100 years National Institute for Roman Studies

The Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani was founded on 21 March 1925 and later moved into the former Somasken monastery on the Aventine. To mark the centenary, a ceremony was held on 21 March at which a special stamp was presented by President Gaetano Platania and a large Latin inscription was unveiled. Massimiliano Ghilardi presented an extremely interesting exhibition on the history of the institute.

Its foundation under fascism had a lasting impact on the history of the institute, so that a new beginning had to be made after the end of the war and the shadow of the past still weighs heavily today. Nevertheless, the Institute's mission is clear and indispensable. It encompasses research into the history of Rome in every respect.

In recent years, the Institute has made considerable progress in its public relations work. The lectures are now also broadcast online, so that you no longer have to make the arduous journey to the Aventine Hill, although from there you have a spectacular view of the whole of Rome.

The website is excellent and highly informative. The archives are currently being catalogued more and more. An exciting chapter in the history of Roman science can be found here, because practically all the renowned historians were associated with this institute. The institute was not anti-clerical, so that representatives of the Church also frequented it.

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