Culture Wars in Rome

   SAMPLE SCHEDULE

Not everything in Rome is completely predictable: this schedule will change!

All group meetings and departures must be prompt!

Reading before arrival in Rome: Blue Guide [BG] pp. 9-33; Reading Packet [RP] 1-32 plus 106-11.

PRELIMINARY ITINERARY FOR CULTURE WARS MAYMESTER 2017

DIDUCH

Day 1           Wednesday, May 10

Meet in Rome; informal dress.  Hotel check-in and neighborhood exploration

1:00              Meet at the fountain on Piazza Madonna del Monti: questions and advice.

4:00              Meet at fountain for class: The Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine.

7:00              Group dinner (organized by Accent)

Day 2           Thursday, May 11

9:00              Reading / discussion on history of Roman religion (animism to Christianity)

11:00            San Clemente

2:00              St. John Lateran, Scala Santa and Sanctum Sanctorum

Day 3           Friday, May 12

9:00              Meet at fountain, then depart directly to Roman forum (guided tour of Forum: Alberto Prieto)

Afternoon      Meet at Capitoline Museum

7:00              Group dinner (organized by Accent)

Day 4           Saturday, May 13

1:00              Meet at fountain for reserved tickets to Vatican museums and Sistine Chapel –immediately after, St. Peter’s Basilica and climb up to Dome. 

Day 5           Sunday, May 14

10:00            Meet at corner of Circus Maximus for walk up Aventine Hill (discussion of reading will be held on the hillside garden)

Afternoon off: ideas: Ostia Antica, Villa Doria Pamphili

Day 6           Monday, May 15

9:00              Meet at fountain for guided bike tour of Via Appia, including Catacombs of San Callisto

Afternoon off

Day 7           Tuesday, May 16

9:00              Walking tour of Monument to Vittorio Emmanuele, Largo Argentina, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Campo de’ Fiori

Lunch           Lunch off to explore Piazza Navona, Campo de’ Fiori and Trastevere neighborhoods (cross Ponte Sisto to get to Trastevere)

3:00              Meet at entrance to Castel Sant’ Angelo

Day 8           Wednesday, May 17

9:00              Walking tour of major Caravaggio works in Rome. 

Afternoon      Walking tour of Bernini – Borromini rivalry; Palazzo Barberini (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)

Day 9           Thursday, May 18

9:00              Meet at the fountain for departure to Piazza di Spagna / Spanish Steps

11:00            Tour of the Borghese Gallery and Villa Borghese (tickets and guide for Borghese provided by Accent)

Afternoon      Santa Maria degli Angeli and Santa Maria della Vittoria

Day 10          Friday, May 19

9:00              Meet at fountain.  Ara Pacis, Piazza del Popolo, Museum of Modern Art

Afternoon off

Day 11          Saturday, May 20

                    Ponte della Musica, Stadio Olimpico, Maxxi Museum of Contemporary Art

Afternoon off

Day 12          Sunday, May 21

Day off  - see Diduch for suggestions.

Day 13          Monday, May 22

10:00            Final Exam   

7:00              Group dinner and walk to Trevi fountain.  Dinner organized by Accent.

Day 14          Tuesday, May 23

CHECK OUT: PLEASE TURN IN KEY

Turn in your key and hit the road or rails or sky! Buoni viaggi!

Remember to be at the airport a long time before your flight departs. Three hours is not too much. If you are flying out of Rome for the USA, and if nothing has changed since last year, you will need to take a shuttle (“navetta”) to Terminal 5 (T-5) when you get to the Rome Airport (“Fiumicino”). This takes a little extra time. It departs from the

Are you lost?  Find the Coliseum or “Wedding Cake,” then find via Cavour and the Cavour Metro Station, now find Pza. Madonna dei Monti and via del Boschetto. The name of the hotel is B&B Il Covo.

Other things you might do (use your Blue Guide!): Teatro Marcello, Forum Boarium, the Tiber River, Ghetto, Portico of Octavia, Protestant Cemetery and Testaccio, Palazzo Venezia, Centrale Montemartini, S. Paolo Fuori le Mura, Universita Roma Tre, Quartiere Coppede (Up Via Po from Borghese)

Include an entry on what is a “relic” in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church. Give an example of a relic you have seen while in Rome. Are relics a distinctive feature of Christian Rome? Why or why not? What is the closest thing to a relic in either pagan or modern secular Rome?