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Bron - Lyon - France

From 22nd April 2012 to 28th April 2012 The 3rd and 4th C Linguistics High School Artemisia Gentileschi Milano Head Master Mr Agostino Miele Students Francesca Botros Greta Capitanio Silvia Cassina Alice Gentile Kristina Gladchenko Giulia Guido Joana Jimenez 4 Cl 4th Cl 4th Cl 4th Cl 4th Cl 4th Cl 3rd Fl
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Teachers Ms Annamaria Giurgola Ms Francesca Giorgetti Ms Daniela Faganel Ms Anna Gagliano Mr Stefano Gorla Ms Leigh Halstead Mr Paul Smith Ms Daniela Strano Mr Marco Valtolina Mr Thomas Jurisch

in general and Bron (Lyon) in particular. The State High School for Tourism "Artemisia Gentileschi" was founded in 1982 to satisfy the growing demand for education and training in tourism and modern languages. Our school offers two courses: Tourism and Modern Languages. The Tourism Course aims at the acquisition of knowledge and effective skills usable in the tourist industry: travel agents, the hotel sector, transport and territorial services. The curriculum of the Modern Languages course aims at the acquisition of a solid cultural base and three foreign languages. For both courses the school leaving certificate enables students to enrol in university faculties. Artemisia Gentileschi High School has always tried to be a multilingual school and to encourage the integration of different cultures. For this reason we believe that European projects are an opportunity for growth for our students. Participation in the Comenius Partnership The energy way: a path connecting cultures. A link forging Europes stakes, a step to European sustainable citizenship allows it to continue this way: Italian students learn to compare themselves to foreign students, especially through student exchanges and visits to partner schools. In this Partnership Mobility in Bron Lyon - France, Gentileschi students from the modern languages course, class 4th CL (Botros Francesca, Capitanio Greta, Cassina Silvia, Gentile Alice, Gladchenko Kristina and Guido Giulia) and 3rd FL (Joana Jin Jimenez) have prepared a brochure on Lyon including details of its history, its geography, its monuments, and a study on the use of renewable energy in France

A self portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi at the beginning of the 17th century. For a woman being a painter in that period was a difficult choice.

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famous "mass graves of Bron" in September after the Liberation.

The origin of the name

Bron could be the contraction of "Beron", a German name first appearing during the invasion of Lower Dauphin by the Burgundians, or the name of a person of Germanic origin, derived from "Brohon, brohun, broon", which means bear, hawk, and stunted tree, or place name derived from the Latin "Brua" meaning scrubby edge of a field, uncultivated slope or simply the name given by the first lord of the great family of Bron in 1265.

Bron is a city of 39,667 inhabitants in the Rhne department of eastern France. It lies 10 km east of Lyon and is the sixth-largest suburb of the city of Lyon. It forms part of the Urban Community of Lyon. Bron is served by the TCL (Lyon public transport) services, which quickly connect Bron to Lyon.

Sights
Bron is considered the green lung of East Lyon, with over 260 acres of

History
The earliest traces of life in Born can be found in the town cemetery and date from 71 BC. In 479 1029 the western area was occupied by the Burgundians. In 1260 Yanard de Bron became lord of Bron. In 1310 Bron became part of the Comt de Savoie, which was an independent principality under the Holy RomanGerman Empire, so it was no longer French. In 1355 Bron was connected to the province of Dauphin and the Kingdom of France. In 1607 the first map of Bron was made and is now preserved in the British Museum in London. In 1790 the First Mayor was elected. In 1944 air raids, the execution of 109 prisoners from Montluc on 17, 28 and 21 August, and the discovery of the in3

green, such as Parilly Park, Fort Wood and Bron Dessessart Bron has a fort (erected between 1872 and 1876). After the war of 1879, Lyon formed together with Paris, a fortified camp with over 250 forts built in less than ten years. One of these was the Fort of Lyon which, especially during the Sec-

ond War, become part of a link in a gigantic defence network. The church of Saint-Denis de Bron which was erected the first village of Bron is on the square called the "Cross". The first Christian chapel was built in 1270 but the bombings of World War II destroyed much of the church, which was restored after the war.

