Accommodation and Logistics
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The Venue
The EAERE-FEEM-VIU Summer school is to be held at the Venice
International University (VIU) on the Island of San Servolo.
The Island of San Servolo is located in the Venetian lagoon, between
Venice city center and the island of Lido. It takes 10 minutes by boat
to reach Piazza San Marco, the heart of Venice.
Commencing in 810, San Servolo hosted the seat of a Benedictine Monastery.
The monks were eventually joined by a convent of nuns and San Servolo
remained a religious complex until the early eighteenth century when
it was transformed into a military hospital for the Republic of Venice.
The structures on the island served as a hospital until 1978. The buildings
of the island have been developed and restored over the years, and cover
an area of over sixteen-thousand square meters that were once used for
vineyards and gardens.
The restoration work of the monumental complex on the Island of San
Servolo started a few years ago and maintains the architectural qualities
and natural landscape of the setting.
Following completion of the first part of restoration in the spring
of 1997, the Venice
International University (VIU) has had access to use facilities
on the island for conferences and seminar courses. The first semester
of the academic year 1997/98 marked the beginning of VIU's undergraduate
activities along with the complete restoration of the monumental complex
and a 40 bed residential hall.
Accommodation
Accommodation for the duration of the Summer School from the 1st
of July to the 8th of July (7 nights) will be provided within
the Summer School Venue. Single rooms have been reserved in the residential
hall of the VIU. All successful applicants are obliged to arrive
on Thursday the 1st of July and depart on Thursday the 8th
of July.
For further information on the VIU campus, please visit the following
links:
- VIU
campus: Photomap of the island of S. Servolo
- VIU
campus: Student handbook
- VIU
campus: Facilities
