 logo of the Accademia Pontaniana | |
| Motto | AUDET REDIRE VIRTUS |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Antonio Beccadelli Giovanni Pontano |
| Established | 1443 |
| Chair | Luciano Carbone |
| Formerly called | Accademia Alfonsina Accademia Antoniana Società Pontaniana |
| Location | Via Mezzocannone 8, Napoli Italy |
| Coordinates | 40°51′11″N 14°14′52″E / 40.85299°N 14.24789°E |
| Website | http://www.accademiapontaniana.it/ |
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The Accademia Pontaniana was the first academy in the modern sense, as a learned society for scholars and humanists and guided by a formal statute.[1] Patronized by Alfonso V of Aragon, it was founded by the poet Antonio Beccadelli in Naples during the revival of classical learning and later led by Giovanni Pontano who gave it a more official character to the meetings.[2]
- ^ According to the "Accademia" entry of the Enciclopedia Treccani and to Bergin & Speake (2004, entry "Academies", p. 2).
- ^ (Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana 2005b, entry "Accademia Antoniana").