LYON

day it was erected the whole city was lit by candles put in all the citizens' windows. Economically, Lyon is a major centre for banking and the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The city contains a significant software industry as well. Lyon also hosts the international headquarters of Interpol, Euronews and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon is ranked 2nd in France as an economic centre. In 2010 Lyon ranked 9th globally and 2nd in France for innovations. It was 38th

Lyon is a city in eastern-central France in the Rhne-Alps region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at a 2 hour drive from the Alps and only a 3 hour drive from the Mediterranean Sea. Lyon is the third largest French city, it has 480,600 inhabitants. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais. The city is known for its historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lyon was historically known as an important area for the production and weaving of silk and in modern times its known as the French capital of gastronomy. It also played a significant role in the history of cinema due to Auguste and Louis Lumire, who invented cinematography in Lyon. The city is also known for its famous light festival 'Fete des Lumieres' which occurs every 8th December and lasts for four days, which gave Lyon the name "the Capital of Lights." The legend says that the Virgin Mary saved the city from the Black Death; to thank her a statue was made and on the 4

globally in Mercer's 2010 livability rankings.

History
Lyon was founded on the Fourvire hill as a Roman colony in 43 BC by Munatius Plancus, a lieutenant of Caesar's, on the site of a Gaulish hill-fort settlement which according to the legend had been founded by King Atepomaro and the druid Momoro many years before. The Romans discovered that this city, which they named Lugdunum, was in a very favourable location so an artery of roads was constructed which paved the way for the creation of a widespread communications network toward the whole Roman Empire. In 16 BC, the Romans made Lyon the capital of the Gauls. Two of the Roman Emperors: Claudius and Caracalla were born here. For the Romans the city was as an important crossroads between Northern

Europe and the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Alps. Then, in 437 the German tribe called Burgundi, leaded by their Chief Atius settled here after the destruction of Worms by the Huns. It became part of the Holy Roman Empire, under the reign of Charles the Great and his successors. Lyon was then added to the French Kingdom, and the King made it its headquarters for its expansionist policy in Italy. From the 16th century on, economic improvements began, thanks to the merchants and the bankers who had immigrated from Florence. The market continued to expanded and in particular the silk area until the religious wars that wounded Europe in the 16th Century. It is during this period that the most important buildings like the Htel de Ville and the Htel Dieu were built in Lyon. During the French Revolution, Lyon supported the Girondists whose government reigned for two years until Napoleon took the power. The city gained importance during the industrial revolution thank to its silk factories. During the Second War, Lyon, since it was situated in the Vichy Republic, was an important centre which welcomed many refugees, and also became the main center for the French Resistance when the Nazis occupied the territory. The city was bombarded on the 26th of May 1944, a few days before its liberation.

the Romans, who called the hill Forum Vetus. This monument is quite modern. The architect Bossan built it in the 19th century. The basilica is known as an "upside-down elephant" because of its 4 octagonal towers. Its structure is a rather strange mix of architectural styles, with oriental, neoclassical and medieval influences. Bartholdi Fountain It is an impressive public fountain that is located in la place des Terreaux which is the heart of Lyon's civic life. This monument was designed in 1889 by Frdric Auguste Bartholdi who later created the Statue of Liberty. It illustrates the rivers flowing into the ocean. The fountain has a tremendous amount of detail and the four horses, which represent four rivers racing for the ocean, pulling the chariot forward, seem very real. This a pleasant place to stroll through during the day and in the evening with its contemporary fountains and illuminations that have recently been added. Tour Mtallique This metal tower is a monument Fourviere, which adjoins the basilica Fourviere. This 85.9 m tall monument is a round metal structure whose architecture is similar to the third floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was built on the basis of a plan by Mr. Colonge, on the grounds of the Gay family. There is a 5

