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Excursion to Rome, September 2011

Explore medieval Rome with Professor Éamonn Ó Carragáin

The Society is delighted to announce that Professor Éamonn Ó Carragáin of University College Cork has agreed to lead a tour of Rome for Society members. Participants will be able to benefit from Éamonn’s personal knowledge of the city, its history, art and archaeology. The itinerary, which will concentrate on Medieval Rome, will include special admissions to important medieval sites. It is hoped to include in the programme visits to Castel Sant’Angelo; the Crypta Balbi museum of Medieval Rome; St Peter’s Basilica (especially the fragments of Old St Peter’s in the Crypt of the Popes, and the Vatican necropolis); the Vatican galleries and the Sistine Chapel; the excavations under the basilicas of San Clemente, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, San Crisogono and Santa Cecilia; the frescoes recently found in the excavations at Santa Susanna;  Santa Maria Antiqua and the Chapel of the Forty Martyrs in the Roman Forum; the Sancta Sanctorum chapel at the Lateran; the catacomb of Priscilla, and many other sites.

Participants will be accommodated in the British School at Rome which offers good, set evening meals, included in the price. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet Roman scholars based at the British School at Rome, and will enjoy access to the School’s excellent Roman archaeological library.

The excursion fee per person ranges from 605 to 880 Euro and includes bed, breakfast, and a four course dinner each night except Saturday, metro/bus tickets and admission to a number of museums and sites. Participants will make their own travel arrangements to Rome, the price of which is not included in the fee. For details of exact costs please contact Katinka Stentoft at katstentoft@hotmail.com.

Provisional dates for this excursion are 16-23 September 2011. Please note that these dates are not yet finalised and may change.

Interested members should contact Katinka Stentoft at katstentoft@hotmail.com for further information. Please also note that places are limited to 26, and it is recommended to express an interest as soon as possible.