'The British School at Rome' was established in 1901 and granted a
Royal Charter in 1912 as an educational institute culminating the study of awarded British scholars in the fields of archaeology, literature, music, and history of Rome and Italy of every period, and for the study of the fine arts and architecture.
Located north of the
Pincio in the elegant Parioli district, the main structure of the 'British School at Rome' was designed by
Sir Edwin Lutyens and (copied stone-for-stone from the west front of
St Paul's cathedral) for the British Pavilion at the
International Exhibition held in
Rome in 1911 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unification of
Italy.
Its current director is Professor
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.
Annual undergraduate summer school
Bibliography
★ T.P. Wiseman, ''A Short History of the British School at Rome'', 1990
★ A. Wallace-Hadrill, ''The British School at Rome: One Hundred Years'', 2001
See also
★
Villa Borghese gardens
External links
★
The British School at Rome website including an
introduction
★
Responding to Rome (1995–2005) exhibition at
Estorick Collection — 2006 exhibition of contemporary British artists who have been awarded scholarships at the British School at Rome