Historical architecture
In Lyon, we can see some important monuments like: Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvire It is located at the top of the Fourvire Hill. The name of this hill may come from the first inhabitants of the mountain:

restaurant at the top. It is the highest point in Lyon, culminating at 372 meters. The elevation of 350 m above the Sane is the same as between the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Seine. Lyon Opera House In the 18th century, Soufflot built the first theater, but it soon became too small and in 1830the architects Chenavard and Pollet rebuilt a brand new one in a neo-classical style. Jean Nouvel completely renovated the opera house at the end of the 20th century, designing a tall steel and glass barrel vault that added a considerable amount of space that had not been there before, then he dug new levels and add a dome that is used by the dancers. It added eleven new levels, the six upper levels are encased in vaulted glass while the first five levels of the opera house are underground. The opera house dome offers a beautiful view on the town hall and the Croix-Rousse district. Place Bellecour It is a huge square covered with red gravel which is located between the Rhne and the Sane with an equestrian statue of Louis XIV made by Lyon sculptor F. Lemot. Place Bellecour which is 310 meters long and 200 m. wide is the fourth largest square in France. This square is a large pedestrian area with an equestrian statue of Louis XIV from 1825, designed by Frederic Francois Lemot, its center. There was a grand celebration when the statue arrived in the city. The Amphitheatre of the Three Gauls of Lugdunum (Lyon)

This was part of the federal sanctuary of the three Gauls, which means the regions of Roman France: Lugdunensis, Belgica, and Aquitaniai It was dedicated to the cult of Rome and Augustus celebrated by the 60 Gallic tribes, when they gathered at Lugdunum.

ECONOMIC RESOURCES IN FRANCE 1. Economic resources.

Economy France is the world's fifth largest economy. It is the second largest economy in Europe. France's economy entered the 20082009 recession later and left it earlier than most comparable economies, only enduring four quarters of contraction. France's economy has been growing continuously since the second quarter of 2009. France has long been part of the world's wealthiest and most developed national economies. With 39 of the 500 biggest companies of the world in 2011, France ranks 4th in the Fortune Global 500, behind the USA, Japan and China. Paris is the second most important location for the world's 500 biggest companies' headquarters. a) Industry Leading industrial sectors in France are telecommunications (including communication satellites), aerospace and defense, ship building (naval and specialist ships), pharmaceuticals, construction and civil engineering, chemicals, textiles and automobile production. Spending on research and development is also high in France. 6

French companies are ranked as leading firms in each and every major strategical economic sector: - AXA is one of the world's largest insurance company; - Air France is the world's largest airline company in revenue; - L'Oreal is the world's biggest cosmetic company; - Michelin is the world's leading tyre producer; - Carrefour is the world's second largest retail group in terms of revenue; - Total is the world's fourth largest private oil company; - Danone is the world's fifth largest food company and the world's largest mineral water provider; - Sanofi Aventis is the world's fifth largest pharmaceutical company; - Renault-Nissan is the world's leading electric car developer among major automakers. France is the world's top tourist destination with more than 81.9 million foreign tourists in 2011, ahead of Spain (58.5 million in 2011) and the United States (51.1 million in 2011). France features cities of high cultural interest (Paris being the foremost), beaches and seaside resorts, ski resorts, and rural regions that many enjoy for their beauty and tranquillity (green tourism). Despite having a widely liberalised economy, the government continues to play a significant role in the economy. Labour conditions and wages are highly regulated. The government continues to own shares in corporations in a range of sectors, including banking, energy production and distribution, automobiles, transportation, and telecommunications. These differ from countries like the US or UK where most of these companies had been privatized. b) Agriculture France is the world's second largest agricultural exporter, the world's sixthlargest agricultural producer and the 7

European Union's leading agricultural power, accounting for about onethird of all agricultural land within the EU. Northern France is characterized by large wheat farms. Dairy products, pork, poultry, and apple production are concentrated in the western region. Beef production is located in central France, while the production of fruit, vegetables, and wine ranges from central to southern France. It is currently expanding its forestry and fishery industries. As the world's second-largest agricultural exporter, France ranks just after the United States. The destination of 70% of its exports are other EU members states.

