The Majorana centre is distributed over several, ancient monasteries (see the map here below):

• the San Rocco monastery (now renamed the Isidor Rabi Institute) hosts the Directorate and the main Secretariat of the centre;
• the former monastery of San Domenico (now the Patrick Blackett Institute) hosts 3 lecture rooms named after Paul Dirac, Robert Hofstadter and John von Neumann;
• the ancient monastery of San Francesco (now the Eugene Wigner Institute) and the Ciclope (today the Victor Weisskopf Institute) host several other lecture rooms including the Enrico Fermi Lecture Hall.

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Facilities at the Centre

• There are living quarters for the participants in all these buildings.
• Each monastery hosts lecture halls with standard facilities, including wi-fi connection, old-fashion blackboard (of green type, on demand), PCs running on Windows XP connected to a screen projector, and overhead projectors.
• In the San Rocco monastery (in the storage room at the rear of the courtyard) there are 2 self-service washing machines and 2 dryers for free use by the participants.
• A public telephone (and an automatic magnetic telephone-card dispenser) is located on the 1st floor of the San Rocco monastery (at the back of the courtyard). There is also a public telephone on the ground floor of the San Francesco monastery.
• Pigeon holes for incoming postal mail are located in the entrance hall of the San Rocco monastery.

More details about the Centre can be found HERE

Contacts

For any supplementary information (or late information) please contact the Centre providing the following information:

Week: 1-7 September, 2022
Event title: Topological Mehods in Mathematical Physics
Organizer: Renzo Ricca

Postal address: Majorana Centre, Via Guarnotta 26, 91016 Erice (Trapani)
Telephone (switchboard): (+39) 0923 869 133
Fax: (+39) 0923 869 226
E-mail: hq@ccsem.infn.it

How to get to the Majorana Centre

A shuttle transfer to and from the Majorana Centre will be provided on the 1st and the 7th of September. At the "Falcone & Borsellino International Airport" of Palermo and the "Vincenzo Florio" Airport of Trapani, just after the baggage claim, please look for the driver holding the plate bearing the name of the Majorana Centre and the event you will attend. The driver has instructions to wait and collect a group of participants on a given time slot. You will be driven to the Majorana Secretariat (at the San Rocco monastery) for registration and lodging assignment. The Majorana porter’s lodge is open 24h every day, but registration and lodging will take place from early morning till 6:00 pm. Special arrangements will be made for late evening arrivals. The Centre can provide transportation also on other days if necessary, and special arrangements can be made directly with the Centre.

In general the Centre does NOT provide a pick-up service from/to Palermo or Trapani railway station.

Driving and Parking in Erice

Cars are not allowed to enter the historical centre. Therefore you must find a parking space outside the ancient walls of Erice. Paying at cash machines can be expensive. However, at the parking lot located at “Porta Trapani” (Trapani Gate) you can buy a 7-day permit (12€/week, 1 week minimum); you must have a document that certifies your workshop attendance at the Majorana Centre. Ask the Workshop Director for such a document. Also a photocopy of the vehicle certificate is required. Then you can reach the San Rocco monastery in Via Guarnotta 26 on foot to register and receive lodging information.

Basic services in Erice

• PUBLIC TELEPHONES
  Public telephones are available at the "Tabacchi" shops in Piazza Umberto I and in Via Generale G. Salerno. Magnetic telephone cards can be purchased at the "Tabacchi" shops.
• POST OFFICE AND BANK
  The central Post Office is in Via Guarnotta, 100 metres away from the San Rocco entrance (on the way to the San Francesco monastery). The Bank is in the main square, Piazza Umberto I. Bank hours for money change are from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm.
• SHOPS
  Shops are typically open from 9:00-9:30 am to 12:30-1:00 pm and from 3:30-4:00 pm to 7:30 pm. A pharmacy is loacted in Via Cordici, just near the main square of Piazza Umberto I.
• WEATHER
  The weather in Erice is a bit unpredictable and the Workshop Director doesn’t bear responsibility for the odd shower. As Erice is situated at an altitude of 750 metres, its climate is much cooler than that at sea level. You are therefore advised to bring some warm clothing and a windbreaker, or anorak, in case of need.