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able to open a dialogue between the two shores of the Adriatic Sea, but also to connect the anthropological, social and cultural migration across an aquatic Europe. We want to draw a map to describe the mobility of artistic production, to promote exchange and fair trade, to stimulate a new way of imaging the aqueous identity of the continent. We will start with the ambition to build a new Network of the port cities in Europe, looking at those European sea cities that have a historical port, with particular emphasis on the ECoCs (Marseille, Patras, Aarhus, Paphos, etc.) and looking at the Baltic Corridor, a wide area of commercial opportunities which may become a cultural opportunity as well: from Ravenna to Gdansk through Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, up to Stavanger, Tallinn, Umea. We will look also at Ravenna’s neighbouring Italian ports. We think of a great Meeting of European port fairs, with the installation of a Temporary Store in the form of urban containers in which the products from the ports could be put on sale. We think of meetings and exchanges with European cities linked to the local popular dances and with a particular focus on Tango, that could be associated to a Music festival of the port cities in Europe, under the artistic direction of the Italian songwriter Vinicio Capossela. On the other hand we investigate the water identity within our continent: we will produce a series of documentaries about water as an additional element for gathering and for storytelling. We will study the relation between water and work (Ravenna city of water, coordinated by Maria Martinelli); we will propose International sailing meetings, halfway between sports and crafts, in order to recover the sports tradition that has made our city stand out in the nineties with Il Moro di Venezia. 10. The Trails network The Trails network is a dense trekking network that promotes the culture of moving consciously in a city born in water, but that today finds itself on earth. A city that was transformed over the centuries leaving traces of architectural urban hydrographical and environmental layers. From the Ravenna in the Roman era to the Ravenna in current times, we want to walk alongside Romagna inhabitants, Italians, sport enthusiasts and European tourists, making the act of walking a tool for living collective and social sports experiences, together with gastronomy, trebbi (the ancient habit of gathering and talking) and other cultural events among the flora and fauna in the region. Between pinewoods and forests we retrace the steps of Saint Romualdo, from Classe to the hermitage of Camaldoli. Walking in the Apennines, from Ravenna to ForlÏ and then on the Muraglione Pass to Florence, passing through Marradi, we will think of Dante Alighieri on the way to exile and to the poet Dino Campana, author of Canti Orfici. The water channels, valleys, and rivers will lead us to the sea with paddles and canoes or towards the sea, thinking of the sailing tradition of Ravenna. With the project Walks of Freedom we will recall the places of the Risorgimento and Resistance, which have marked the social fabric of our region *13. These paths will be made active after the pre-selection stage, in cooperation with the Trail Romagna Association. IMAGINE THE IMAGINARY 11. Generations 19/19 Training and raising young generations to become adults and citizens, even through schools and interaction with an older generation, is a way of cultivating our future, Europe, and of redefining European citizenship. Nutrimenti per la crescita (Food for life and growth) is a project that moves inside and outside academic boundaries, crossing into the world of adults and children. CorpoGiochi (BodyGames) by Monica Francia/The Cantieri Association is a project which develops a holistic view of teaching by integrating the knowledge of our body into the school curriculum and connecting it to other similar European methods. The invitation to read and play is the engine for learning which will be incorporated in the creation of the House of the Arts for Children. Then we will spread the Crumbs of Civiliza-