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Classics and Italian: Bay of Naples
Classical Culture in Modern Italy

June 29 - July 26, 2008

Classics-Italy Location

Accommodations

Accommodations are double and triple occupancy.

UCLA Summer Sessions reserves the right to change the housing location. Should this become necessary, we will arrange comparable accommodations elsewhere.

Meals

Daily breakfast is provided.

Please let us know when you apply for this program if you have special dietary needs, as well as any medical or physical conditions. We will advise you accordingly.

Excursions

A complete schedule of excursions, including possible trips to Naples, Cumae, Paestum, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri, Oplontis, and Ischia will be available at a later date.

This program has limited free time for independent sightseeing. Please consult with the faculty about independent travel during the program.

Location

The principal location of the program is Sorrento, Italy, with several trips planned along the Amalfi Coast, including Naples and Pompeii.

Since 1995, Naples' old town - the largest in the world - has been on the UNESCO list of world heritage. Visiting it, one goes on an incredible journey back through 27 centuries. All the conquerors of the Kingdom of Naples left their mark on its language, spirit, customs and building to a greater or lesser extent. The Greeks, Romans, Normans, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, Bourbons, Bonapartists and Savoys all ruled over Naples at one time. To give some idea of what Naples includes, it incorporates the Graeco-Roman city, medieval city walls, gates, castles, historic palaces, two royal palaces, four vast parks, religious buildings of great historic and monumental interest, a hermitage, a chartreuse, over 20 museums and galleries and, just a few miles away, Pompeii and Herculanum, the two Roman cities destroyed by the catastrophic eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 A.D.