Established: | 1969 |
Type: | Public |
President: | Roberto Marotta |
Dean: | Marco Brandizzi |
City: | L'Aquila |
State: | Italy |
Homepage: | http://www.abaq.it |
The Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila is an academy of fine arts located in L'Aquila, Italy. It was founded in 1969.[1]
The academy was founded in 1969 and started its activities in the 1969-70 academic year; until 1989, the institute had its seat in the city's historic centre in the Palazzo Carli Benedetti. From 1989 it moved to a building specially designed by Paolo Portoghesi in the modern district of Pettino. Following the L'Aquila earthquake of 2009, the academy interrupted its activities for a few days.[2]