ACM SAC 2016 and related events will take place in locations chosen to adequately support the different conference activities.
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SAC will be held at
Palazzo dei Congressi [map], via Matteotti, 1 in Pisa.
It can be easily reached by bus, taking the bus "LAM Blu", stop "via Matteotti".
For information on how to use the bus in Pisa, please refer to section "Getting around in Pisa".
SAC Reception will
be held in the cloister of Santa Maria del Carmine
[map],
corso Italia, 85, on April 5th, Tuesday.
This small church is just halfway across Corso Italia, the main street in the pedestrian area in the center of Pisa. It can be quickly reached by foot either from "Ponte di mezzo" (Middle Bridge), the ideal barycentre of Pisa on the Arno river, or from the main train station.
The cloister entrance is at the right of the church facade.
Santa Maria del Carmine dates back to the 14th century, and it was famous for hosting one of the most renown masterpieces of Masaccio (a major painter of the Italian Renaissance), the so-called Pisa Altarpiece, whose composing panels are now dispersed in many different art museums around the world. The current structure of the church is due to works performed in the 16th-17th centuries.
SAC Banquet will be held in Stazione Leopolda [map],
piazza Guerrazzi, on April 7th, Thursday.
This place can be easily reached either by foot from the city center, or by bus using the "LAM Blu" line, stop "piazza Guerrazzi".
This building has been the train station in Pisa for the "Leopolda railway", the very first line built in Tuscany by the Grand Duchy Leopold II in 1844. Originally, the railway connected Pisa to Leghorn, but a few years later it reached Florence as well.
Today, the former station has been restored as a cultural center, with
different areas to host exhibitions, shows, conferences, concerts, etc..
The main hall corresponds to the old internal platforms in the station, and
it still shows the original wooden ceiling.