AH293 Modern Rome and Its Monuments Professor Laura Foster
Directions to On-Site Lectures
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DATE LECTURE TITLE MEETING POINT DIRECTIONS
Feb 5 Roma Alta: Urban Expansion on the Piazza della Repubblica in From Trastevere, take express bus H on viale Trastevere at Piazza Esquiline and Quirinal Hills front of the entrance of the Sidney Sonnino and get off at the next to the last stop, Nazionale/Torino. Basilica of S. Maria degli Walk one block up hill to Piazza della Repubblica. The basilica is on the Angeli far side of the piazza. **Please have at least one bus ticket with you for travel during the lecture** Feb 12 Remaking the urban image of the Piazza del Popolo at the From Metro A, Flaminio stop, walk through gate to Piazza del Popolo. historic center center around the obelisk From Largo Argentina, take either bus 62 (direction TIBURTINA) or 492 (direction TIBURTINA) to the Largo Chigi stop. Walk north on via del Corso to Piazza del Popolo. Feb 19 The Meaning of Modernity in Rome Piazza Buenos Aires in From via Arenula, take bus 63 (direction ROSSELLINI), stay on for of the Belle Époque front of the Church of S. approximately 18 stops and get off at via Po/Piazza Buenos Aires. Maria Addolorata Alternative: take bus 23 or 81 to Piazza Risorgimento. Switch to Tram 19 and take it 14 stops to Piazza Buenos Aires. Allow 1 hour for travel time. Mar 19 From Garden City to Urban Exile: At the exit of Metro B From Trastevere, take bus 23 (direction: PINCHERLE/PARRAVANO) on The Development of Quartiere Garbatella stop the Lungotevere either at Piazza Trilussa or near the intersection of viale Garbatella Trastevere. Get off at Ostiense/Piramide (a large piazza near the Pyramid of Caius Cestius). Take Metro B one stop to Garbatella. Mar 26 Disembowelment and Purification: Piazza di Torre Argentina, Within walking distance of Trastevere, or Tram 8 Argentina stop. Archeological Excavation and Urban near the tower at the Displacement corner of the piazza Apr 2 A Forum for Mussolini: Foro Italico & Piazza Maresciallo From Trastevere, take bus 280 (direction MANCINI) from the stop across Ministero degli Esteri Giardino, in front of obelisk Ponte Sisto. Get off at Piazza De Bosis/Stadio Tennis. Obelisk and Foro with “Mussolini” inscribed Italico are on the other side of the street. Allow at least 45 minutes for on it travel. Apr 9 Tensions between Modernism and viale Trastevere in front of Located along the viale Trastevere. Tram 8 has a stop there. Classicism: The development of the the Ministry for Public Stile Littorio Instruction Apr 16 Fascism as permanent exhibition: At the exit of Metro B Follow the directions for getting to Metro B Piramide. Take Metro B in the E42 (the EUR district) Magliana stop direction of Laurentina. Get off at the EUR Magliana stop. Allow 30-45 minutes for travel. Apr 23 Possibilities for architecture in 10:00 a.m. In parking lot of From Trastevere, take Bus 280 (direction MANCINI) to the last stop. Postwar Rome: From the 1960 Palazzetto dello Sport, via From Piazza Mancini, walk down to via Guido Reni, then approximately 3 Olympics to the 2000 Jubilee de Coubertin blocks to intersection of viale Tiziano/via Flaminia. Palazzetto dello Sport is on the left side of the street. From Piazzale Flaminio, take Tram 2 to Tiziano/XVII Olimpiade stop. Palazzetto is across the street.