Greece and Italy Program
2023 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 15 - May 21
Knossos
Monday, May 15
Minoan Palace at Knossos; King's Megaron, Queen's Megaron; Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
Mycenae
Tuesday, May 16
Lions’ Gate; Grave circle B; Megaron; Cistern; Treasury of Atreus.
Olympia
Wednesday, May 17
Propylon; Prytaneion; Altis; Temple of Hera; Temple of Zeus; Thesauroi; Philipeion; Zanes; Stadion; Paleastra.
Delphi
Thursday, May 18
Temenos of Athena Pronaia, Thesauroi, Temple of Apollo, Theater; Stadion; Archaeological Museum.
Athens: National Archaeological Museum and Agora
Friday, May 19
National Archealogical Museum; Agora: Bouleuterion, Tholos, Temple of Hephaestus, Museum of the Agora
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 20
Recommended trips: Cycladic Museum; Keramikos Archaeological Museum, Lyceum of Aristotle, Temple of Poseidon
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 21
Recommended trips: Temple of Aphaia, Aigina (500 BCE); Pnyx, Areios Pagos, Niarchos Foundation, Calatrava Stadium
Week 2: May 22 - May 28
Athens: Acropolis
Monday, May 22
Acropolis Museum; Acropolis: Parthenon; Propylea; Erechtheion
Athens: The Hellenistic & Roman City
Tuesday, May 23
Odeion of Herodes; Theater of Dionysus; Lysicrates monument; Roman Agora; Panathenaikon Stadion; Olympeion; Hadrian’s Gate
Epidaurus
Wednesday, May 24
Epidaurus; Propylaea; Sanctuary of Asklepios; Tholos; Theater; Archaeological Museum.
Paestum Archeological Museum
Thursday, May 25
Workshop II: Tessellations and Tilings
Paestum
Friday, May 26
Temple of Hera I; Hera II; Agora; Roman Forum; Amphitheater; Bouleuterion; Heroon; Temple of Athena; Archaeological Museum.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 27
Recommended trips: Naples Archaeological museum; Oplontis; Villa Poppea, Stabia; Villa Boscoreale.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 28
Recommended trips: Neapolis; Ischia; Pithekoussai; Cumae; Capri.
Week 3: May 29 - June 4
Pompeii
Monday, May 29
Porta Marina; Forum; Temple of Apollo; Basilica; Building of Eumachia; Temple of Vespasian; House of the Faun.
Forum & Palatine
Tuesday, May 30
The Forum Romanum: Curia, Tabularium, Comitium, Mundus, Rostrum, Basilica Aemilia, Basilica Julia.
Imperial Rome
Wednesday, May 31
Capitoline Museums; Forum of Julius Caesar; Colosseum; Arch of Constantine. Forum of Augustus.
Hadrian's Villa
Thursday, June 1
Hadrian's Villa Pecile; Maritime Theater; Hall of Philosophers; Heliocaminus Baths; Nymphaeum Stadium; Canopus; Great Baths
Ostia Antica
Friday, June 2
Necropolis; Porta Romana; Baths of Neptune; Square of the Guilds; Theater; Castrum; House of Diana.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 3
Recommended trips/studies: Temple of Hadrian; Mausoleum of Hadrian; Museo Nazionale Romano.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 4
Recommended trips/studies: Ara Pacis Museum; Column of Marcus Aurelius; Mausoleum of Augustus.
Week 4: June 5 - June 11
Late Classical/Medieval Rome
Monday, June 5
S Maria in Tratevere; Santa Sabina; San Clemente.
Renaissance Rome and Urban Planning
Tuesday, June 6
Capitoline Museums; Campidoglio; Piazza del Popolo and Pope Sixtus V; Flaminio Obelisk; Porta Flaminia; S Maria del Popolo.
Renaissance Villas
Wednesday, June 7
Villa Giulia; Villa D'Este; Villa Borghese Pinciana.
Baroque Rome
Thursday, June 8
il Gesu; S Maria degli Angeli; Fontana dell'Acqua Felice; S Maria della Vittoria - Cornaro Chapel; S Susanna; Quattro Fontane
City of Vatican
Friday, June 9
Ponte Sant'Angelo; Vaticano Obelisk; Piazza San Pietro; Basilica di San Pietro; Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 10
Recommended trips/studies: Tempietto, Villa Farnesina
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 11
Recommended trips/studies: Museo della Civilta Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome and the enormous model of the city)
Week 5: June 12 - June 18
Medieval & Renaissance Urbanism: Siena & Pienza
Monday, June 12
Siena: Piazza del Campo; Palazzo Pubblico; Duomo. Pienza: Piazza; Cathedral; Palazzo Piccolomini.
Romanesque/Medieval Florence
Tuesday, June 13
Florence: S Miniato al Monte. Baptistery; Ponte Vecchio; Piazza della Signoria; Palazzo Vecchio.
Early Renaissance Florence
Wednesday, June 14
Basilica of San Lorenzo; Old Sacristy; Accademia Gallery – Michelangelo’s David; Foundling Hospital; S Croce / Pazzi Chapel
Renaissance Florence
Thursday, June 15
Brunelleschi's Dome; Museo del Duomo; Uffizi Gallery
High Renaissance Florence
Friday, June 16
Santa Maria Novella;Palazzo Medici-Riccardi; Palazzo Ruccelai; Palazzo Strozzi; Uffizi Gallery.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 17
Recommended trips/studies: Archealogical Museum; Museum of Science; Fiesole
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 18
Train trip to Pisa to visit the Cathedral, Baptistry and Leaning Tower. San Gimignano; Lucca; Cinque Terre
Week 6: June 19 - June 24
Late Renaissance Florence I
Monday, June 19
New Sacristy; Laurentian Library; San Marco
Medieval and Resilient Verona
Tuesday, June 20
Piazza delle Erbe; Casa dei Mercanti; Palazzo Maffei; Torre dei Lamberti; Castelvecchio
Vicenza
Wednesday, June 21
Palladio: Basilica, Teatro Olimpico, Palazzo Chiericati, Villa Rotonda.
Medieval Venice
Thursday, June 22
Intro to Venice: Origins and Venetian Urbanism; Saint Mark's Square; St Mark' s Basilica; Palazzo Ducale.
Renaissance & Post-Renaissance Venice
Friday, June 23
Rialto Bridge; Palazzi on the Grand Canal; Palladio’s Il Redentore and San Giorgio Maggiore.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 24
Recommended trips/studies: Accademia Gallery; Peggy Guggenheim Museum; Scarpa's Querrini Stampalia; Ca’Rezzonico; Ca’ d’Oro.