The ship “Amerigo Vespucci” of the Italian Navy, promotes tourism and italian culture with its tour that began in July 2023 and continues until 2025. One of the most visited tourist attractions in Italy is the Roman Colosseum, one of the New 7 Wonders of the World since 2007.
The Amerigo Vespucci training ship, the most beautiful and oldest of the Italian Military Navy, set sail in July 2023 from the port of Genoa (northern Italy) to undertake a world tour in which it will travel through three oceans, five continents and dock in 28 countries. for 2 years.
In the month of March she was in Buenos Aires, where she excelled promoting tourism and Italian culture, and then continued with her world tour.
The Argentine civil and military authorities and the Italian ambassador in Buenos Aires, Fabrizio Lucentini, welcomed the Vespucci crew. The special occasion that represents the Argentine stage of the Vespucci World Tour, had the participation of the Italian Minister of Tourism, Daniela Santanche, who in her greeting to the guests highlighted “the Vespucci, symbol of ‘Made in Italy’ that crosses seas and oceans and engine of the Italian economy and culture, represents a unique opportunity both to promote and strengthen the Italy brand abroad, and to create the conditions for future international collaborations also in the tourism sector. The arrival of the sailboat to Argentina -country where one of the largest Italian communities resides – occurs in the year of tourism with Italian roots in the world, which makes the event even more significant, because it will be able to provide an important contribution both in the consolidation of the great friendship between Italy and Argentina, as well as the increase in tourist flows between both nations.”
A Talk Show was held for the Argentine public, in which the Italian authorities present for the occasion participated and where the reasons for the international Vespucci World Tour project, strongly supported by the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, were illustrated. Also illustrated are future tour stops that will include Villaggio Italia, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Darwin, Singapore, Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Jeddah.
The Vespucci World Tour is an initiative created in collaboration with Difesa Servizi SpA, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Defense, which supports all phases of the campaign and has the active participation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, together with the Minister of Civil Protection and Maritime Policies and the Minister of Sports and Youth – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Environment and Energy Security.
The Nave Vespucci World Tour will touch all five continents and reach around 30 ports. During the trip, the traditional training activity of officer students will be combined with the promotion of tourism and Italian excellence in the world.
In this framework, it is worth noting that one of the outstanding attractions that stand out is the Roman Coliseum, one of the New 7 Wonders of the World since 2007, considered one of the most visited tourist places in Italy.
The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater is an amphitheater from the time of the Roman Empire, built in the 1st century. It is located in the east of the Roman Forum, and was the largest of those built in the Roman Empire.
The ship
The journey is an idea of the Government of Giorgia Meloni to promote tourism and the influence of Italian culture in the world, aboard the oldest ship in the Italian navy, a three-masted ship built in 1931 and named in honor of the navigator. Florentine Américo Vespucci, considered the first person to realize that America was a new continent.
The Amerigo Vespucci normally remains docked in the port of Genoa and is one of its tourist attractions, but from 2023 to 2025 it goes on a world tour, becoming the ambassador of Italian excellence.