Sapienza Università di Roma
As you pass the campus associated with Sapienza Università di Roma—*Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”*, better known as La Sapienza (“The Wisdom”)—you’re walking through one of Rome’s big dates in the history of learning. It was founded in 1303, and specifically by decree on 20 April 1303 from Pope Boniface VIII, setting up a Studium for ecclesiastical studies with tighter oversight than the independent universities of Bologna and Padua. In 1431, Pope Eugene IV reorganized that studium and pushed it to expand into Law, Medicine, and Philosophy, alongside existing Theology. By the 1650s, the name Sapienza—“wisdom” or “knowledge”—becomes the identity it still carries. The modern scale catches up fast after 1870, when Rome becomes the capital of a newly unified Italy: the university expands quickly, and in 1935 its university city campus—planned by Marcello Piacentini—is completed. …
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