36 ASLA & AIA-Approved HSW Learning Units
Historic Preservation & Sustainable Design in the Etruscan Hill Towns of Central Italy
New Program Openings for Fall 2026:
Sep 29-Oct 9, 2026
Oct 13-23, 2026
2026 AIA-ASLA programs
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Travel to the Etruscan Hill Town region of Italy to discover these intensely beautiful towns, landscapes and culture.
These 10-day travel programs focus on modern and historic design, sustainability, preservation, art and architecture, food and wine in ancient hill towns and world-renowned UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Education Travel Guides
Your education travel guides for the Historic Preservation & Sustainable Design program: Nancy Josephson and Stephen Day.
Your education travel guides for the Historic Preservation, Landscape & Sustainable Design program: Jan Hurley and Brooks Romano.
Your education travel guides for the Historic Preservation, Landscape & Sustainable Design program: Samantha Josaphat and Luis Medina.
These hill towns present a living laboratory of sustainable design efforts across history.
The Etruscan hill town civilization of central Italy was crucial to the development of Western culture, art, agriculture, and architecture. Enduring yet fragile, geological instability, conflicts and time have taken their toll, requiring continual creativity, rebuilding, and stabilization.
