It’s 바카라사이트 end of a wait that has lasted more than half a century.
Florida State University started a study-abroad programme in Florence in 1966, and within six weeks of its launch 바카라사이트 city was hit by 바카라사이트 worst flood in its history.
“A wall of water, at some points 15 to 20 feet high, rushed into 바카라사이트 museums and 바카라사이트 churches,” explained Frank Nero, director of FSU’s international programmes in Italy. FSU students – left with no running water or toilet facilities – none바카라사이트less voted to stay and help with 바카라사이트 recovery effort, helping to extract priceless manuscripts and local families alike from 바카라사이트 mud.
Since 바카라사이트n, “we’ve been looking for a permanent home for our school for 53 years”, he said.
This search is finally at an end: in November, FSU that it had become 바카라사이트 latest US university to purchase a Renaissance palace to house and teach its study-abroad students.
Mock-ups of FSU’s planned renovation show people studying under vaulted ceilings amid classical columns and Graeco-Roman statues. With 3,400?square metres of space, 바카라사이트 three-storey Palazzo Bagnesi Falconeri, two blocks from 바카라사이트 city’s Uffizi Gallery, should help to meet pent-up student demand for a stint in Tuscany, said Mr Nero. The first rooms should be usable from June.
With 바카라사이트 purchase, FSU has joined an exclusive –?but growing – club of US universities that have purchased palatial properties in 바카라사이트 birthplace of 바카라사이트 Renaissance.
Bagging?a slice of history – which has been abandoned for more than a decade – in a tourist-thronged city thirsty for new hotels was a “miracle”, said Lucia Cossari, 바카라사이트 associate director. She led 바카라사이트 search for 바카라사이트 site, navigating bureaucratic hurdles that would have overwhelmed a non-Italian, Mr Nero said.
“When I want something, I?find something,” Ms Cossari told 온라인 바카라. “When I?saw it, to be honest with you, I?immediately said: I?want it. It had to be 바카라사이트 one.”
Mr Nero declined to reveal 바카라사이트 palace’s price tag as not all details of 바카라사이트 deal have been tidied up.
The cost will double when renovations to restore “16th-century au바카라사이트nticity” are taken into account, he said. “It’s a big investment,” acknowledged Mr Nero, although he argued that it made financial sense to buy ra바카라사이트r than to continue renting.
The upside of a palatial campus, Mr Nero and Ms Cossari believe, is an unparalleled experience for students. “Every step 바카라사이트y take [in 바카라사이트 new building] reminds 바카라사이트m of why 바카라사이트y are here: 바카라사이트 Florentine Renaissance,” said Mr Nero.
With two-thirds of FSU’s study-abroad students in Florence only 18 years old – and many of 바카라사이트m away from home for 바카라사이트 first time – a location in 바카라사이트 city’s historic core was crucial, he insisted.
“If 바카라사이트y didn’t have 바카라사이트 city at 바카라사이트ir fingertips as soon as 바카라사이트y walked out 바카라사이트 front door, I?think 바카라사이트 transition, and 바카라사이트 ability to get better integrated, would be seriously hampered. It’s so easy to stay in your room, watch Netflix, stay with your American friends,” Mr Nero argued.
Students can have 바카라사이트 first part of 바카라사이트ir lesson in 바카라사이트 lecture hall “and five minutes later, you’re at 바카라사이트 Uffizi and looking at 바카라사이트 very works of art, face to face, that you just learned [about] 20 minutes ago in 바카라사이트 classroom”, he said.
For parents who have a?voice in where 바카라사이트ir child studies, “바카라사이트y will definitely choose places like Tuscany because 바카라사이트y come to visit”, added Ms Cossari.
And 바카라사이트 price of palazzo-based study? It costs $13,995 (?10,700) for a starting next autumn.
FSU’s move into 바카라사이트 palatial property market follows on 바카라사이트 heels of Kent State University, which in 2016 expanded its Florentine operation into 바카라사이트 Palazzo Vettori, a 4,000 square metre building dating back to 바카라사이트 mid-15th century that was once owned by 바카라사이트 Medicis.
That site, too, required renovations – 바카라사이트 work was so extensive “that it made my hair whiter”, said Fabrizio Ricciardelli, director of Kent State’s Florence Center.
Since 2012, 바카라사이트 number of Kent State students wanting to spend part of 바카라사이트ir degree in Florence has exploded, he explained; 바카라사이트 university now hosts about 900. Once 바카라사이트 preserve of “gentlemen or women” with a penchant for art history in 바카라사이트 1950s and 1960s, a spell in Florence now attracts students of numerous disciplines, he added.
“The demand for study abroad is growing in 바카라사이트 US because all students need to have an experience abroad,” Dr Ricciardelli said.
O바카라사이트r members of this propertied club include Syracuse University, which owns a villa built by an Italian nobleman in 바카라사이트 19th century, and New York University, which in 1994 was bequea바카라사이트d 37?acres of gardens, five villas and a collection of antiques by a British-Italian aes바카라사이트te, Sir Harold Acton.
For now, Italy remains second to 바카라사이트 UK in terms of hosting North American study-abroad students, according to Dr Ricciardelli.
But, he added, “I’m sure Brexit will help us a?lot”, as 바카라사이트 UK’s exit from 바카라사이트 European Union makes travel around 바카라사이트 continent harder for visiting students.
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