The centre is open all year round to receive students, scholars and professionals from all over the world.
Universities, as well as numerous bodies and companies have entrusted the study and development of the Italian language in Italy to the courses held at the Accademia.
The teachers use the multimedia method In Italiano and In italiano. Il corso of which Angelo Chiuchiù is co-author. All the Academy’s teachers have a university education and have received teacher training at the Accademia Lingua Italiana Assisi.
The Academy’s staff, coordinated by Gaia Chiuchiù and Angelo Chiuchiù, worked on the outline of Italian language and culture handbooks and e-books.
Since 1997 Gaia has been director and coordinator of the English courses and since 2000 Lorenzo Chiuchiù has directed and coordinated the creative writing courses.
Since 2000 all the Academy’s courses have been under the patronage of the Regional Council of Umbria and Council of Assisi.
In 2002 the Academy was recognized by the Ministry of Education and since 2008 has a partnership agreement with University of the Pacific, Elon University and Neumann University.
- Summer programs University of the Pacific.
- Partnership with Neumann University.
- Under the high patronage of Assisi town council and Umbria Regional council.
- Assisi is considered by UNESCO World Heritage site
- Italian language courses officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education
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Location
The location of Accademia Lingua Italiana Assisi is situated in the historic heart of the town centre, at 10 via Tiberio d’Assisi, a short distance from Piazza del Comune and in the vicinity of the Basilica of St. Francis and the Church of Santa Chiara. This 14th century former residence was renovated in 2006 by the architect Michele Bilancia. Architectural changes have been made in order to enhance the functional properties of the space. The classrooms and offices are accessible from a medieval courtyard. All the classrooms have air conditioning. The second floor balcony boasts a panoramic view of the entire town and the Umbrian valley.
Assisi
UNESCO collectively designated the major monuments and urban fabric of Assisi as a World Heritage Site.
Architects, masons and stone-cutters have given Assisi an incomparable appearance, and time seems to have come to a standstill before this beauty. The Middle Ages continue to reign supreme and the streets of Assisi are typical of medieval towns set on a hillside. The main roads are laid out longitudinally across the mountain, ascending to the main square of Piazza del Comune. Streets, alleys, arches, ascents and descents, and flights of steps cross these main roads vertically. Located along these streets are medieval houses, all of which were built with stone, quarried on Mount Subasio, that comes alive after a rainstorm, turns red in the warm sunset and is pale in the moonlight and during snowfalls.
Site of many a pilgrimage, Assisi is linked in legend with its native son, St. Francis. The gentle saint founded the Franciscan order and is remembered by many, even non-Christians, as a lover of nature.
Many artists have visited Assisi and have written or have been inspired by St. Francis. We mention just a few: Albert Camus, Paul Celan, Hermann Hesse, J.R. Tolkien, Nikos Kazantzakis, William Congdon, Allen Ginsberg, Rainer Maria Rilke.