Social Programme
Opening Ceremony and Reception
Venue: School of Economics and Business Studies. Via Silvio d’Amico, 77
Welcome by Professor Carlo Maria Travaglini, President of EAUH, and the representative of the University Roma Tre and the City of Rome
Keynote lectures by prof. Brigitte Marin and prof. Richard Rodgers
After the Opening Ceremony, Roma Tre University invites EAUH 2018 participants to a reception at the ground floor of the venue.
Conference dinner
Venue: Palazzo Brancaccio, Viale del Monte Oppio, 7
Date: Friday, 31 August 2018, 20:30
The conference dinner was pre-booked during the registration. If you wish to join the dinner but have not registered in advance, please contact the conference registration desk.
Closing Ceremony
Venue: City Hall, Campidoglio, Sala della Protomoteca, Closing ceremony
Date: Saturday, 1 September 2018, 15:30
Prof. L. Fioramonti – MIUR, Keynote lecture (prof. M. Baumeister), XV EAUH Conference Presentation, EAUH Student Award, Inauguration of the new president of the EAUH, Presentation and invitation to the 15th International Conference on Urban History
Check the venues map HERE
TOURS
Tours have been pre-booked on line. If you wish to participate in one of the two guided walks but have not booked in advance, please check for availability at the conference registration desk. Each tour is subject to a minimum and a maximum number of participants.
Wednesday, 29 August
(Map of the Tours on Aug. 29th HERE)
HOURS: 14:30 – 17:00
Centrale Montemartini
Date: Wednesday, 29 August, 14:30 – 17:00
Meeting Point: Roma Tre University – Via Silvio D’Amico 77 – ground floor (demarked as “meeting point”)
How to get there: the tour will be led by a guide who will accompany participants to destination(9 min + Metro line B + 2 min)
Tour through the most harmonic combination of Industry and Archaeology: The Previous Power Plant of 1912 with its outstanding spaces displays in an atmospheric game of contrasts part of the Capitoline Museums collection. Masterpieces of 2000 years old Roman sculptures, frescoes and mosaics from excavations of the 19th and 20th century.
Basilica of St. Paul
Date: Wednesday, 29 August, 14:30 – 17:00
Meeting Point: Roma Tre University – Via Silvio D’Amico 77- ground floor (demarked as “meeting point”)
How to get there: the tour will be led by a guide who will accompany participants to destination (12 min)
Rules and Tips: -> religious site, shoulders and knees need to be covered ->comfortable shoes
One of the Four Papal Basilicas and one of the oldest churches of Rome built in the 4th century on the tomb of the Apostle Paul. Rebuilt after the fire in 1823 and famous for the papal portraits. Our tour will cross centuries of its art pieces and history and religion.
Catacombs of Domitilla
Date: Wednesday, 29 August, 14:30 – 17:00
Meeting Point: Roma Tre University – Via Silvio D’Amico 77- ground floor (demarked as “meeting point”)
How to get there: the tour will be led by a guide who will accompany participants to destination (private bus)
Rules and Tips: ->religious site, shoulders and knees need to be covered ->comfortable shoes -> sweater
Tour through one of the largest catacombs of Rome, with its 17km of tunnels and corridors, serving as underground burial. Magnificient frescoes, decorations and stone fragments give a glimpse into the life aspects of the early Christian communities.
Ancient Appian Way
Date: Wednesday, 29 August, 14:30 – 17:00
Meeting Point: Roma Tre University – Via Silvio D’Amico 77- ground floor (demarked as “meeting point”)
How to get there: the tour will be led by a guide who will accompany participants to destination (private bus)
Tips: ->comfortable shoes
Walking Tour on the Oldest and most important of the ancient Roman Road of the 3rd century BC in order to explore 2000 years old cobble stones, monumental tombs like Cecilia Metella, the Circus of Maxentius or the remains of Villa Capo di Bove.
The Churches on the Aventine Hill
Date: Wednesday, 29 August, 14:30 – 17:00
Meeting Point: Roma Tre University – Via Silvio D’Amico 77
How to get there: the tour will be led by a guide who will accompany participants to destination (private bus)Meeting Point: Roma Tre University – Via Silvio D’Amico 77- ground floor (demarked as “meeting point”)
Rules and Tips: -> religious site, shoulders and knees need to be covered
A stroll on this legendary hill of Rome to discover ancient churches like Santa Sabina, headquarters of the Domenican Order, with one of the oldest Crucifix illustrations, the famous keyhole in front of the Orange Garden of the Knights of Malta.
