Adriano La Regina

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Adriano La Regina (born August 6, 1937 in Naples ) is an Italian classical archaeologist and etrusologist .

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After Adriano La Regina graduated from Reading High School in Reading , Massachusetts in 1955, he graduated from high school in Rome in 1956 . This was followed by a humanities degree at La Sapienza University in Rome, which he graduated with a Laureate in 1962 . From 1964 he worked for the Soprintendenza of Abruzzo , from 1971 in a managerial position for the Soprintendenza of the Molise region , interrupted in 1968/69 by a postdoctoral study of ancient history with Ronald Syme at the University of Oxford .

From 1969 to 1974 La Regina worked as a lecturer (professore incaricato) at the University of Perugia , but received the license to teach the topography of ancient Italy as early as 1971 with the libera docenza . After the restructuring of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Property and Tourism in 1975, he became head of the Soprintendenza of Ancient Rome in 1976, a position he held until 2004.

After successfully applying, La Regina was offered the Chair of Etruscology and Italic Antiquity at the University of Padua in 1986 . In 2002 he moved to the corresponding chair at Molise University , and finally to La Sapienza University in 2004. In the same year he took over the presidency of the Istituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte . He was also elected President of the Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica in 2009, of which he is still a member of the Board of Directors.

Adriano La Regina is a recognized expert on early Italian history, especially the Etruscans and Samnites . In addition, he deals with topics of classical archeology and questions of museum didactics. His rigorous administration as soprintendent in Rome, which saw the protection of the Roman antiquities subordinate to him in the first place, earned him the nickname "signor no", because he braced himself against numerous projects that in his eyes endangered the antiquities.

Adriano La Regina has received numerous awards for his work. In 2000, he received the Umberto Zanotti Bianco Prize from the monument and environmental protection organization Italia Nostra for the restoration work he initiated . In the following year he received the Rotondi Award for his outstanding efforts in the preservation of art and cultural monuments . The Republic of Italy awarded him the gold medal with 1st class diploma in 2005 for his services to culture and art. La Regina is a member of national and international archeological institutions, facilities and academies.

Memberships

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • with Filippo Coarelli : Abruzzo, Molise. Laterza, Rome / Bari 1984.
  • I sanniti. Libri Scheiwiller, Milan 1989.
  • as editor: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme. Electa, Milan 1998.
  • as editor: L'Arte dell'assedio di Apollodoro di Damasco. Electa, Milan 1999.
  • Roma: the archeologia del Novecento e le nuove prospettive degli studi. Unione internazionale degli istituti di archeologia, storia e storia dell'arte in Roma, Rome 1999.
  • as editor: Sangue e arena. Exhibition catalog Rome 2001–2002. Electa, Milan 2001.
  • as editor: Guida archeologica di Roma. Electa, Milan 2004.
  • as editor with Pietro A. Valentino: La formazione vale un patrimonio. Beni culturali, saperi, occupazione. Giunti, Florence 2007.
  • as editor: Circhi e ippodromi. Le corse dei cavalli nel mondo antico. Cosmopoli, Rome 2007.
  • Museo nazionale romano. Electa, Milan 2007.
  • as editor: L'archeologia e il suo pubblico. Giunti, Florence / Milan 2009.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Maria Egizia Fiaschetti: Il "signor No" diventa "mister Decoro". La Regina sarà consulente del Municipio. In: Corriere della Sera . February 12, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME La Regina, Adriano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical archaeologist and etrusologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples