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'''University of Rome ''La Sapienza''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] ''Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"'') is the largest European university and the most ancient of [[Rome]]'s three public universities. <ref>[http://isdi.giu.uniroma1.it/storia/historia.htm Istituto di Storia del Diritto Italiano] Retrieved September 11, 2007.</ref> In Italian, ''Sapienza'' means "wisdom" or "knowledge."
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'''University of Rome ''La Sapienza''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] ''Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"'') is the largest European university and the most ancient of [[Rome]]'s three public universities [http://isdi.giu.uniroma1.it/storia/historia.htm]. In [[Italian language|Italian]], ''Sapienza'' means "wisdom" or "knowledge".
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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[[Image:Borromini SantIvo.jpg|left|thumb|Church of [[Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza]], by Borromini, originally a chapel of the ''La Sapienza'' see.]]
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[[Image:MinervaSapienza.JPG|left|250px|thumb|The statue of [[Minerva]] in ''la Sapienza'']]
  
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''La Sapienza'' was founded in [[1303]] by [[Pope Boniface VIII]], as a ''Studium'' for ecclesiastical studies more under his control than the universities of [[University of Bologna|Bologna]] and [[University of Padua|Padua]].
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''La Sapienza'' was founded in 1303 by [[Pope Boniface VIII]], as a ''Studium'' for ecclesiastical studies more under his control than the universities of [[University of Bologna|Bologna]] and [[University of Padua|Padua]].
  
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In [[1431]], [[Pope Eugene IV]] introduced a new tax on wine, in order to raise funds for the university; the money was used to buy a palace that later hosted the [[Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza|Sant'Ivo]] church, "''La Sapienza''."  
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In 1431, [[Pope Eugene IV]] introduced a new tax on wine, in order to raise funds for the university; the money was used to buy a palace that later hosted the [[Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza|Sant'Ivo]] church, "''La Sapienza''."  
  
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According to the [[Catholic Encyclopaedia]], the university "remained closed during the entire pontificate of [[Clement VII]]".[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13177a.htm] In 1870, ''La Sapienza'' stopped being the papal university and became the university of the capital of Italy. In [[1935]], the new university campus, planned by [[Marcello Piacentini]], was completed.
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According to the [[Catholic Encyclopaedia]], the university "remained closed during the entire pontificate of [[Clement VII]]".<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13177a.htm University of Rome] Retrieved September 11, 2007.</ref> In 1870, ''La Sapienza'' stopped being the papal university and became the university of the capital of Italy. In 1935, the new university campus, planned by [[Marcello Piacentini]], was completed.
  
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In the academic year 2006/7 [http://www.satis.uniroma1.it/opus/si07.asp], ''La Sapienza'' has 21 [[Faculty (university)|faculties]] to its 138,000 students and is the largest university in [[Western Europe]]. It has many locations in Rome, but is mainly situated in the Città Universitaria, near [[Termini Station (Rome)|Termini Station]].
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In the academic year 2006-2007, ''La Sapienza'' had 21 [[Faculty (university)|faculties]] to its 138,000 students and was the largest university in [[Western Europe]]. It has many locations in Rome, but is mainly situated in the Città Universitaria, near [[Termini Station (Rome)|Termini Station]].
  
 
==Organization==
 
==Organization==
 
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[[Image:MinervaSapienza.JPG|right|400px|thumb|The statue of [[Minerva]] in ''la Sapienza'']]
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The university is divided into 21 faculties:
 
The university is divided into 21 faculties:
  
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[[Image:Borromini SantIvo.jpg|left|thumb|Church of [[Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza]], by Borromini, originally a chapel of the ''La Sapienza'' see.]]
 
* [[Centro Ricerche Aerospaziali]], responsible for the Italian rocket program, based on [[San Marco platform]]
 
* [[Centro Ricerche Aerospaziali]], responsible for the Italian rocket program, based on [[San Marco platform]]
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* [[SPES - Development Studies]], research centre on Development studies at La Sapienza [[http://w3.uniroma1.it/spes]]
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* [SPES - Development Studies]], research centre on Development studies at La Sapienza <ref>[http://w3.uniroma1.it/spes SPES Development Studies
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Research Centre at the University of Rome La Sapienza] Retrieved September 11, 2007.</ref>
  
 
===Famous scholars from ''La Sapienza'' ===
 
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* [[Leopold Saverio Vaccaro]], (honorary degree recipient), noted surgeon
 
* [[Leopold Saverio Vaccaro]], (honorary degree recipient), noted surgeon
  
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Revision as of 23:26, 11 September 2007

University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
Borromini SantIvo.jpg
Latin: Studium Urbis
Established 1303
Type State-supported
Location Rome, Italy
Website www.uniroma1.it/


University of Rome La Sapienza (Italian Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza") is the largest European university and the most ancient of Rome's three public universities. [1] In Italian, Sapienza means "wisdom" or "knowledge."

