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The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history,

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

, and the social sciences; overseen by the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

, and a division of the

Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche The Minister of Higher Education and Research (formerly Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation or ) is a cabinet position in the French Government overseeing university-level education and research. The ministry is headquartere ...

History and description

The EFR is the successor to the Institut de Correspondance Archéologique, created in 1829 to accommodate researchers from outside Rome. Composed largely of French and German scholars, it was permanently closed as a result of the Franco-Prussian War. In 1873, a branch of the

École française d'Athènes The French School at Athens (french: École française d’Athènes, EfA; el, Γαλλική Σχολή Αθηνών ''Gallikí Scholí Athinón'') is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. History ...

was opened there; becoming the EFR in 1875. The following year, it found a home on the second floor of the

Palazzo Farnese Palazzo Farnese () or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance List of palaces in Italy#Rome, palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and cur ...

, together with the . It has eighteen students, who are there for three years, recruited from advanced doctoral candidates. It also awards 150 grants each year, to young researchers whose work requires them to be in Italy for one or two months. The EFR is managed by a Director and is divided into three sections (Antiquity, Middles Ages, Modern Period), each with its own Vice-Director. It has an extensive library, open to members, former members, and accredited researchers. It operates its own publishing house, the , which offers several periodical journals, as well as collections of the work done by former members, many of which are available at the

Persée ''Persée'' (''Perseus'') is a tragédie lyrique with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault, first performed on 18 April 1682 by the Opéra at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Roles Synopsis ACT I: The Pal ...

digital library. The EFR also organizes archaeological excavation sites throughout Italy, North Africa and the Balkans.

Sources

* Michel Gras & Olivier Poncet (Eds.), ''Construire l'institution. L'Ecole Française de Rome 1873-1895'', EFR, 2013
Online
* Jean Bayet (Ed.), ''L’Histoire et l’œuvre de l’École française de Rome'', Paris, E. de Boccard, 1931

External links

École française de Rome
official website
Archives de la direction, des directions des études, du service des publications et des services administratifs de l'École française de Rome (1873-2011)
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