Athens Meet at hotel at 5.00pm. Introduction to class and the city of Athens. Walk to the hill of Nymphs.
Tuesday
May
26
Mycenae - Tiryns Bus trip from Athens to Mycenae, Tiryns and Nauplion.
Wednesday
May
27
Athens: Agora - Acropolis Athenian Agora, Temple of Hephaistos,
Stoa of Attalos, Acropolis, Propylaea, Erechtheion,
Parthenon, Naos of Apteros Nike
Thursday
May
28
Athens: Elements of Greek urbanism Panathenaikon
Stadium, Olympeion, Hadrian’s Arch, Lysicrates Monument, Theater
of Dionysus, Asklepeion Hospital, Herodes Attikos Odeion, Areopagos, Pnyx, Hadrian’s Library, Tower of Winds, Athenian Roman Forum, Dipylon walls, Cemetery of Kerameikos.
Friday
May
29
Attica Eleusis: Greater and Lesser
Propylaea, Teleusterion, Ploutoneion. Temenos of
Artemis Brauronias, Marathon Tomb, Ramnous, Amfiareion,
Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
Saturday
May
30
Archaeological Museum of Athens Metro trip to the Arhaeological Museum
Sunday
May
31
Free day Recommended day trips: Temple
of Aphaia, Aegina; Bernard Tcshumi's new Museum of Akropolis
Monday
June
01
Delphi Bus trip from Athens to Delphi.
Tuesday
June
02
Korinth, Istmia, Epidauros
Bus trip to Peloponnesos. City of Korinth; Isthmia, Tmeple of Apollog; Temenos of Epidauros: Theater, Tholos, Asklepeion. Overnight stay in Olympia.
Wednesday
June
03
Olympia Temple of Zeus, Temple of Hera, Philipeion, Thesauroi, Stadion.
Bus trip to Patra.
Overnight boat trip to Italy from Patras (Greece) - Bari
(Italy).
Thursday
June
04
Metapontum Arrival at Bari, Italy in the morning. Bus trip
to Metapontum.
Bus trip Metapontum - Paestum. Overnight stay in Paestum.
Friday
June
05
Paestum Temple of Hera I, Hera II, Temple of Athena, Roman Forum. Bus trip Paestum - Sorrento di Piano. Overnight stay in Sorrento di Piano.
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Saturday
June
06
Pompeii
Bus trip to Pompeii. Overnight stay in Sorrento di Piano.
Sunday
June
07
Herculaneum Bus trip to Herculaneum.
Arrive to Rome in the evening. Sleep in Rome.
Monday
June
08
Free
Day Suggestions for
visits on your free days in Rome: Museo della Civilta
Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome and the enormous
model of the city); Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo;
Museo di Villa Barbarini; Baths of Caracalla. Additional
buildings to look for Tempietto, Villa Farnesina; Il Gesu,
S. Ignazio, Sant’Andrea della Valle, S. Agnese in
Agone (in Piazza Navonna)
Tuesday
June
09
Forum
Romanum and Palatine The Founding of Rome
Wednesday
June
10
Colosseum,
Imperial Fora, Spice Markets of Trajan, Pantheon Imperial
Rome
Thursday
June
11
Ostia
Antica Bus trip
to Ostia, the ancient harbor of Rome.
Friday
June
12
Hadrian’s
Villa- Villa D' Este Bus trip to Villa Adriana in
the morning. Afternoon visit to Villa D'Este.
Saturday
June
13
Free
Day Suggestions
for visits on your free days in Rome: Museo della Civilta
Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome and the enormous
model of the city); Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo;
Museo di Villa Barbarini; Baths of Caracalla. Additional
buildings to look for Tempietto, Villa Farnesina; Il Gesu,
S. Ignazio, Sant’Andrea della Valle, S. Agnese in
Agone (in Piazza Navonna)
Sunday
June
14
Free
day Suggestions for
visits on your free days in Rome: Museo della Civilta
Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome and the enormous
model of the city); Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo;
Museo di Villa Barbarini; Baths of Caracalla. Additional
buildings to look for Tempietto, Villa Farnesina; Il Gesu,
S. Ignazio, Sant’Andrea della Valle, S. Agnese in
Agone (in Piazza Navonna)
Monday
June
15
Santa
Maria in Trastevere. San Clemente. Medieval
Rome (Student tour)
Tuesday
June
16
Palazzo
Conservatori: Capitoline Museum Michelangelo and Renaissance
Rome
Wednesday
June
17
Tempietto Piazza Farnezina, Palazzo Spada,
San Pietro in Montorio, American Academy
Thursday
June
18
Villa
Gulia Villa Gulia - Etruscan museum
Friday
June
19
Baths
of Diocletian/S. Maria degli Angeli - S. Maria Maggiore
Renaissance Churches (Student tour)
Saturday
June
20
Free
Day Suggestions
for visits on your free days in Rome: Additional museum
visits Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo; Museo di Villa
Barbarini; Baths of Caracalla. Additional buildings to
look for Tempietto, Villa Farnesina; Il Gesu, S. Ignazio,
Sant’Andrea della Valle, S. Agnese in Agone (in
Piazza Navonna)
Sunday
June
21
Free
Day Suggestions
for visits on your free days in Rome: Short trip to Museo
della Civilta Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome
and the enormous model of the city)
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Monday
June
22
Baroque Churches: San
Carlo - Cornaro Chapel - Sant'Andrea al Quirinale -
Santa Susanna San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane,
Bernini's Cornaro Chapel at Santa Maria della Vittorio,
Sant'Andrea al Quirinale and Santa Susanna.
