters of their college career in a foreign structure, without being charged tuition fees in the host country; in addition, each student who participates in the programme is guaranteed a monthly financial support to meet other expenses, such as rent.