In coordination with the Presidency of the City Council and the Committee of Florence “Amerigo Vespucci at home”, Consulegis wanted to dedicate a day of study to the great Florentine navigator, who gave his name to America and this year celebrating the fifth centenary of his death.
From the technical seminar hosted by the Palagio di Parte Guelfa has emerged as the profession of lawyer is conjugated differently in different countries according to the different traditions and different systems. For example remains marked a difference between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin ones. A profession is evolving and tends to internationalize more and more.
After the introduction of the lawyer Marco Mariani – Consulegis member and partner of the law firm Mariani, Menaldi and Associates who oversaw the organization of the event – it was the turn of the President of Consulegis, lawyer Gerd Ziegenfeuter, then, bringing the his address, the President of the Municipal Council Eugenio Giani spoke of Florence at the time of Vespucci, while the prof. Maximum Ruffilli (President of “Amerigo Vespucci at home”) explained the meaning of the Celebrations Vespucciane, prof. Margaret Calderoni has focused on the figure and the trips of Vespucci, and dr. Maurizio Maggini origin of the name America. A very special greeting to the fact that accorded by Ottaviano de’ Medici.
The celebrations continued at the Museum of Orsanmichele, with the exhibition of a series of reproductions of historical maps, including the only authorized copy of the Waldseemuller map of 1507 – the first planimentria to have used the name America to Mondus Novus linking it to the Florentine navigator, who first realized the significance of the discovery and equivocation on the achievement of the Indies. The evening then ended in Orsanmichele with a concert by the Chamber Orchestra conducted by Lanzetta.