The Colosseum, an enormous amphitheater constructed under the Flavian emperors around 72 CE, remains a major cultural and tourist site in Rome. 

From left, Erica Dunne ’25, Kiki Rosenthal ’26, Emily Wadlow ’26, Lucie Morton ’26, and Anja Grover ’26 pose as statues in the courtyard of the Abbey of San Giusto. 

Students met up with Classics professor Roger Ulrich ’77 at Ostia Antica to study the ruins of what was once a bustling international port city. 

Nora Lambert, a Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellow in Rome, discusses the Perugia Altarpiece painted by Fra Angelico in Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria. 

Justin Lewis ’25 and Emil Liden ’25 admire the beautiful countryside that surrounds Castello di Potentino. 

Associate Professor of Architectural History Nick Camerlenghi discusses the architecture at Piazza del Campidoglio. 

Lizzie Schlossel ’25 and Millie Keogh ’25 contemplate the apse fresco cycle by Florentine painter Filippo Lippi in the Spoleto Cathedral. 

Students climbed Brunelleschi’s Dome for a closer view of the ceiling frescoes during their visit to Florence. 

Castel Sant’Angelo, a fortress located along the Tiber River, was commissioned by Emperor Hadrian in 139 CE to serve as his mausoleum. 

Fifty-four panels adorn the Byzantine door in the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, featuring scenes from the life of Christ. 

Dartmouth students on the FSP in Rome are joined by students from New Hampshire-based Saint Anselm College at the Abbey of San Giusto, a former monastery, in a pick-up game of soccer. 

At Castello di Potentino, students learned how cheese is made and had the opportunity to participate in the process. 

Emil Liden ’25 greets a donkey at the organic farm of the Abbey of San Giusto.