The Liceo artistico Ripetta in

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is located in

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, in the

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History

The school has its roots in the 15th century, when Pope Sixtus IV granted the Oratory of St. Luke; in 1577, under

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, the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, now

Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma is a public tertiary academy of art in Rome, Italy. It was founded in the sixteenth century, but the present institution dates from the time of the unification of Italy and the capture of Rome by the Kingdom ...

was founded. In the following two centuries the seats multiplied, until in 1845 the Istituto delle Belle Arti was born under the papacy of

Pope Gregory XVI Pope Gregory XVI ( la, Gregorius XVI; it, Gregorio XVI; born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; 18 September 1765 – 1 June 1846) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 2 February 1831 to his death in 1 June 1846. He ...

; the aim was to gather the art students in one location. The building intended to house the institute was the Palazzo Camerale in

, designed and built for this purpose by the architect Pietro Camporese the Younger. The palace is commonly referred as the "horseshoe", due to its hemicycle-shaped facade. After the capture of Rome, both the building and the institute came under the jurisdiction of the Italian state; in 1923 it became a liceo artistico, although not didactically autonomous as it was connected to the

; the autonomy came in 1974.

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{{authority control Art schools in Italy Schools in Rome Culture in Rome Rome R. IV Campo Marzio Educational institutions established in the 16th century