Visit Assisi, Rome, and Magna Graecia on the Eternal Cities 2010 Tour - 
June 16 - 29

University of Dallas Emeritus Professor of Art, Lyle Novinski, noted authority on Christian art and architecture, will lead this year's Eternal Cities study tour to the plazas, churches, sites, museums and environs of Assisi, Rome, and Southern Italy.


Through on-site lectures and evening discussions, Professor Novinski is known for presenting a cohesive picture of the influence and response of art and architecture to significant moments of Western Civilization. Eternal Cities welcomes alumni, teachers, families, and college students.

Professor Emeritus Lyle Novinski

Eternal Cities 2010 begins with four nights in Rome, the Eternal City, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the University's famous Rome Semester Program. The last night in Rome, June 20, will feature a gala party at the University's permanent Rome Campus, the Eugene Constantin Campus, otherwise known as Due Santi, for Saints Peter and Paul who are said to have stopped in the region.

St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Galleries, Forum-Colosseo area, St. Paul's Outside the Walls, painting museum Doria Pamphili, the Jubilee Church, and the catacombs are a few of the things on the Rome visit list. But one can't know Rome in a lifetime. Write lyleski2@verizon.net with suggestions about things you'd like to see.

 
The Roman Forum

Eternal Cities will then spend six days exploring the richness of Campania and Puglia, Southern Italy, often called Magna Graecia as it was settled by the Greeks beginning as early as 8th century BC.

The influence of the many peoples that have swept over Southern Italy is still evident. As an article in USA Today reports, Southern Italy has it all - great art and architecture through the ages, fabulous food and drink, variety of landscape and pristine beaches, the nicest people in Italy - and few tourists! The tour will include Montecassino, the great Benedictine Abbey so fought over in World War II, ancient Herculaneum, a drive along the Amalfi coast, Paestum (fabulous Greek temples),Taranto, home of the Tarantella, Lecce, called "little Florence", and its amazing carved churches, the conical trulli houses of Alberobello, medieval Bari, and St. Nicholas' church.

 
The Trulli in Alberobello

 

While many days two meals are included, the tour allows for dining on one's own and individual wandering and shopping. The basic tour price is $3785 and includes double room accommodations, most meals, air-conditioned motor coach, guides, entrance fees, tips, and wine and water at scheduled meals. Group flight rates are available. Participants may make their own international flight arrangements. Select the Eternal Cities Flight Form link for more information on the group flight.

Teachers, University of Dallas alumni, and Eternal Cities alumni may receive a $150 discount. Currently matriculated UD students, as well as faculty and staff, qualify for a special 10% discount. Families may also qualify for a $150 discount for each member of a family participating. *No more than two discounts per person. To make a deposit over the phone, contact the Rome and Summer Programs Office at 972-721-5181. Deposits can also be mailed to Rome and Summer Programs, University of Dallas, 1845 E Northgate Dr, Irving, TX 75062.

Greek Temples at Paestum

To receive further information on Eternal Cities 2010 and other future programs for teachers, adults and families, please click here to complete a brief electronic inquiry form

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Sculptural Detail from a Church in Lecce