IDEA Verona is an Italian language, art, and culture school for foreigners visiting or living in

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city municipality in the region and the second largest in nor ...

. The school was founded in 1998 and is located at the

Don Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...

Institute in the historical centre of

. Language classes are offered at every level of Italian, from beginning to advanced. Other classes offered include art history, Italian cooking,

fresco painting Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster ...

, and speciality courses for students studying in music and

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

singing. IDEA Verona is an accredited language school and collaborates with the study abroad programs of the

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the Flagship#Colleges and universities in ...

(USA),https://www.studyabroad.uiuc.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=06067370704F03020D01077075041C01080C00140E0B747E6E02760E02737D770E0602757B03010777&Type=O&sType=O British Columbia University (Canada), and Macquarie University(Australia). Within Verona, the school operates accordance with the Chamber of Commerce of Verona and the Dante Alighieri Society. The school is an authorised centre of

PLIDA PLIDA, or Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri (Dante Alighieri Society Diplomas), are language diplomas issued by Dante Alighieri Society certifying the holder's proficiency in Italian language as a foreign language. The diplomas could only be ...

(Progetto Lingua Italiana Dante Alighieri) the recognised certificate in Italian language, according to Università La Sapienza - Roma.

External links

IDEA Verona

References

IDEA Verona homepage

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Study Abroad Office, Verona Studies Program

Macquarie University

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