Tuesday
June
23
Borghese
Museum - Piazza del Popolo Borgese Museumwith Berninisculptures-
Spanish Steps - Piazza del Popolo, Santa Maria del Popolo
Wednesday
June
24
Vatican Museum
- Basilica of St. Peter
Tentative date for tour of the Scavi at St. Peter’s
Basilica and the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica
Thursday
June
25
Baroque Churches:S.
Ivo - Sant’ Ignazio - Il Gesu Student tours.
Friday
June
26
Free Day Suggestions
for visits on your free days in Rome: Short trip to Museo
della Civilta Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome
and the enormous model of the city)
Saturday
June
27
Florence Bus trip from Rome to Florence.
Introduction of medieval Florence including Museo di Dante,
Bargello, Palazzo Vecchio and ending at Ponte Vecchio.
Sunday
June
28
Free
Day Suggestions for visits on
your free days in Florence: visit Fiesole above Florence in
the hills with some Roman ruins. Santa Maria Novella
(7 – 12; 15 – 18).
Opificio di Pietra Dure (mineral and stone museum with
examples of “paintings” made in stone)(9-14;closed
Sun,Mon); Pitti Palace Museums; Pitti
Palace Museums; Museo Nazionale di Antropologia ed Etnologia;Museo
di Storia della Scienza (scientific instruments including
those of Galileo).
Monday
June
29
Florence
Cathedral Museo del Duomo Orsanmichele; Baptistery of San Giovanni and Florence Baptistery
doors.
Tuesday
June
30
Bargello, San Minato al Monte Italian national sculpture
museum and San Miniato al Monte (8-12;
14-17) –most beautiful church in Italy and stunning
view of Florence;
Wednesday
July
01
Siena - Cathedral, Museum, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo Bus trip to Siena: Cathedral, Museum, Palazzo Pubblico, Piazza del Campo, San Gimignano
Thursday
July
02
Uffizi
Gallery - Foundling Hospital - Accademia Gallery The Renaissance in Florence:
Opificio delle Pietra Dure; Uffizi Gallery, Brunelleschi’s Foundling Hospital,
Accademia Gallery with Michelangelo’s sculpture
including the David
Friday
July
03
San
Lorenzo - Pallazzo Pitti Brunelleschi’s
San Lorenzo and Old Sacristy. Michelangelo's work at San
Lorenzo – New Sacristy and Laurentian Library. Church of Santa Croce, Brunelleschi’s Pazzi Chapel, Palazzo Pitti, palace and museum.
Saturday
July
04
Free
Day Additional
suggestions for day trips: Morning trip
by train to Pisa to visit the Cathedral, Baptistry and
Leaning Tower.
Sunday
June
05
Free
Day Additional
suggestions for day trips: Morning trip
by train to Pisa to visit the Cathedral, Baptistry and
Leaning Tower.
Monday
July
06
Introduction
to Venice Train
from Florence to Venice. Orientation to the city and its
history. Walking tour from Ghetto to San Marco.
Tuesday
July
07
Piazza San Marco Basilica of San Marco, Doge’s
Palace, Libreria, Loghetto, Zecca, Piazzetta
Wednesday
July
08
Vicenza Bus trip from Venice to Vicenza.
Villa Rotonda, Palladio’s Basilica, Teatro Olimpico,
Palazzo Chiericati, Villa Corsaro in Piombino Dese
Thursday
July
09
Venetian Churches SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Scuola
di San Marco, San Giorgio Maggiore, Palladio’s Il
Redentore Last
night at the hotel. Program ends.
Friday
July
10
End
of Program Suggestions
for further visits: Doge’s Palace (historic governmental
center of Venice); Accademia Gallery (most important art
museum in Venice); Peggy Guggenheim Museum (modern art
museum); Scarpa's Querrini Stampalia; Ca’Rezzonico
(Baroque house museum); Ca’ d’Oro (house museum);
Palazzo Grassi; Interesting boat trips to Murano; Burano
(colorful lace making center) and Torcello (historic pre-Venice
city).
