Week One: Venice and the Veneto
May 13, Tuesday, day 1: depart Washington, D.C. Dulles for Venice (via Frankfort)
Depart Washington, DC (IAD) 3:20 pm on Lufthansa (LH) flight #417
May 14, Wednesday, day 2: Arrive in Venice, orientation to city, lagoon
Arrive in Frankfort, Germany (FRA) at 5:35 am. Depart FRA on LH #324 at 8:00 am, with scheduled arrival in Venice, Italy (VCE) at 9:20 am. Transfer from airport to hotel, Centro Culturale Don Orione for five (5) nights.
Lunch at Ristorante San Trovaso at 1:30.
Monuments: Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati), Sta. Maria della Salute (Baldassare Longhena, 1638-81) and/or San Giorgio Maggiore (Andrea Palladio, begun 1565)
May 15, Thursday, day 3: The political and sacred centers of Venice
Monuments: Piazza San Marco, Basilica di San Marco, Tetrarchs, Horses, the Library and Mint, Palazzo Ducale, Napoleon’s palace
May 16, Friday, day 4: Torcello and the lagoon, the Jewish Ghetto, miraculous Venice
Monuments: Sta. Maria dell’Assunta and Sta. Fosca (Torcello); the Ghetto, Sta. Maria dei Miracoli, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Scuola Grande di S. Marco
May 17, Saturday, day 5: The Myth of Venice
Monuments: Accademia Galleries, Scuola della Carità (at the Accademia), Ca’ Rezzonico, Frari, Scuola Grande di S. Giovanni Evangelista, Palazzo Mocenigo
May 18, Sunday, day 6: Day trip (bus) to Verona and Vicenza: Classical traditions; villas and villeggiatura
Monuments: (in Verona) amphitheater, Roman theater, Roman gates, Duomo, Castelvecchio; (in Vicenza) Basilica, Villa Rotunda
Week Two: Croatia
May 19, Monday, day 7: Venice to Pula by bus
Morning: Bus from Venice to Pula (Croatia) via Slovenia. Stop in Rovinj (Croatia). Arrive in Pula; two (2) nights at the Hotel Galija.
Themes: Urban planning; expansion of empires
May 20, Tuesday, day 8: Pula
Monuments: amphitheater, Twin Gates, Hercules’ Gate, archaeological museum, Roman theater, Arch of the Sergii, Sta. Maria Formosa, Roman mosaic, Temple of Augustus and Roma, Forum, Cathedral, Kastel
Themes: Growth and development of Pula; Roman religion and entertainment
May 21, Wednesday, day 9: Pula to Zadar by coach
Arrive in Zadar; one (1) night at the Hostel Boutique Forum
Monuments in Zadar: Roman forum, archaeological museum, Franciscan Church and Monastery, Cathedral of St. Anastasia
Themes: Growth and development of Zadar; trade routes
May 22, Thursday, day 10: Zadar, Burnum, Split
Arrive in Split; three (3) nights at the Hotel Bellevue
Monuments in Burnum: remains of Roman military camp at Burnum
Themes: Roman army and structures
May 23, Friday, day 11: Split, Trogir, Split
Monuments: (in Split) Palace of Diocletian; (in Trogir) predominantly Venetian structures
Themes: Tetrarchy; Diocletian; palaces; growth and development of Trogir
May 24, Saturday, day 12: Split, Salona, Split
Monuments: (in Solin) remains of amphitheater, Roman theater, Roman baths, Early Christian basilicas
Themes: end of Rome; advent of Christianity
May 25, Sunday, day 13: Split, Narona, Mostar (Bosnia Herzegovina), Dubrovinik
Arrive in Dubrovnik; two (2) nights at the Hotel Adriatic
Bus from Split to Dubrovnik (Croatia); Stops in Narona (Croatia) and Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Themes: Romanization; former Yugoslavia
May 26, Monday, day 14: Dubrovnik
Monuments: Old Town Dubrovnik, the City Walls
Themes: Alternate empires
May 27, Tuesday, day 15: Dubrovnik to Washington, D.C.
Depart Dubrovnik (DBV) on LH #5991 at 7:30 am, arriving in FRA at 9:35 am. Transfer to LH #418 for Washington, DC (IAD) at 1:10 pm with scheduled arrival at 3:45 pm.