They last about 3 days and deal with the topics that have already been described. The programmes may be organised with the help of the staff. Accommodation is in one of the hotels in the nearby town of Santa Severa, and the activities are in the Civic Museum or in the small village of the Castle of Santa Severa.

Some of our ideas:

• INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
  • First Day
    Arrival and Accommodation.
    Tour of the Castle of Santa Severa, the archaeological site of Pyrgi and the civic Museum
    Lessons using slides
  • Second Day
    Archaeological identification of the surface and a simulated excavation
    Workshop in the Civic Museum: documenting the excavation
  • Third day
    Workshop: History of an amphora, the restoration and the documentation of the finds, a synthesis of the results.
  
  
• ARCHAEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
  • First Day
    Arrival and accommodation.
    Presentation of the programme
    Tour of the Civic Museum and the Castle of Santa Severa
  • Second Day
    How an archaeologist works
    Lessons using slides: Research Workshop
    Studying of the surface, a simulated excavation and documenting the finds
  • Third Day
    Tour of the Regional Nature Reserve of Macchiatonda: to discover a still intact coastal area rich with vegetation and animals.
• DISCOVERING THE ETRUSCAN CIVILISATION
  • First Day
    Arrival and Accommodation.
    Presentation of the programme
    Tour of the Civic Museum, the Antiquarium Museum of Pyrgi and the excavation of the Etruscan Sanctuary
    Lessons using slides: The origin of the Etruscans, historical development, the end of the Romans.
    Workshop
  • Second Day
    Workshop on the Etruscan painting (painting using the techniques and methods of the Etruscans)
    Lessons using slides: Religion and the Cult of the dead.
  • Third Day
    Ceveteri: Tour of the ancient city, the National Museum and the necropolis of the Banditaccia.
• LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE
  • First Day
    Arrival and accommodation.
    Presentation of the programme.
    Tour of the Civic Museum and the Castle of Santa Severa.
    Lessons using slides: Life in a Castle.
  • Second Day
    Choice of Workshop:
    bread making in the middle ages, doing a fresco, decorating pottery or Medieval clothing
  • Third Day
    Day trip: Medieval Tolfa and a visit to the Frangipane Fortress
• MAN AND HIS SURROUNDINGS
  • First Day
    Arrival and accommodation.
    Presentation of the programme.
    Tour of the Civic Museum, the Castle of Santa Severa and the Visitors Centre of the Reserve of Macchiatonda
    
  • Second Day
    "Archeotrekking" from the Castle to the Reserve along the black sands beach, stopping off at the sanctuary of Pyrgi (a walk to observe the changes of the landscape and the presence of man in the area).
  • Third Day
    Workshop: Maritime ecosystem: An introduction on the methods of classifying shells.