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ROMA AETERNA remembered - Happy Birthday, 2774 Years


On the fifth Friday of the 2004 Classical Summer School, a large number of our group of twenty-six sat comfortably ensconced in the second floor lounge of the American Academy to share excitedly William Wyler’s film “Roman Holiday” starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Eddie Albert.
By this stage in our rigorous training under the incomparable direction of Myles Mc Donnell and the steady assistance of Justin Walsh, we were well-equipped to identify all of the sites, ancient and contemporary, used by Wyler to convey to the film enthusiast the wonders and generously welcoming spirit of the Eternal City, Roma. ....

United States , Ostia Antica , Friuli Venezia Giulia , Isola Sacra , Villa Giulia , Villa Barberini , Franco Sgariglia , August Ferragosto , Lili Nagy , Penn Ann Kutner , Eddie Albert , Justin Walsh , Audrey Hepburn , Alessandro Algardi , Giuseppe Verdi , Xavier Dupre Raventos , Darby Scott , Alba Fucens , Anne Laidlaw , Kathy Geffckin , Duke Mary Tolly Boatwright , Myles Mc Donnell , Dave Matthew , Christina Huemer , William Wyler , Villa Aurelia ,