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Alumni	$ 300.00
Young Alumni (those who graduated in June 2000, or later)	$ 250.00
Families and Guests (cost per family member/guest)	$ 250.00
Children under twelve	Complimentary

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Private Special Visits

These visits will take place on either Monday, June 21 or Tuesday, June 22 (in the afternoon, time to be determined) and will be guided by professors from the home campus, Stanford Program in Florence faculty, and subject experts.

Please sign up for one of the following so that we can get an idea of interest. These visits are subject to change, and some might be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment or to circumstances beyond our control. We will be in a position to confirm all of the details of each visit by April 20, 2010.

N.B. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to 25 people per visit.

Private Visit of the Villa I Tatti
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti is devoted to advanced study of the Italian Renaissance in all its aspects: the history of art; political, economic, and social history; the history of science, philosophy, and religion; and the history of literature and music. The guided visit will include a tour of the Villa’s facilities, library, art collection and its magnificent Giardino all’Italiana. (courtesy of http://www.itatti.it/)

Private Visit of the Duomo & Baptistery
This on-site class will cover in depth the city’s religious center, the Piazza del Duomo. You will experience firsthand the architectural wonder that is Brunelleschi’s Dome, the magnificent Santa Maria del Fiore Basilica and the Baptistery.

Michelangelo's Florence
You will be taken through Michelangelo’s Florence, from the Casa Buonarotti and Santa Croce to the Accademia and the Medici Chapels, study his most renowned masterpieces and learn curious details about the life of this great genius.

Sketching the Florentine Landscape
Florentine artist and Stanford in Florence Professor of Studio Art, Filippo Rossi, will take you to a particularly picturesque Florentine location where he’ll hold an on-site drawing workshop during which you’ll learn how to sketch your surroundings. For more information on Rossi’s work and a biography, please see: http://www.artfree.it/.

A Food Tasting (The Mediterranean Diet: Theory and Practice)
Medical research has shown how salubrious the Mediterranean diet is and this afternoon workshop is meant to engage your minds as well as your taste buds. You will sample some staples of the Mediterranean diet such as olive oil, tomatoes, red wine, and honey, and learn exactly why it is that the way Italians eat makes them live longer and better than many of their fellow Europeans.

Florence in Anglo-American Literature: A Walking Tour
From Chaucer and Milton to Ezra Pound and Robert Hellenga, poets and novelists have flocked to Florence in search of literary inspiration. We will visit the hotels, apartments and palazzi where the likes of Robert Browning and Mark Twain lived whilst in Florence.

The Monumental Gardens of Florence
While Florence is considered, not only by Mary McCarthy, to be a city of stone, in reality it has a number of lush and beautiful Giardini all’Italiana, that are more than often hidden behind the city’s great Renaissance Palazzi. This visit will take you to the Boboli Gardens, the recently re-opened Bardini Gardens and a couple of other secret Florentine gardens.

Olive Oil Tasting
This class will teach you how olive oil, dubbed by Homer, "liquid gold", is produced at Tuscan frantoi today. You will learn about the intricacies of harvesting and pressing (olives are hand picked in late October or early November no more than 24 hours before the pressing) and how factors such as the time of harvest and types of trees and soil influence the color and taste of the oil, making it either green or golden, spicy or sweet.

You will not only sample a wide range of olive oils but will become well-versed in how to choose the best olive oils and will discover the ideal accompaniments for what is considered to be the most fundamental ingredient in almost every Tuscan recipe and an integral part of the local gastronomic culture.

The Hidden City Walking Tour
This walking tour will take you on a discovery of places unknown even to Florentines. An expert guide will take you off the beaten path in search of the city’s truly hidden artistic gems, and at the end of the tour you’ll be surprised at how little you knew about the city that was once your second home.

Visit to Villa del Salviatino
We will take you on a visit of the beautiful Villa del Salviatino, currently a luxury hotel, home to the Stanford in Florence Program from 1973-1988. Placed on the slope of Fiesole’s elegant hill, in the hamlet of Maiano, the Villa offers splendid views of Florence and Fiesole. The Villa was nicknamed “The Sfacciata”, in the XX century because of its dominant position and its beautiful surrounding gardens and park. It dates back to Medieval times when it first appeared as a 14th century cottage on a farm. Cadastral documents from that time show that the Villa was transformed into a palace by the Bardi family who purchased it in 1427 and subsequently sold it to Nicola Tegliacci in 1447. The new owner named the villa “Palagio dei Tegliacci”. Restoration on a grand scale, carried out by the Salviati family, changed the 14th century aspect of the villa, and it was renamed “Salviatino”. The Salviati family remained the proprietor of the villa throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. (Courtesy of http://www.salviatino.com/history.php)

Guided Visit of the Museo della Specola (The Human Body and Art)
The Museum of Zoology and Natural History, "La Specola," is located in Florence, next to the Pitti Palace. The name "Specola" means observatory, a reference to the astronomical observatory founded there in 1790. The Museum now forms part of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze. It has deep ties to history; parts of the collection trace back to the Medici Family. It is known for its collection of wax anatomical models from the 18th century. (courtesy of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Specola)

Intensive Italian Language Class
If you need a refresher course or haven’t studied or spoken Italian since your time as a student in Florence, this is the class for you. Our language instructor, Dott.ssa Fiorenza Quercioli, will hold an intensive Italian class for those alums who wish to jog their memories and improve their Italian Language skills.

