Programme of Extracurricular Activities


Arezzo
The aim of the various activities is to facilitate and encourage contact between the participants on the course and their Italian environment, and to provide a general understanding of contemporary Italy. The program of activities after the classes is divided into two parts. The first part is a program specifically designed for every participant having some special interest. A doctor, an architect or a teacher i.e. can meet an Italian colleague at work.

People interested in football or in motorcycles can join a football team fan club. The ones who are interested in music can meet, for instance, a collector of ancient musical instruments. Please write your interest on the enrolling form, if you like. These are personal meetings between individual people or between small groups sharing the same interest. The possibility of having these meetings depend on the availability of your Italian colleagues, on the times and on the different contexts. It isn’t always possible to organise the meetings. Sometimes we can’t find Italian people available who have time to meet the students. We’re sorry, but we’re doing all we can to satisfy your requests, because it’s in our interest to create chances for the students to increase their interest in speaking Italian with Italians, spontaneously! The second part is a program of activities designed for all the students together.
euro 244 Special Discount
20 hours per week 6-12 students per class
10 hours per week of extracurricular activities
2 hours per day of homework at home or at school

The second part is a selection of activities. Seminars and conferences are held by experts or by the organizers themselves. The subjects are strictly connected with aspects of Italian life and culture that the students encounter during the course, during the visits and excursions, and at the meetings.

The excursions, the visits and the meetings help students to acquire a direct and deeper approach to the town and its historical, artistic, and urban reality, also emphasising factors which distinguish Arezzo from other Italian towns. The selection of the programme’s activities is adapted according to the students’ interests and follows four general topics:

a. The city of Arezzo
b. Art, History and Music
c. Landscape Environment
d. Current events

Art, History and Music

These include all things to study local history from the Etruscan period to Renaissance; the frescoes of Piero della Francesca; Excursions to: the Pievi (medieval churches) and Castles, the Castle of Poppi, the town of Cortona, the medieval village Anghiari; The Etruscan Temple of Pieve a Socana.

Landscape and Environment

The Tevere and Arno Valley; the Tuscan landscape that was the inspiration of many great painters.

Current events

Visit to a jeweller’s, a wine producer, a stock-farm and craftsmen’s workshops. Meetings with local Authorities. And of course, social life remains important with plenty opportunity for evening gatherings, including meals at one of the many restaurants, or at local Festivals and Fairs.

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