Home Initiatives and other news Elena Aprile has been named Director of the Italian Academy See videos of recent events Digital exhibition — The UNESCO Site at Barumini and Sardinian Nuragic Culture Two photo exhibitions in our gallery spaces — featured in Columbia Magazine Digital exhibition — Italy at Columbia: From Da Ponte to the Casa Italiana Book — A Shared Global Heritage: Architectural History, Conservation, and Preservation (Barbara Faedda, ed.) Book — A Lost Mediterranean Culture: The Giant Statues of Sardinia's Mont'e Prama