Private visits of Florence's Less Known Museums
Visit sites such as The Archeological Museum, The Bardini Museum, The Ferragamo Museum.

The Archeological Museum: The Archaeological Museum contains one of the most important collections of Etruscan art in the world. It is housed in the Palazzo della Crocetta, built for the grand duchess Maria Madalena of Austria in 1620, probably by Giulio Parigi (courtesy of: http://www.firenzemusei.it/00_english/archeologico/index.html)

The Ferragamo Museum: The museum was opened to the public in 1995 by the Ferragamo family, in an effort to illustrate Ferragamo's artistic qualities and the important role he played in the history of shoe design and international fashion. Besides photographs, patents, sketches, books, magazines and wooden lasts of various famous feet, the museum boasts a collection of drawings of 10,000 models designed by Ferragamo from the end of the 1920's until 1960, the year of his death. (courtesy of: http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/Ferragamo_museum.html)

Bardini Museum The museum is situated in a fine building refurbished by Stefano Bardini at the end of the 18th century and donated by its owner to the Municipal Administration of Florence in 1922. Bardini was a famous art dealer who collected objects of different periods and of high quality. The collection comprises sculptures, paintings, furniture pieces, ceramic pieces, and tapestries as well as fragments of the old centre of Florence, salvaged before its destruction. (courtesy of: http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/Bardini_Museum.html)

Guided Visit of the History of Science Museum
The Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza [IMSS] is one of the foremost international institutions in the History of Science, combining a noted museum of scientific instruments and an institute dedicated to the research, documentation and dissemination of the history of science in the broadest senses. The museum, the specialized library, the archives, the multimedia, photographic and restoration laboratories provide an integrated whole in the service of disseminating scientific culture, capitalizing on Italy's technical and scientific heritage while continuously updating research in the history of science and technology. (courtesy of: http://www.imss.fi.it/info/enatfin.html)

The Secret Power of Time Influencing Personal Decisions and Italian destiny
Philip Zimbardo, Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Stanford University

Made in Italy, Made in China: The Evolution of Italian Fashion. Sylvia Yanagisako, Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
The overseas production of "Made in Italy" clothing poses challenging questions for Italian fashion which has benefited greatly from the marketing of its national brand. At the same time, the Chinese market has become of increasing importance for the survival and growth of the Italian fashion industry. For the past five years, Sylvia Yanagisako has been conducting anthropological research on transnational collaborations between Italians and Chinese in textile and clothing production and distribution. Prof. Yanagisako will discuss her findings of how the manufacture, distribution, and sale of "Made in Italy" in China is reshaping both the products and the producers.

Renaissance Florence: Architecture and Urbanism, Geoffrey Tyack, Director, Stanford in Oxford

Guided Visit and Discussion About the Current Program
Our Program is currently housed in the Palazzo Tempi, in the heart of downtown Florence in the Oltrarno district. Our Palazzo, which dates back to the 15th Century, was partially destroyed during World War II, but was reconstructed shortly after the end of the War. We are located right on the Arno river, with views of the Ponte Vecchio, the Vasari Corridor and the Uffizi from our windows. Come and meet with Stanford in Florence Director, Professor Ermelinda Campani, and learn about the Program’s curriculum, internship and public service activities for students, the Bing Cultural Enrichment Program and our Italian host families.

Neighborhood Walking Tour
This walking tour will take you through two of Florence’s most characteristic neighborhoods, Santo Spirito and San Frediano, still considered to be the city’s most authentically Florentine quarters. Located quite near to the Florence Program’s current location, they are full of artisans’ botteghe, magnificent artistic and architectural marvels such as the Brancacci Chapel and the Santo Spirito Church, and a host of specialty shops, restaurants, and other sites of interest.

Hike from Fiesole to Settignano
This leisurely hike through the tree-lined paths of Fiesole and Settignano, the two towns overlooking the city, will afford breathtaking views of Florence and will lead you to the discovery of some of their lesser known and “off the beaten path” natural, artistic and historical treasures including the Cave di Maiano as well as the place where Leonardo is said to have experimented with flight.

Visit to a Restoration Laboratory
Restoration is a serious – and booming – business in Italy in general and in Florence in particular where at any given time a great masterpiece is being restored. We will take you either to a restoration laboratory or on-site to a church or museum so that you can experience firsthand what is involved and learn about the most cutting-edge techniques in the field.

Visit to Villa San Paolo
We will take you on a visit of the Villa San Paolo, home to the Stanford in Florence Program from 1960-1973, which currently houses the Economics Department of the European University Institute. The Villa San Paolo complex is located in Via della Piazzuola at the bottom of the Fiesole hills. The old part of the villa dates from the beginning of the 18th century. The then privately owned building was called "Villa La Topaia" (The Mousehole). In 1933 Villa San Paolo was restored and a new wing was added which became a Barnabite seminary. In the 1960s the new part of the villa was rented to Stanford University and later to the Regione Toscana. The old part of the villa is still occupied by the Barnabite priests. (courtesy of: http://www.iue.it/ECO/Location.shtml)

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