Cultural Experience
DATE: Friday, March 4th
TIME: All day
PARTICIPATION FEE: € 75
PRE-DEPARTURE MANDATORY MEETING: February 23rd from 12:50 pm to 1:30 pm in T.G.3
Deadline to sign-up and pay is by 5:00 pm February 20th
Students must be 18 years old or older to participate in the activity.
By purchasing this activity, you are accepting the terms and conditions.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: for COVID-19 reasons, please keep in mind that all JCU Student Services sponsored trips and outdoor activities might be subject to change.
This day trip is not just a day trip. It is a combination of grandiose and inspiring places and historical figures, which a charm that never fades. Start your journey in Rome by discovering the beauty surrounding the Eternal City and join us for a morning hiking inside Villa Gregoriana and a visit to the charming Villa d'Este!
Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli is a complex of wooded parks, paths, waterfalls, grottoes and vegetation extending to the foot of the ancient acropolis a suggestive natural park immersed in greenery and situated near Rome. Commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI in around 1834, this splendid unspoiled place was a must for artists and nobility alike, who came to the ancient city of Tibur on their grand tour in the nineteenth century.
The whole area of the villa is under the protection and management of the Fondo Ambiente Italiano or FAI (the Italian Environmental Fund) and is considered unique in the world a place where nature and human work merge amid the extraordinary beauty of the landscape, precious marbles and archaeological remains of the ancient villa of Publius Manlius Vopisco.
Villa D'Este was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, in 1550 the governor of Tivoli. The garden at Villa d’Este is of particular splendor and was designed by artist and architect Pirro Ligorio, and completed by Alberto Galvani. The rooms of the Villa were decorated and completely finished while the Cardinal was on his deathbed (1572). Beginning in 1605, Alessandro d’Este commissioned a phase of restoration: repairs in the garden and to the water installations, a new garden arrangement, and improvements to the fountains. More renovations took place between 1660 and 1670, involving Gianlorenzo Bernini. The villa is certainly an example of refinement and grace.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
- Entrance to Villa Gregoriana
- Entrance to Villa d'Este and guided tour
- Lunch
- Transportations (train)
N.B. All sanitary precautions and social distancing rules will be strictly respected
Minimum Number of Participants Required: 15
Maximum Number of Participants Required: 20
*For more information, email [email protected]
**Please be reminded that, as stated in the Terms and Conditions, all activities and trips are not refundable.
***Per JCU policy, all school sponsored activities are alcohol free.