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Tentative Itinerary


The following itinerary will provide you with clear sense of the program. All details, apart from starting and ending date, are tentative and subject to change at the discretion of the Program Director(s).

July 11-13, Preview Days

  • On campus at Baylor

July 14-31, Northern Segment (Topography of Rome and Pompeii)

  • Venice
  • Florence
  • Tarquinia (various Etruscan sites)
  • Rome and environs (Forum Romanum, Palatine Hill and Imperial Palaces, Circus Maximus, Arch of Constantine, Colosseum, Imperial Fora, Capitoline Hill, Lower Campus Martius, Ara Pacis, Upper Campus Martius, Pantheon, Ostia, Trevi Fountain, Cappucine Monastery, San Lorenzo in Lucina, St. Peter's Square and Basilica.
  • Capri (Mt. Solaro, Chiesa Monumentale, Blue Grotto, Villa Jovis, Villa San Michele)
  • Pompeii

August 1-14, Southern Segment (Archaeology of S. Italy and Sicily)

  • Paestum
  • Reggio (Riace Bronzes)
  • Megara Hyblea
  • Syracuse (Castello Euryalo, Ortygia: Temples of Apollo and Athena, Arethusa Spring, Orecchio di Dionisio, Theater, Altar of Hieron II, Archaeological Museum, Catacombs of San Giovanni)
  • Pantalica
  • Piazza Armerina (Late Imperial Villa)
  • Morgantina
  • Agrigento (Temple precinct and, time permitting, museum)
  • Selinunte (E. Temple precinct, Acropolis temples, Demeter Malophoros shrine, Cave di Cusa)
  • Marsala (Museum)
  • Motya
  • Segesta (Theater, "unfinished" temple)
  • Palermo (Monreale Cathederal, La Capella Palladina, Quattro Canti, La Zisa)

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