Accademia Pontaniana

Accademia Pontaniana
logo of the Accademia Pontaniana
MottoAUDET REDIRE VIRTUS
Founder(s)Antonio Beccadelli
Giovanni Pontano
Established1443
ChairLuciano Carbone
Formerly calledAccademia Alfonsina
Accademia Antoniana
Società Pontaniana
Location
Via Mezzocannone 8, Napoli
Italy
Coordinates40°51′11″N 14°14′52″E / 40.85299°N 14.24789°E / 40.85299; 14.24789
Websitehttp://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]

  1. ^ According to the "Accademia" entry of the Enciclopedia Treccani and to Bergin & Speake (2004, entry "Academies", p. 2).
  2. ^ (Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana 2005b, entry "Accademia Antoniana").