The Collegio Clementino, sited between the Strada del'Orso and the banks of the Tiber in Rome, was founded by Pope Clement VIII in 1595, to to host Slavonian refugees, but it was a stylish venue from the outset. Giacomo della Porta was commissioned to erect a suitable palazzo to house them, one of the aged architect's last projects. On February 25, 1601, a tragicomedy was performed in the Collegio's theater attended by no less than six cardinals [1]. Urban VIII shifted the Slavs to Loreto and refounded the Collegio Clementino as an elite school for young noblemen of every nation and the richest families in Rome. The musical tradition of the Collegio Clementina remained strong: Alessandro Scarlatti wrote oratorios for Carnival seasons and came up from Naples to oversee their production [2]. Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third-longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Clement VIII, né Ippolito Aldobrandini (March 1536 – March 5, 1605) was pope from 1592 to 1605. ... The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... Urban VIII, né Maffeo Barberini (April 1568 - July 29, 1644) was pope from 1623-1644. ... Loreto is the Italian word for laurel-wood. ... // For publications of this name, see also Nation (disambiguation). ... Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. ... An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ...

Instruction "in all the sciences and the gentlemanly arts" according to a description of 1761, was entrusted to brothers of the order of the Somaschi, a religious order of teaching brothers established during the Counter-Reformation, which had been authorized by Pope Pius VI in 1568; they proved themselves expert in establishing seminaries. In the 17th and 18th century the Collegio Clementina produced many cardinals from the best families (Domenico Silvio Passionei among others) and the mathematician Giulio Carlo de' Toschi di Fagnano. There, Carlo Spinola and Domenico Quarteironi, renowned in mathematics, perspective and hydrostatics, taught the brilliant young polymath and inventor, Raimondo de Sangro, prince of Sansavero [3]. The Counter-Reformation or the Catholic Reformation was a strong reaffirmation of the doctrine and structure of the Catholic Church, climaxing at the Council of Trent, partly in reaction to the growth of Protestantism. ... Pius VI, né Giovanni Angelo Braschi (December 27, 1717 – August 29, 1799), pope from 1775 to 1799, was born at Cesena. ... Events March 23 - Peace of Longjumeau ends the Second War of Religion in France. ... A seminary is a specialized university-like institution for the purpose of instructing students in religion, often in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ... The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

External link

• Collegio Clementino: described in a 1761 engraving by Giuseppe Vasi
• La Storia dei Somaschi: (in Italian)