History

The statue of Minerva in la Sapienza

La Sapienza was founded in 1303 by Pope Boniface VIII, as a Studium for ecclesiastical studies more under his control than the universities of Bologna and Padua.

In 1431, Pope Eugene IV introduced a new tax on wine, in order to raise funds for the university; the money was used to buy a palace that later hosted the Sant'Ivo church, "La Sapienza."

According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, the university "remained closed during the entire pontificate of Clement VII".[2] In 1870, La Sapienza stopped being the papal university and became the university of the capital of Italy. In 1935, the new university campus, planned by Marcello Piacentini, was completed.

In the academic year 2006-2007, La Sapienza had 21 faculties to its 138,000 students and was the largest university in Western Europe. It has many locations in Rome, but is mainly situated in the Città Universitaria, near Termini Station.

Organization

Faculties

The university is divided into 21 faculties:

Research centers & major research groups

Church of Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, by Borromini, originally a chapel of the La Sapienza see.
  • Centro Ricerche Aerospaziali, responsible for the Italian rocket program, based on San Marco platform
  • [SPES - Development Studies]], research centre on Development studies at La Sapienza [3]

Famous scholars from La Sapienza

Sciences

  • Lucio Bini and Ugo Cerletti, psychiatrists
  • Corrado Böhm, computer scientist
  • Daniel Bovet, pharmacologist, Nobel prize winner
  • Benedetto Castelli, mathematician
  • Andrea Cesalpino, physician and botanist
  • Federigo Enriques, mathematician
  • Maria Montessori, physician and paedagogist
  • Vito Volterra, mathematician
Physicists
  • Via Panisperna boys:
    • Enrico Fermi, Nobel Prize winner;
    • Edoardo Amaldi
    • Oscar D'Agostino
    • Ettore Majorana
    • Bruno Pontecorvo
    • Franco Rasetti
    • Emilio G. Segrè, Nobel prize winner
  • Giovanni Battista Beccaria
  • Marcello Conversi
  • Giovanni Ciccotti
  • Giovanni Jona-Lasinio
  • Francesco Guerra
  • Luciano Maiani
  • Giorgio Parisi
  • Nicola Cabibbo, President of the Pontifical Academy Of Sciences

Humanities

  • Luigi Ferri, philosopher
  • Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, jurisconsult;
  • Umberto Cassuto, Hebrew language and Bible scholar
  • Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, poet
  • Count Angelo de Gubernatis, orientalist
  • Santo Mazzarino, leading historian of ancient Rome and ancient Greece
  • Giuseppe Tucci, orientalist
  • Mario Liverani, orientalist
  • Paolo Matthiae, director of the archeological expedition of Ebla
  • Marcel Danesi, language scientist
  • Giuliano Amato, law professor and twice Prime Minister of Italy
  • Diego Laynez, second general of the Society of Jesus;
  • Giulio Mazzarino, politician and cardinal

La Sapienza Alumni

  • Severino Antinori, embryologist
  • Sergio Balanzino, ambassador
  • Bernardo Bertolucci, director
  • Maurizio Cheli, astronaut
  • Domenico Comparetti, classic literature scholar
  • Gabriele D'Annunzio, poet
  • Carlo Fea,
  • Massimiliano Fuksas, architect
  • Romaldo Giurgola, architect
  • Umberto Guidoni, astronaut
  • Antonio Monda, film director
  • Luca di Montezemolo, CEO
  • Scott O'Dell, novelist
  • Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe, cardinal
  • Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, president of Somalia
  • Leopold Saverio Vaccaro, (honorary degree recipient), noted surgeon


Notes

  1. ↑ Istituto di Storia del Diritto Italiano Retrieved September 11, 2007.
  2. ↑ University of Rome Retrieved September 11, 2007.
  3. ↑ [http://w3.uniroma1.it/spes SPES Development Studies Research Centre at the University of Rome La Sapienza] Retrieved September 11, 2007.

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