(August 9, 2016) Eighty-five years since its launch, which took place on February 22 1931, and after a two years break for modernization, the training ship Amerigo Vespucci is back and full sails ahead. During 2016,the eighty-fifth anniversary of its launch, after visiting the main Italian ports the Vespucci will touch those of Northern Europe as part of the Naval Academy’s students Campaign for Education 2016. The older units serving in the Navy – which has a long and glorious history and remains unsurpassed in its elegance and grandeur – will be in Oslo, moored at Pier Vippetangen, near the Akershus Fortress, August 22 to 25, as it reads on the website of the Italian Embassy in Norway. The visit is an extraordinary showcase for our many national excellences and is revived after the previous stop in the now distant 2005. The ship’s presence in Oslo will start the traveling event “Under the Sign of Excellence – Italia presenter seg i et roadshow gjennom norske byer” and it will open at the same time the long stop in the Norwegian capital. The master, the ship Captain Curzio Pacifici, will welcome on board visitors. (Red)