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The Italian Grand Tour
with Marie Stella,
Landscape Historian
2007 September 5–20
There are still spaces available for this tour. Contact the Registrar's Office to enroll.
On this in-depth, total-immersion study tour, Landscape Institute students, alumni, and friends will follow in the footsteps of gardenmakers from the eighteenth century to the present who valued the immediacy of firsthand work in the field. Superlative landscapes from Pompeii to the magnificent gardens of Rome and the splendid Renaissance villas in and around Florence will provide glimpses of remarkable works of art and insight into Italian culture. Exemplary contemporary landscapes and artists' gardens will further broaden intellectual horizons. Leading authorities in their field will give lectures on restoration, classical, and cutting-edge garden design and on conservation of resources. Ample time is allotted for independent study and other self-directed pursuits.
A selection of sites include—but are not limited to—Pompeii, Villa la Foce, Villa Medici in Fiesole, Villa Gamberaia, Villa Lante, Le Balze, Villa d’Este, the Boboli Gardens, Bomarzo, Ninfa and the medieval hill town of Sermoneta, St. Peter’s, the Vatican Museum and Gardens, Villa Medici in Rome, Palazzo Reale, San Liberato, Parco di Celle, Pietro Porcinai’s Villa Il Roseto, La Scarzuola, the Bardini Garden, and Villa la Pietra. A more detailed itinerary will be available November 27.
Additional Information
Students will participate in a Terra Cotta workshop in Impruneta and an exclusive nursery tour. There will be lecture presentations by the tour leader and historian Marie Stella, onsite touring with garden owners, directors, and head gardeners. Free excursion time will be available to visit local museums, vineyards, shopping, and an optional mud-bath at a historical spa.
Please contact Marie Stella directly at 413.625.2009 with further questions about the tour.
Accommodations
Accommodations will be in a hill town in Umbria, one hour north of Rome, in an exquisitely restored 16th century Capuchin monastery overlooking an ancient Roman city. The walled establishment features attractive single and twin-bedded rooms which open onto a gallery aisle with adjacent bathrooms. Surrounded by old olive groves, the three and a half-acre complex include a chapel studio, dining room, central courtyard, and terraced gardens. The entire facility will be our exclusive private residence for two weeks. Eat delicious home-cooked meals featuring Umbrian regional specialties, enjoy local wines, and tour daily with our personal bus and driver.
Single room accommodations are available on a first-come basis. Please note on your registration form, if interested.
Tour fee: $4,700
Note: Participants arrange own air travel to Rome, departure from Naples, and travel insurance. This tour has an enrollment limit and requirement of 20 people.
How do I register for the tour?
Submit the registration form noting the name of the tour to:
Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
29 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Attn: Registrar
New England Landscape Design History Association (NELDHA) History Networking Group Event
Old maps, New Media: The Harvard Map Collection
Presented by Bonnie Burns
Geographic Information Systems Coordinator
The Harvard Map Collection is the oldest and one of the most significant map collection in American. Bonnie Burns will provide an overview of geographic materials and information systems, helping us to understand the wealth of information available to landscape historians from these sources.
Friday, February 9, 2007 12:30 pm
The Landscape Institute 29 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Contact Ann Uppington (978-465-0827) or JoAnn Robinson (781-641-3235) for more information.