2. Energy

Nuclear power. In France nuclear energy is accepted,

even popular. The nuclear plant has brought jobs and prosperity to the area. Nobody has expressed any fear. France's decision to launch a large nuclear program dates back to 1973 and the events in the Middle East that are referred to as the "oil shock." The quadrupling of the price of oil by OPEC nations was indeed a shock for France because at that time most of its electricity came from oil burning plants. France had and still has very few natural energy resources. It has no oil, no gas and its coal resources are very poor. French policy makers saw only one way for France to achieve energy independence: nuclear energy. Over the next 15 years France installed 56 nuclear reactors, satisfying its power needs and even exporting electricity to other European countries.

How was France able to get its people to accept nuclear power? What is it about French culture and politics that allowed them to succeed where most other countries have failed? There are three reasons. First: the French are independent people. The thought of being dependent for energy on a volatile region of the world such as the Middle East disturbed many French people. Citizens quickly accepted the idea that nuclear energy might be a necessity. A popular French response to the question of why they have so much nuclear energy is "no oil, no gas, no coal, no choice." Second: France has a tradition of large, centrally managed technological projects. French people like large projects. They like nuclear power for the same reasons they like high speed trains and supersonic jets. Thirdly: French authorities have worked hard to get people to think of the benefits of nuclear energy as well as the risks. Glossy television advertising campaigns reinforce the link between nuclear power and the electricity that makes modern life possible. Nuclear plants solicit people to take tours. Today, nuclear energy is an everyday thing in France. France is the world-leading country in nuclear energy, the home of global energy giants Areva, EDF and GDF Suez : nuclear power now accounts for about 78% of the country's electricity production. The French nuclear power at the moment is created by 58 reactors, 18 of which are on the sea and use sea water for refrigeration, the other 40 are in the hinterland and they use the rivers. The rivers which are used more, with their tributaries, are the Loire and the Rhone, with 14 reactors for each one. The uranium requirement is currently about 10.500t for year, it comes from Australia, Kazakistan and Russia. Nuclear waste is stored on site at reprocessing facilities. 8

Nuclear energy had been permitted by the state to reduce the emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect. France has one of the lowest levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCSE)s states. The strategic choice to stay with nuclear power plants has reduced Frances energy bill. In addition the French nuclear industry is a leading sector in the economy. The France is the second producer of worlds nuclear energy after the USA. Today France is the only country in the world which has such a high percentage of nuclear production; this fact together with electricitys down market makes France the first exporter of electricity in the world. The International Energy Agency (IEA), has encouraged France to take on a strategic role in supplying energy at a low cost and with low carbon emissions for all Europe by mid 2012.

3. Renewable energy in France

In France, the use of renewable energy has long been concentrated on the production of electricity through biomass, a growing number of wind engines and solar panels, and on cogeneration, a process of simultaneous production of electricity and heat from petroleum products, natural gas, and waste products. The main sources of renewable energy in France are: a) the production of energy from biomass Biomass - the biodegradable portion of products, wastes, and residues from agriculture, forestry, industry, and household consumption - is the leading source of renewable energy consumed in France (52% of renewable consumption, 2nd in Europe after Germany).

