Join us in Italy for a unique contemplation of pagan and Christian life through the ages! Dr. Jan Bentz will be our guide, with Dr. Brian Lapsa and local experts teaching some of the seminar sessions.
Accommodations
Rooms have been reserved at the Domus Australia from Saturday, March 14 (arrival) to Sunday, March 22 (check out and departure). Participants wishing to arrive earlier or to stay longer are encouraged to make separate arrangements.
Description
Texts
Discover ‘the glory that was Rome’ (warts and all, so to speak!), as well as of Florence, in ‘song and stone’: in history, poetry, polemic, painting, architecture, and so on—with texts from Livy, Vergil, Ovid, Augustus, Plutarch, Seneca, Juvenal, Pliny, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius, Benedict, Dante, Battista Guarino, Ghiberti, Savonarola, Luther, and more…
-
Most days begin with seminars immediately after breakfast, on the basis of texts collated for you in a Memoria College reader—texts nowhere else in captivity to be found together!
-
After the seminar we head into the city to tour some of the most famous sites and see some of the most important and most beautiful art and architecture of the last three thousand years of Western civilization …
-
Texts and tours are roughly correlated thematically: pagan Rome, early Christian Rome, Renaissance, etc.
-
Along with a few planned banquets in some of Rome’s hidden gems, most nights are free for exploring Rome’s culinary and cultural scene—wandering about Trastevere, lingering on the Ponte Sisto, enjoying gelato and wine…
-
There will also be an unprogrammed day at the end for exploring independently or returning to your favorite sites.
-
Colosseum, Forum, Palatine Hill, Capitoline Hill & Museum
-
Catacombs; first-millennium, medieval, and Renaissance churches
-
The Duomo of Florence
-
Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums
-
Villa Borghese & the Roman Baroque
-
…and more!
Optional Credit
Use your readings, observations of architecture and artwork, and experiences on the ground to write an essay and earn credit for a Memoria College master’s degree.
Price
$2,295, exclusive of flight, travel to and from airport, and some food; $1,295 for a second participant in double occupancy. Please contact tutor@memoriacollege.org to register a second participant.
Included: Lodging, all breakfasts, two festive dinners, transportation in the city, entry to all museums and historic sites, transport to & from Florence, guided tours, seminars, etc.
Participants are responsible for airfare, ground transportation from and to the airport, lunches, most dinners.
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
-
Fully refundable through 10/1
-
50% refundable through 1/1
-
No refunds after 1/1
