On the Iberian Peninsula ART, CULTURE & TREASURES

of Led by Rhonda Wolverton Co-led by Randi Frye Professors of Art & Design

SPRING TERM 2020: MAY 5–13 It focuses on exposing students to the treasures of Spain and Gaudi’s Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. Contemporary through classroom instruction and 9-days of travel. Students will visual culture will also be explored including walking the streets explore the history and culture of Spain to include major works of major cities such as Madrid and Barcelona and visiting Giro- of art from Picasso, Miro, Goya, El Greco etc. and historic monu- na’s cathedral and fortifications that were used in HBO’s fantasy ments such as Puerta del Sol, Madrid’s Cathedral of Almudena drama series “Game of Thrones”.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: [email protected] TRAVEL SCHEDULE return to Madrid for our final overnight. will pro- On the Iberian Tuesday, May 5, 2019 - Depart Indy/Chicago ceed to Madrid for dinner and overnight. (Meal Travel from Uindy to Chicago this morning for provided: B) afternoon flight from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport Peninsula en route to Madrid. Meals and beverages will be Saturday, May 9 - Madrid / Zaragoza: Today’s served during the overnight flight. journey brings us to Zaragoza. Located on the ART, CULTURE banks of the Ebro River, about half way between Wednesday, May 6 - Arrive in Madrid: Madrid and Barcelona, Zaragoza is a city whose Upon arrival in Madrid today, we will meet our & TREASURES history once again transcends more than 2000 local guide, who will show us to our waiting years - from the Romans to the Moors and on to motorcoach. If time permits, we will travel first to OF SPAIN* Christianity. Highlights of our city tour include Toledo, the old capital of Castille. Set atop a hill the Mudejar style churches, now designated and surrounded on three sides by the Tagus River, as a World Heritage Site, and the spectacular this UNESCO World Heritage Site majestically Basilica de Pilar. We will also see the Palace of overlooks the surrounding area. Our walking Aljaferia, originally built by the Moors 1000 years PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS tour will include many highlights – the steep ago as a wonderful example of Hispanic-Moorish cobbled streets dating back to the Middle Ages, • Round trip air transportation from On the Iberian architecture,Peninsula: and we will visit the Goya Museum, the breathtaking Cathedral with its 750 stained Chicago O’Hare, including taxes and which houses 15 of his original works. Late this glass windows and superb collection of El Greco Art, Culture and Treasuresafternoon we will of arrive Spain at our Zaragoza hotel for fees in effect as of September, 2019 paintings, the Church of Santo Tome with El dinner and overnight. (Meals provided: B, D) Greco’s painting The Burialincluding of Count visits Ortiz andto Toledo, Madrid, Segovia, • 7 nights accommodations in first class the spectacular views Onover the RivertheZaragoza, Tagus. Iberian EarlyBarcelona Sunday, and Peninsula: more! May 10 - Zaragoza / Montserrat / (3 & 4 star) hotels this evening we willOn proceed the to Madrid Iberian for dinner Barcelona:Peninsula: This morning we begin the last leg of and overnight. (Meals provided: B, D) our journey. We will travel first to the Monastery • Breakfast daily and 4 dinners as noted Art, CultureMay and 5 - 13, Treasures 2020 of Spain Art, Culture and Treasuresof Montserrat, one of the Spainmost spectacular nat- in the itinerary including visits to Toledo,ural Madrid, sites in Spain. Segovia, The monastery was founded including visits to Toledo, toMadrid, house a carving Segovia, of the Virgin Mary, which • Professional tour manager to Zaragoza, Barcelona and more! Zaragoza, Barcelonaaccording and more! to tradition was made by St. Luke and accompany the group in Europe brought to the caves by St. Peter himself. Follow- May 5 - 13,ing our 2020 visit of the Monastery, we continue to the • European transportation via private May 5 - 13,Catalan 2020 capital of Barcelona, located along the motorcoach shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Upon arrival in the city we will proceed to our hotel for our • Comprehensive sightseeing as overnight. (Meals provided: B, D) outlined in the itinerary, including Monday, May 11 - Barcelona: During this applicable entrance fees morning’s sightseeing tour we will explore one of Europe’s most vibrant cities - from the harbor • Porterage of one suitcase per person Madrid City Hall Montserratarea to the authentic Las Ramblas district, from at European hotels the Gothic Quarter with the soaring spires of Thursday, May 7 - Madrid: Though Madrid is Barcelona Cathedral and the remains of Roman a young capital city by European standards, it Barcino to Antoni Gaudi’s unfinished Basilica certainly has its share of historic monuments. of the Sagrada Familia. We have free time this Highlights of our morning city tour will include afternoon and evening to explore more of Bar- the Royal Palace, official office of King Felipe VI, celona’s highlights - the Picasso Museum, Park and the Cathedral of Almudena. We will drive the Madrid City Hall MontserratGüell and its connection with Gaudi or simply grand boulevard of Gran Via and walk through the Madrid City Hall Montserratsit in a sidewalk cafe and watch the world go by. heart of the old city, from Puerta del Sol to Plaza (Meal provided: B) Mayor. The remainder of the day will be free to begin exploring Madrid’s Golden Triangle of art galleries - the world-famous Prado Museum, with its collection of works by the great European masters such as Velázquez, Goya, Raphael and Rubens; the Reina Sofia Museum of modern art, Elrepresented Escorial by the masterpieces of Picasso, Dali, Barcelona - Sagrada Familia Miro, Kandinsky and many more; the Thys- sen-Bornemisza Collection, one of the largestHosted by: private collections in the world, which spans 800 years of art history. (Meal provided:Rhonda B) Wolverton Friday, May 8 - Madrid / Segovia / El Escorial / Madrid: Today’s excursion bringsUniversity us first to of Indianapolis Segovia, where our visit represents a journeyIndianapolis, Indiana Elthrough Escorial two thousand years of history. Our Barcelona - Sagrada Familia El Escorialwalking tour will include all the highlights of this BarcelonaTuesday, - Sagrada May 12 Familia – Barcelona (Girona Excursion): radiant city – from the Roman aqueduct, to the HostedThis by: morning’s excursion will take us to Girona, a Gothic Cathedral, the Alcazar fortress of QueenHosted by:provincial town with great strategic importance Isabella to the cobbled streets where diverse on the road to France, famous for its Cathedral influences still mingle. We continueRhonda next to the Wolvertonand old fortifications and used in many scenes magnificent monastery of SanRhonda Lorenzo de El Wolvertonfrom Game of Thrones. We will return to Barce- Escorial, created by Philip II to beUniversity a legacy in of Indianapolislona for last minute shopping and sightseeing stone of both his religious zealUniversity and his politicalIndianapolis, of Indianapolisbefore Indiana our farewell dinner. (Meals provided: B, D) Cathedral of Saint Mary Girona— ambition. Today its massive dimensions serve as Indianapolis, IndianaWednesday, May 13 – This morning we will a Game of Thrones film site the burial place of Spain’s kings and queens and transfer to the Barcelona Airport to begin our the home of art treasures by El Greco, Velazquez journey home. We arrive in Chicago later today. * Priority given to students needing spring term credit. and Titian. It is also home to more than 50,000 Consideration will be given to other students, alumni, Welcome Home!. books, which rivals the Vatican Library. We will staff and friends.