In 2010 the 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition was held in Lyon. The conference was a platform for discussing the outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference that had taken place in Copenhagen and national energy strategies. b) Wind power in France

hydropower plants. The average age of an installation is approximately sixty years. Despite the heavy initial investment, hydropower is an economically viable source of renewable energy. It is also an energy of the future: in numerous countries only 10% of

Wind turbines in Aude

France has the third largest wind resource in Europe after Germany and the U.K. lectricit de France, the main French electricity generator and supplier in France increased its capacity to 10 GW in the year 2010 to comply with the European directive of 2001. The French government planned to produce 21% of its electricity consumption with renewable energy by 2010. This meant that France had to produce 106 TWh of renewable energy in 2010 when it only produced 71 TWh in 2006. Wind power represented 75% of the 35 TWh additional production in 2010. c) Hydroelectric power In France, 10% of the electricity production is generated through hydropower, which is the subject of investment programmes in France. With an installed capacity of over 20 GW on French soil, EDF is the leading supplier of hydropower in the European Union. Hydropower is environmentally friendly and does not contribute to the greenhouse effect or air pollution as it does not emit CO2 or gas pollutants. France is able to use hydropower both for baseload generation and to respond to peaks in energy consumption. Hydropower generating facilities in France consist in 640 dams and 439 9

hydropower potential has been exploited. With increasing energy requirements worldwide, hydropower is a genuinely promising solution. In Europe, by 2020, 20% of electricity consumption must be sourced from renewable energy; hydropower will play a key role in reaching this target.
Sainte-Croix du Verdon dam: a hydroelectric power plant producing 142 millions of kWh per year

CERN

The European Center for Research in Particle Physics, known as CERN is an international organization, whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the FrancoSwiss border. The organization, established in 1954, has twenty European member states.

ful accelerator.

CERN's main function is to provide the particle accelerators and other infrastructure needed for high-energy physics research. Numerous experiments have been carried out at CERN as international collaborations. CERN is also the birthplace of the World Wide Web. The main site at Meyrin also has a large computer centre containing very powerful data-processing facilities primarily for experimental data analysis and, because of the need to make them available to researchers elsewhere, it has historically been a major wide area networking hub. CERN operates a network of six accelerators and a decelerator. Each machine in the chain increases the energy of particle beams before delivering them to experiments or to the next more power-

The statue of Shiva is placed in front of the administrative offices of the CERN. Its an unusual landmark for CERN. The statue, symbolizing Shiva's cosmic dance of creation and destruction, was given to CERN by the Indian government to celebrate the research center's long association with India. In choosing the image of Shiva Nataraja, the Indian government acknowledged the profound significance of the metaphor of Shiva's dance for the cosmic dance of subatomic particles, which is observed and analyzed by CERN's physicists.
ENEWAY MAGIC MOMENTS

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1) Mobility in Bydgoszcz, Poland from 21st November to 27th November 2010

2) Mobility in Milan, Italy from 3rd April to 9th April 2011

THANKS TO THE PARTNERS

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3) Mobility in Piatra Neamt, Romania from 24th September to 1st October 2011.

4) Mobility Galanta, Slovakia from 20th November 26th November 2011.

5) Mobility in Bron Lyon, France from 22nd to

28th April 2012.

Particular thanks must go to Catherine

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Our cooperation has been so fruitful that during the last meeting with partners in Galanta, (Slovak Republic) last November the idea of a further exchange was born, leading to contacts with Catherines colleague Marie Louise Carbonelli. This exchange took on concrete form with third year class of the Lyce gnrale technologique Jean- Paul Sartre, teachers Marie Louise and Sylvie Thiault and the class 3FL from Artemisia Gentileschi Liceo Linguistico, teachers Annamaria Giurgola and Paola Meccariello, and consists of two stages: - from 31st March to 3rd April 2012 third year pupils from the Lyce gnrale technologique Jean- Paul Sartre in Bron visited the Gentileschi High School in Milano, hosted by the families of the students in 3FL, took part in the lessons of this class and in the extra-curricular activities arranged in the afternoon and visited the Galvani High School (another partner in the Multilateral Comenius partnership Eneway) - from 22nd-26th April 2012 pupils from 3FL will be in their turn guests of the pupils from Lyce gnrale technologique Jean- Paul Sartre in Bron and their families and will take part in lessons and cultural activities, at the same time as the final meeting of all the partners involved in the Comenius project at the Lyce in Bron.

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