Social events: walking tour FRIDAY 6TH MARCH IMPERIAL ROME Explore the most important monuments of the Ancient city 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM S TART FROM : C OLOSSEUM ( BY THE EXIT OF THE M ETRO S TATION, B LINE, NEAR THE G REEN N EWSPAPER S TAND ) EURO ) From the hotels to Colosseum: Take the tram n. 2 and get off at Flaminio (Piazzale Flaminio), take the metro A to Termini and then the metro B to Colosseum

The church is mentioned in a document dated 1199 as "San Joannes De Ficoccia" and was sujected to the parish of san Marcello. The name "Ficoccia" comes from the noble family the Roman "Ficoccia" a member whose abbot, was the owner the church itself, where there was also the way the church assumed the title of "Ficoccia. From a description of 1600 that the church was nave and not very extended: its structure is still clearly visible in the building at No. 29. In 1584, with it, was founded by Pope Gregory XIII, the College of the Maronites, for the training of clergy intended to carry out missionary activities in the East. The Maronites were the largest Christian community important part of Lebanon, a stronghold in the east of against Catholicism, the Muslim Ottomans. It was founded in the late fourth century by Saint Maron. IL College had, originally, of two large rooms in a house adjacent to the left of the facade of church (NN A), which was then transformed into college chapel, and both restored in The college was suppressed in 1808 and between 1878 and 1930, became the seat of the pontifical college Polacco. In the basement of the complex, in the '70s been rearranged extensive archaeological area, with environments rich domus of the III-IV century, Tabernae and the remains of two streets selciate. Since 1998 it is home to the Restaurant "Sacred & Profane". Ristorante “Sacro&Profano” Via dei Maroniti, 29 /

Social dinner 5th March 8: pm Ristorante “Sacro&Profano” Via dei Maroniti, 29 BUON APPETITO! Meeting point: Hotel Astrid: 7:40 p.m

Ticket bus and metro BIT Integrated time ticket (euro 1,50) 100 minutes (all bus and tram and one racing metro) BIG Integrated daily ticket (euro 6,00) 24 hours BIT Integrated touristic ticket (euro 16,50) 3 days You can buy tickets for bus and metro at: tabacconists (Tabacchi), news-stand, ticket machine at the metro stops For further information: Coop. Radiotaxi tel Cosmotel La Capitaletel Pronto Taxitel Teveretel

5 March 8: pm (social dinner) To reach the restaurant «Sacro&profano» from the hotels Take the tram n. 2 and get off at Flaminio, take metro A to Barberini, then you can walk to the restaurant along Via del Tritone (see the map). Restaurant «Sacro&Profano» Via dei Maroniti 29 Restaurant “Sacro&Profano” Via dei Maroniti, 29