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Facilities
more than a home in Shakespeare's Olympic city
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of lifeSamuel Johnson
Each Asterion's House is located in The Royal Borough of Greenwich, a quiet yet central neighbourhoods of London, rich of large green areas, famous educational and cultural institutions and worldwide heritage sites.
Each residence is fully equipped with elegant individual rooms for living, studying and creating, surrounding by gardens and many amenities, including installations for performances, exhibitions and other artistic and intellectual events.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich hosted 12 events within the Olympic Games 2012 and enjoys since then the first cable car to cross the river Thames.
Grants & sponsored residence:
Grants and sponsored residence may be available for individuals who match required qualifications from specific non governmental organisations, private sponsors and educational institutions.
'Ithaca' [1910-11] by Constantine Petrou Cavafy, recited by Sir Sean Connery and with music specially composed by Vangelis.
'As you set out for Ithaca
hope that your journey is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them:
you'll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare sensasion
touches your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.
Hope that your journey is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you come into harbors you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind-
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and learn again from those who know.
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're destined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so that you're old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you've gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.
Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would have not set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaca won't have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you'll have understood by then what these Ithacas mean.'
