The facility serves several levels of visitors, such as: on site visits of the art, art history, architecture, archaeology, with groups of 20 to 30 students • Advanced researchers from U.S. and European and a professor for visits of one to three weeks • Universities and the institutes in Rome (e.g. • US university elder hostel groups of 10 to 30, British School, American Academy) doing for one to three weeks; research, for short or long stays; • Visiting artists, with studio space; or fellowships • International researchers who work in for six to twelve months and other legendary sites of the Vesuvian • Architectural design studios, 10 to 20 for one region to three weeks. • US graduate and undergraduate programs and

Student audience View of entrace to Villa San Marco,

Downtown Castellammare di Stabia View of Castellammare di Stabia

A Majestic Setting and New Host Facility For Studies in the Vesuvian Region

Vesuvian International Institute for U of Maryland student sketching columns at Pompeii Students at work Archaeology and the Humanities Institutions Who Have Expressed Interest Notary Ferdinando Spagnuolo, The American Academy in Rome, the British Board of Trustees of the RAS Foundation, School in Rome, the University of [email protected] The Restoring Ancient Stabiae Foundation introduces an international study institute of art, Federico II, University of Maryland, NIAF (National Italian American Foundation) and Prof. Thomas Noble Howe, archaeology, history, architecture and culture in the heart of the Vesuvian region, the Bay of Naples the University of California, San Diego are our Coordinator General, and Southern , located in Castellammare di Stabia. The Institute also opens its doors as a institutional partners bringing student groups for RAS Foundation, [email protected] extended stays at the facility. Institutions seeking residential facility to host visitor groups, artists and travelers to the site. more information on possible participation in the Audrey Fastuca, Administrative Asst., RAS center should contact: Foundation, [email protected] In May of 2007, the doors will open in full A Site of International Study and Research operation with the launching of the Vesuvian International Institute for Archaeology and the Humanities. The Need Vesuvian International Institute for Archaeology and the Humanities as a fully functional academic As An Institute for Archaeology and The Bay of Naples and Southern Italy is culturally one and residential facility for the pursuit of cultural, Humanities, the long-term goal of the Vesuvian of the most signifi cant areas in the history of Europe, historical, and artistic studies in the Bay of Naples Institute is to create a locus of advanced study and still one of the least studied. and entire Southern Italy region. for archaeologists, classicists and Renaissance and modern scholars, musicians, artists and Over the course of three millennia of history, A Center of Artistic Study and architects, on the model of the great academies the Bay of Naples is an area where the flux and International Exchange in Rome such as the École Française, the collision of cultures have provided a great deal of American Academy, or the recently created human drama, leaving behind inexhaustible traces Are you a student interested in studying abroad American Academy in Berlin. of artistic and cultural richness. Major cities in amidst the archaeological Mecca of Pompeii, but Italy such as Rome, Florence and Venice that have yet to find a residential facility or host program Future plans call for the courses in art history, have myriad opportunities for US and European to suite your interests? Are you an artist that has architecture, architectural history, classics and university and study abroad programs, are the been stirred to explore further, the mysterious classical archaeology, Renaissance and Baroque “hubs” of cultural study, servicing a wide variety Bay of Naples coast, buried in the wake of Mt. art and music for two-three week study abroad of resources to suit the needs of high school to Vesuvius and leaving behind the artistic remnants programs. The center accommodates 2000- post graduate researchers. However, there are of other ancient sites: , Paestum, Salerno, 3000 visitors a year. virtually no residential facilities to host foreign or the medieval allure of the Amalfi coast? Are you scholars in the Bay of Naples or Southern Italy, a program director or faculty member in the area thus, never allowing this dramatic place in of history, classics, music, art, architecture, or the history of our civilization to be fully taken archaeology experienced or interested in bringing advantage of as a site of international study. groups of students to the Vesuvian region? Perhaps you are an independent researcher conducting a The Action study in the Bay of Naples or Southern Italy that has never been fully equipped to comfortably suit In May 2007, The RAS Foundation is opening the your research needs in a scholastic setting?

As a Residential & Academic Facility Facility’s Resources Include: Mission: It is the Restoring Ancient Stabiae Foundation’s undertaking to service this broad • 150,00 sq. ft of indoor space and outdoor gardens; range of research and academic interest and Castellammare di Stabia transform the already-operational Salesiani • 70 rooms with private bath (fully furnished Institute (formerly the Salesian theological with daily cleaning service) with panoramic college) into a fully functional academic and views of the Bay of Naples; residential facility. • Academic facilities: conference rooms, classrooms, study rooms, grand lecture hall Already in Use: Currently, the complex is and auditorium, theater, office space; already in use but to only a handful of university- • Panoramic dining hall with full breakfast, partner study groups and travelers. Map of Bay of Naples & Castellammare between Equipped classrooms lunch and dinner service; Pompei & • Laundry facility; Dramatically situated in the heart of the Bay of • High speed internet access; Naples, and conveniently atop the historic town • Transportation vehicles to and from local center of Castellammare di Stabia, the Vesuvian train station and near-by sites; Institute complex is a stunning and inspirational • Complex is walking distance to local train component to the educational experience of station, town center and archaeological site studying in this historically significant region. of Stabiae; Located in the epicenter of archaeological activity, • Half pension (which includes breakfast and it is within walking distance to the site of Stabiae dinner, as well as a portable lunch); full and commuter railway train, which services the pension (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) also greater Naples area; providing a ten minute train available. ride north to Pompei and a ten minute train ride south to the popular tourist destination, Sorrento. * Development plans include for a complete In sum, it offers an efficient and comfortable research library facility for professor-led student programs and tours to enjoy a stay-longer-than-a-weekend site Historically-rich landscape of Medieval town of Amalfi Auditorium excursion.