The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

France and Italy: residences to develop artistic links

2022-05-19T17:51:25.748Z


The Institut français and the French Embassy in Rome are relaunching the exchanges which enabled the European elites to perfect the education of their children from the Middle Ages to the 18th century.


Since the Middle Ages, and even more so in the 17th and 18th centuries, European elites sent their children to perfect themselves on a long journey that sometimes lasted up to five or six years.

Under the supervision of a tutor, it served to complete their Greek and Latin humanities.

Italy was, along with France, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, the preferred destination for the richness of its artistic heritage.

More recently, in the 19th century, art lovers, collectors and writers came here to recharge their batteries.

To discover

  • Discover the “Best of the Goncourt Prize” collection

Today, within the framework of the Quirinal Treaty, signed last November between France and Italy, the French Institute in Italy and the French Embassy in Rome are launching a New Grand Tour.

get a look

About twenty residences have been carefully selected, all over Italy, from Veneto to Puglia and Campania, passing through Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Abruzzo.

For a period ranging from two weeks to four months (but most often…

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 70% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All life articles on 2022-05-19

You may like

Life/Entertain 2024-03-07T14:56:07.563Z
News/Politics 2024-03-07T09:16:40.919Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.