Greece and Italy Program
2025 Schedule
Arriving in Crete, the students enjoy an introduction to Greece in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. From there, students travel to various cities and towns in Greece and Italy for six weeks. The program ends in Venice.
Week 1: May 12 - May 18
Knossos
Monday, May 12
Minoan Palace at Knossos; King's Megaron, Queen's Megaron; Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
Mycenae
Tuesday, May 13
Lions’ Gate; Grave circle B; Megaron; Cistern; Treasury of Atreus.
Olympia
Wednesday, May 14
Propylon; Prytaneion; Altis; Temple of Hera; Temple of Zeus; Thesauroi; Philipeion; Zanes; Stadion; Paleastra.
Delphi
Thursday, May 15
Temenos of Athena Pronaia, Thesauroi, Temple of Apollo, Theater; Stadion; Archaeological Museum.
Epidaurus
Friday, May 16
Epidaurus; Propylaea; Sanctuary of Asklepios; Tholos; Theater; Archaeological Museum.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 17
Recommended trips: Cycladic Museum; Keramikos Archaeological Museum, Lyceum of Aristotle, Temple of Poseidon
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 18
Recommended trips: Temple of Aphaia, Aigina (500 BCE); Pnyx, Areios Pagos, Niarchos Foundation, Calatrava Stadium
Week 2: May 19 - May 25
Athens: Acropolis
Monday, May 19
Acropolis Museum; Theater of Dionysus; Asklepion; Odeion of Herodes Atticus; Acropolis: Propylaea, Temple of Athena Nike; Erechtheion, Parthenon.
Athens: Classical Hellenistic and Roman
Tuesday, May 20
Classical Agora; Panathenaikon Stadion; Olympeion; Hadrian’s Gate; Lysicrates monument; Roman Agora.
Athens: National Archaeological Museum and Agora
Wednesday, May 21
National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Paestum Archeological Museum
Thursday, May 22
Workshop II: Tessellations and Tilings
Paestum
Friday, May 23
Temple of Hera I; Hera II; Agora; Roman Forum; Amphitheater; Bouleuterion; Heroon; Temple of Athena; Archaeological Museum.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 24
Recommended trips: Naples Archaeological museum; Oplontis; Villa Poppea, Stabia; Villa Boscoreale.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 25
Recommended trips: Neapolis; Ischia; Pithekoussai; Cumae; Capri.
Week 3: May 26 - June 1
Pompeii
Monday, May 26
Porta Marina; Forum; Temple of Apollo; Basilica; Building of Eumachia; Temple of Vespasian; House of the Faun.
Forum & Palatine
Tuesday, May 27
Arch of Septimius Severus; Mundus; Rostra; Hypogeum; Basilica Julia; Basilica Aemilia; Comitium; Lapis Niger; Curia; Temple of Deified Julius; Regia; Temple of Vesta and Atrium Vestae; Tomb of Romulus; Basilica Maxentius and Constantine; Temple of Roma Amor; Antiquarium. Palatine: Lupercal; Domus Augustana; Domus Flavia; Stadium; Museum
Early Imperial Rome
Wednesday, May 28
Capitoline Museums, Forum of Augustus;Forum of Peace; Forum Transitorium; Domus Aurea; Colosseum;
High Imperial Rome
Thursday, May 29
Pantheon; Trajan's Forum and Markets; National Museum of Roman Art; Baths of Diocletian.
Ostia Antica
Friday, May 30
Necropolis; Porta Romana; Castrum; Hortii, Forum, Forum Baths, Insula of Diana, Insula of Thermopolium, Garden Apartments, Baths of Porta Marina; Square of the Guilds; Theater; Baths of Neptune.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 31
Recommended trips/studies: Temple of Hadrian; Mausoleum of Hadrian.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 1
Recommended trips/studies: Ara Pacis Museum; Column of Marcus Aurelius; Mausoleum of Augustus.
Week 4: June 2 - June 8
Late Classical/Medieval Rome
Monday, June 2
Santa Constanza; San Clemente; Arch of Constantine; Santa Sabina.
Renaissance Rome and Urban Planning
Tuesday, June 3
Tempietto; Villa Farnesina; Palazzi Massimi; Palazzo Farnese; Cancelleria; Santa Maria della Pace.
Renaissance Rome and Urban Planning
Wednesday, June 4
Tempietto; Villa Farnesina; Palazzi Massimi; Palazzo Farnese; Cancelleria; Santa Maria della Pace; Villa Giulia/Etruscan
Renaissance Villas and Roman precedents
Thursday, June 5
Villa d’Este (1570); Villa Adriana (130 CE)
Baroque Rome
Friday, June 6
St. Andrea al Quirinale; St. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane; Fontana dell' Acqua Felice; S Maria della Vittoria - Cornaro Chapel; Villa Borghese; Porta Flaminia; S Maria del Popolo; Piazza del Popolo and Pope Sixtus V; Flaminio Obelisk.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 7
Recommended trips/studies: Museo della Civilta Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome and the enormous model of the city)
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 8
Villa Farnesina; MAXI Museum
Week 5: June 9 - June 15
Individual Study Day
Monday, June 9
MAXI Museum
Medieval and Early Renaissance Florence
Tuesday, June 10
San Marco; Foundling Hospital; Basilica of San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy; National Museum of the Bargello; Ponte Vecchio; Piazza della Signoria; Palazzo Vecchio
Renaissance Florence
Wednesday, June 11
Baptistery; Brunelleschi’s Dome; Museo del Duomo; Orsanmichele; Intro to Uffizi Gallery.
Renaissance Palazzi
Thursday, June 12
Loggia dei Lanzi; Palazzo Medici Riccardi; Palazzo Rucellai; Palazzo Gondi; Palazzo Strozzi.
High Renaissance Florence
Friday, June 13
Santa Croce / Pazzi Chapel; Santa Maria Novella; New Sacristy at San Lorenzo; Laurentian Library; Santo Spirito; Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 14
Recommended trips/studies: Archealogical Museum; Museum of Science; Fiesole
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 15
Train trip to Pisa to visit the Cathedral, Baptistry and Leaning Tower. San Gimignano; Lucca; Cinque Terre
Week 6: June 16 - June 21
Vicenza
Monday, June 16
Villa Valmarana ai Nani; Villa Rotonda
Palladio’s Vicenza
Tuesday, June 17
Basilica (1549), Palazzo Chiericati (1550), Teatro Olimpico
Verona
Wednesday, June 18
Piazza Delle Erbe; Casa dei Mercanti; Palazzo Maffei; Torre dei Lamberti; Castelvecchio.
Venice Urbanism
Thursday, June 19
Rialto Bridge; Palazzi on the Grand Canal; Piazza San Marco, Basilica, Palazzo Ducale, Querrini Stampalia
Venice Biennale
Friday, June 20
Giardini Biennale
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 21
Recommended trips/studies: Accademia Gallery; Peggy Guggenheim Museum; Scarpa's Querrini Stampalia; Ca’Rezzonico; Ca’ d’Oro.