Accademia dei Rozzi Siena

The Academy of Rozzi of Siena was founded around the fifteenth century. However, the exact date of its foundation is unknown but it is believed that his aperura was equivalent to that of the Academy of the tingle was born, in fact, in the fifteenth century. At its opening, the Academy welcomed students from all over Europe. The early years of the Academy, in fact, saw featuring the best scholars and professors of law, medicine and philosophy that came to Siena to lectures similar to those that took place in the great universities. During the Renaissance, the Academy of Rozzi of Siena put at the center of his study of the Italian language and culture, which remained the center of interest of these scholars for a long time. Participation in the activities of the academy was free and saw the presence of many people. The lessons of the academy, in fact, ordinary people who took part in both cultured people, who contributed actively to the activities of the school. Many learned people, in fact, they brought their contribution through poems, texts, philosophy and short stories that read personally in front of an enthusiastic public. These people who wrote and performed plays and short stories, with the passage of time, became quite famous to the point that their performances began to make the tour of Italy. I 'Rozzi', ie the protagonists of this academy, became so well known that at some point even the Pope Leo X summoned them to Rome to listen to live some of their stories and comedies, and rejoice with them. The 'Rozzi', then, were also well received by the Emperor Charles V that for a certain period of time had their residence in the city of Siena. With the passage of time, the fame of crude increased more and more and, for this reason, decided to constitute a real society with which legalized and ufficializzarono its activity. The idea that accompanied the protagonists of this new company was to eliminate the ignorance that accompanied anyone participate in the activities of the company. In fact, they said that joining the academy people acquired the nickname of 'rough' but lost any trace of ignorance.