Word: pincian
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There has recently been instituted at Rome an American School with quarters on the Pincian Hill. The plan was originated at a meeting of archaeologists in Philadelphia last winter, and a committee consisting of Professors W. G. Hall, of the University of Chicago; Winton Warren, of Johns Hopkins University and A. L. Frothinghan, of Princeton, was appointed to consider the feasibility of establishing such a school at Rome. Representatives of nearly fifty institutions are on the committee, of which a strong section is already established in Rome itself. The school will be open from Oct. 15, to June...
...Latin and the dialects; (3) Latin palaeography, ancient and mediaeval; (4) Latin literature, as bearing upon ancient life, and (5) of the antiquities of Rome itself. The Classical School will be located with the School of Architecture in the formerly celebrated Villa Ludovisi, an old palace on the Pincian Hill. The quiet and picturesque surroundings make the situation a perfect one for the purpose and commanding a beautiful view over the city, it constitutes one of the most extensive panoramas of Rome and Campagna. How far the broad field of work laid out will actually be covered will depend upon...