The Crypta Balbi Museum
Date: Wednesday, 29 August, 14:30 – 17:00
Meeting Point: Roma Tre University – Via Silvio D’Amico 77- ground floor (demarked as “meeting point”)
How to get there: the tour will be led by a guide who will accompany participants to destination (private bus)
This museum represents a “time machine”, showing the development of the City from Ancient Rome to the Middle Ages thanks to the archaeological remains in the underground and the materials found and showcased in the museum. The archaeological site has been excavated over the last decades and shows amazing ruins of Roman everyday life.
Friday, 31 August 2018, 17:30 – 19:30
(Map of the Tours on Aug. 31st HERE)
Walking tour 1: Piazza Venezia, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps
Date: Friday, 31 August 2018, 17:30 – 19:30
Meeting Point: Piazza Venezia in front of “Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II”, the tour guide holds a sign with the words EAUH – “Spanish Steps Tour”
How to get there: buses 8, 51, 60, 63, 80, 83, 85, 118, 160, 170
Tips: ->comfortable shoes
Walking tour from Piazza Venezia with its palaces, the ancient church of St. Mark and the imposing monument dedicated to King Vittorio Emanuele II, reaching the most famous Trevi Fountain and its history. Through narrow streets and characteristic squares, we will reach most scenic spot of the Spanish Steps.
Walking tour 2: Piazza Venezia, Largo Argentina, Pantheon, Piazza Navona
Date: Friday, 31 August 2018, 17:30 – 19:30
Meeting Point: Piazza Venezia in front of “Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II”, the tour guide holds a sign with the words “EAUH -Piazza Navona Tour”
How to get there: buses 8, 51, 60, 63, 80, 83, 85, 118, 160, 170
Tips: ->comfortable shoes
Walking tour from Piazza Venezia to Largo Argentina showing ruins of 4 ancient roman temples, moving to best preserved ancient Roman building: the Pantheon and its outstanding architecture to reach Piazza Navona, the ancient stadium of Domitian transformed into a beautiful square with its spectacular fountains and scenery.
Friday, 31 August 2018, 18:00 – 19:30
Walking tour 3: Colosseum and Arch of Constantine, Roman Forum, Imperial Fora (Nerva, Augustus, Trajan, Forums of Ceasar,) Capitoline Hill (meeting point:)
Date: Friday, 31 August 2018, 18:00 – 19:30
Meeting Point: Metro B Stop “Colosseo” ground floor exit in front of the newsstand, the tour guide holds a sign with the words “EAUH – Colosseum Capitoline Hill”
How to get there: Metro B
Tips: ->comfortable shoes
From the most famous monument of Rome, the Colosseum, we will cross the centuries of Rome from the 4th century Arch of Constantine and pass by the remains of the Forum of Augustus and Nerva, the imposing Column and Markets of Trajan to reach the Forum of Cesar and the Republican Forum
Walking tour 4: Circus Maximus, Forum Boarium, (Temples of Portunus, Hercules, Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin) Area of Sant’Omobono, Jewish Ghetto and Tiber Island.
Date: Friday, 31 August 2018, 18:00 – 19:30
Meeting Point: Metro B Stop “Circo Massimo”, exit Viale Circo Massimo in front of the newsstand, the tour guide holds a sign with the words “EAUH – Circus Maximus Tiber Island”
How to get there: Metro B
Tips: ->comfortable shoes
Considered to be the cradle of Rome, the area of the Forum Boarium was the Cattle and Food Market where we can still admire the temple of Hercules and of Portunus, passing by the famous mouth of truth in the Porticus of St. Maria in Cosmedin. From the area of S.Ombono (7th Century BC.) We move to the characteristic Jewish Ghetto and the Tiber Island, always associated with medicine, once seat of the temple of Asclepius, nowadays seat of the Hospital Fatebenefratelli.
POST TOUR
The cost of the post tour is 75*€ which must be paid in full at the registration desk, and includes bus travel, entry to the site and lunch.
Tivoli, Villa Gregoriana with Lunch
Date: Sunday, 2 September 2018 (09:00 – 17:30)
Meeting Point: Metro B Stop “Piramide” exit “Piazzale Ostiense”, the tour guide holds a sign with the words “EAUH – Villa Gregoriana”
How to get there: the tour will be led by a guide who will accompany participants to destination (private bus)
Tips: ->comfortable shoes
A Journey to Tivoli – summer residence of the Romans since Antiquity and part of the famous Grand Tour in the 19th century, we will visit Villa Gregoriana, suggestive natural park, a beautiful landscape with the remains of an ancient Roman Villa, the Great Waterfall, Grottoes formed by the River Aniene and the rests of two Roman Temples. The tour will end with a lunch in a typical local restaurant.