Greece and Italy Program
2024 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 13 - May 19
Knossos
Monday, May 13
Minoan Palace at Knossos; King's Megaron, Queen's Megaron; Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
Mycenae
Tuesday, May 14
Lions’ Gate; Grave circle B; Megaron; Cistern; Treasury of Atreus.
Olympia
Wednesday, May 15
Propylon; Prytaneion; Altis; Temple of Hera; Temple of Zeus; Thesauroi; Philipeion; Zanes; Stadion; Paleastra.
Delphi
Thursday, May 16
Temenos of Athena Pronaia, Thesauroi, Temple of Apollo, Theater; Stadion; Archaeological Museum.
Epidaurus
Friday, May 17
Epidaurus; Propylaea; Sanctuary of Asklepios; Tholos; Theater; Archaeological Museum.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 18
Recommended trips: Cycladic Museum; Keramikos Archaeological Museum, Lyceum of Aristotle, Temple of Poseidon
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 19
Recommended trips: Temple of Aphaia, Aigina (500 BCE); Pnyx, Areios Pagos, Niarchos Foundation, Calatrava Stadium
Week 2: May 20 - May 26
Athens: Acropolis
Monday, May 20
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 21
Classical Agora; Panathenaikon Stadion; Olympeion; Hadrian’s Gate; Lysicrates monument; Roman Agora.
Athens: National Archaeological Museum and Agora
Wednesday, May 22
National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Paestum Archeological Museum
Thursday, May 23
Workshop II: Tessellations and Tilings
Paestum
Friday, May 24
Temple of Hera I; Hera II; Agora; Roman Forum; Amphitheater; Bouleuterion; Heroon; Temple of Athena; Archaeological Museum.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 25
Recommended trips: Naples Archaeological museum; Oplontis; Villa Poppea, Stabia; Villa Boscoreale.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 26
Recommended trips: Neapolis; Ischia; Pithekoussai; Cumae; Capri.
Week 3: May 27 - June 2
Pompeii
Monday, May 27
Porta Marina; Forum; Temple of Apollo; Basilica; Building of Eumachia; Temple of Vespasian; House of the Faun.
Forum & Palatine
Tuesday, May 28
The Forum Romanum: Curia, Tabularium, Comitium, Mundus, Rostrum, Basilica Aemilia, Basilica Julia.
Early Imperial Rome
Wednesday, May 29
Domus Aurea; Colosseum; Forum of Peace; Forum Transitorium; Forum of Augustus; Capitoline Museums.
High Imperial Rome
Thursday, May 30
Pantheon; Trajan's Forum and Markets; National Museum of Roman Art; Baths of Diocletian.
Ostia Antica
Friday, May 31
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, June 1
Recommended trips/studies: Temple of Hadrian; Mausoleum of Hadrian.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 2
Recommended trips/studies: Ara Pacis Museum; Column of Marcus Aurelius; Mausoleum of Augustus.
Week 4: June 3 - June 9
Late Classical/Medieval Rome
Monday, June 3
Santa Constanza; San Clemente; Arch of Constantine; Santa Sabina.
Renaissance Rome and Urban Planning
Tuesday, June 4
Tempietto; Villa Farnesina; Palazzi Massimi; Palazzo Farnese; Cancelleria; Santa Maria della Pace.
Renaissance Villas and Roman precedents
Wednesday, June 5
Villa Giulia (1551) and Etruscan Museum; Villa d’Este (1570); Villa Adriana (130 CE)
Vatican City
Thursday, June 6
Ponte Sant'Angelo; Sistine Chapel; Vatican Museums; St. Peter’s Basilica; St. Peter’s Piazza; Obelisk; Bernini’s colonnade.
Baroque Rome
Friday, June 7
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 8
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 9
Villa Farnesina; MAXI Museum
Week 5: June 10 - June 16
Pienza
Monday, June 10
Pienza Piazza, Cathedral, Palazzo Piccolomini; S Miniato al Monte, Florence.
Medieval and Early Renaissance Florence
Tuesday, June 11
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 12
Baptistery; Brunelleschi’s Dome; Museo del Duomo; Orsanmichele; Intro to Uffizi Gallery.
Renaissance Palazzi
Thursday, June 13
Loggia dei Lanzi; Palazzo Medici Riccardi; Palazzo Rucellai; Palazzo Gondi; Palazzo Strozzi.
High Renaissance Florence
Friday, June 14
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 15
Recommended trips/studies: Archealogical Museum; Museum of Science; Fiesole
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 16
Train trip to Pisa to visit the Cathedral, Baptistry and Leaning Tower. San Gimignano; Lucca; Cinque Terre
Week 6: June 17 - June 22
Vicenza
Monday, June 17
Villa Valmarana ai Nani; Villa Rotonda
Palladio’s Vicenza
Tuesday, June 18
Basilica (1549), Palazzo Chiericati (1550), Teatro Olimpico
Verona
Wednesday, June 19
Piazza Delle Erbe; Casa dei Mercanti; Palazzo Maffei; Torre dei Lamberti; Castelvecchio.
Venice Urbanism
Thursday, June 20
Rialto Bridge; Palazzi on the Grand Canal; Piazza San Marco, Basilica, Palazzo Ducale, Querrini Stampalia
Venice Biennale
Friday, June 21
Giardini Biennale
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 22
Recommended trips/studies: Accademia Gallery; Peggy Guggenheim Museum; Scarpa's Querrini Stampalia; Ca’Rezzonico; Ca’ d’Oro.