Cultural Heritage

Name: Cultural Heritage: Rome
Price: 400 EUR

Why this is Erasmus+ eligible

Structured, multi-day programme (5 days) with a pre-defined schedule and learning outcomes — not a passive lecture format.

Built around interaction: participants engage directly with the trainer and with peers from other countries throughout the course.

Transnational by design — open to participants travelling from outside the host country, a core requirement of Erasmus+ mobility funding.

Aligned with the Erasmus+ horizontal priority: Common Values, Civic Engagement & Cultural Heritage.

This mobility supports the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 School Education objective of "promoting knowledge about shared European heritage and diversity", and the horizontal priority on participation in democratic life, common values and civic engagement, which highlights participants' understanding of "European social, cultural and historical heritage". Through structured sessions and guided visits to Rome's Ancient, Baroque and Vatican heritage — including the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Sistine Chapel — participants gain first-hand material to bring intercultural dialogue and Europe's layered cultural identity into their own classroom.

Source: Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026, Key Action 1 — School Education Mobility.

Overview

This course explores cultural heritage as a foundation of shared European identity, aligned with the EU’s commitment to protecting and promoting cultural heritage. Participants examine strategies for integrating cultural heritage into lesson plans, then apply this directly across three consecutive field-study days that move through Rome’s Ancient, Papal and Baroque layers — from the Colosseum and the Imperial Fora, to St Peter’s and Trastevere, to the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and Rome’s Baroque churches.

Each field day is built around a specific teaching method, not simply a guided walk. On Day 2, participants practise structured outdoor-education techniques — observation, sketching, field-noting — among Ancient Rome’s ruins. On Day 3, they use spolia, the reuse of ancient material in later buildings, as a lens for a hands-on heritage scavenger hunt in Trastevere, designed to be adapted directly for school trips. Day 4 closes with a workshop that turns the week’s photographs, sketches and field notes into a draft classroom activity. Every observation participants make on-site feeds directly into the Curriculum Integration Project they build across the week and present, with peer feedback, on the final day — the three field days are the practical engine of the course’s learning outcomes, not a break from them.

Methodology

Field-Based Pedagogy, Not Sightseeing

each of the three field days models a specific teaching technique — structured outdoor-education observation on Day 2, a spolia heritage scavenger hunt (adaptable for school trips) on Day 3, and a hands-on workshop turning field material into a draft lesson plan on Day 4 — so participants practise the methods they will bring home, rather than only watching a guide.

Three Layers of Rome, Three Field Days

Day 2 stays inside Ancient Rome's compact civic and religious core — the Colosseum, the Imperial Fora and Capitoline Hill. Day 3 moves to St Peter's and Trastevere, a separate part of the city shaped by a later, Christian era. Day 4 is a dedicated Baroque day — the Pantheon, Piazza Navona, and Caravaggio's and Borromini's work — so participants experience Rome's Ancient, Papal and Baroque layers as three honest, separate days rather than one impossible walking loop.

Digital Tools Workshop, Built From What You've Seen

a dedicated session on interactive mapping platforms and QR-code-based instructional tools, using the Rome sites from the field days as the working examples participants take home.

Sensitivity and Responsibility Through Material Reuse

structured reflection sessions — including a dedicated debrief built around the week's photographs, sketches and field notes — turn what participants observe on-site, especially evidence of how ancient material has been reused and reinterpreted across later centuries, into classroom-ready awareness-building, not just a description of what was seen.

A Curriculum Integration Project From Day One to Day Five

the course launches a Curriculum Integration Project in transnational working groups on Day 1, refines it with material gathered across the three field days, and closes with group presentations and peer feedback on Day 5 — so the outcome is a concrete, ready-to-adapt classroom resource, not only a certificate.

What you'll take home

Apply structured outdoor-education techniques — observation, sketching, field-noting — to turn any heritage site into a teaching resource.

Use the concept of spolia — material reuse across centuries — as a ready-made classroom lens for teaching cultural continuity and change.

Integrate cultural heritage topics into lesson plans, using digital mapping and QR-code tools tested during the course.

Take home a complete Curriculum Integration Project, developed across the week and refined through peer feedback, ready to adapt for your own classroom.

Daily programme

Icebreaker: ice-breaking and trust-building activities for effective, positive interaction throughout the course
Introducing participants' schools and the course
Heritage typologies: tangible, intangible, digital and natural heritage, with UNESCO case studies — preservation vs. educational exposure
Curriculum integration strategies: horizontal and vertical approaches to bringing heritage into school subjects
Digital tools workshop: interactive mapping platforms and QR-code-based instructional tools
Capstone briefing: introducing the week-long Curriculum Integration Project, formation of transnational working groups

Colosseum exterior and the Arch of Constantine: Ancient Roman engineering and imperial propaganda, read as primary sources
The Imperial Fora of Caesar, Augustus and Trajan, along Via dei Fori Imperiali
Capitoline Hill (Piazza del Campidoglio): the administrative, legal and religious nucleus of Ancient Rome
Practicum: structured outdoor-education techniques — observation, sketching, field-noting and historical-empathy exercises, practised on-site
Field reflection: connecting today's observations to classroom practice

St Peter's Square and Basilica: Bernini's colonnade, architectural scale, and masterworks including Michelangelo's Pietà
Trastevere: a historic district preserving its medieval urban fabric, and Rome's intangible heritage
Spolia in practice: examining how ancient architectural material has been reused and reinterpreted across later centuries
Field task: a structured heritage scavenger hunt — participants identify and document spolia in small groups, designed to be adapted directly for school trips

The Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and the theatrical urban planning of Baroque Rome
Piazza Navona and Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, on the site of the ancient Stadium of Domitian
Caravaggio's paintings at San Luigi dei Francesi, and Borromini's architectural innovation at Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
Workshop: structuring the week's field material — photographs, sketches and notes — into a draft classroom activity

Group presentations of the Curriculum Integration Project, with peer review and expert feedback
Course evaluation and dissemination planning for Erasmus+ reporting
Distribution of the digital learning repository and reference materials
Awarding the Certificate (Attendance + Europass Mobility)

Please note: the course fee covers all training sessions and the guided visits to heritage sites in the daily programme. Entrance tickets to museums, archaeological sites and monuments — where a site charges admission — are not included and are paid directly by each participant, based on what they choose to visit. Ask us for an estimated on-site budget when you apply.

Please note: classes run in the morning or afternoon at the trainer's discretion, and daily timings can shift depending on the trainer's plan and the group's needs. If you'd like a specific topic covered, let us know when you apply — the confirmed day-by-day schedule is sent to registered participants ahead of the course.

Certificate: we issue the Certificate of Attendance to everyone who's present for at least 80% of the course — tracked with the daily sign-in sheet (see Certificate & assessment).

Equipment: a few of our courses ask participants to bring a laptop — check the day-by-day programme above, or ask us if you're not sure.

Need a formal invoice or proforma for your school's records? Ask us — we issue official invoices with the participant's name and course details.

Materials & tools

Interactive mapping platforms and QR-code-based instructional tools, tested hands-on during the Day 1 digital workshop

A digital learning repository, distributed on Day 5, with instructional resources and reference materials from the course

A structured field-task template (the heritage scavenger hunt) for documenting spolia, adaptable for school trips

Field-note and sketching materials for practising outdoor-education observation techniques on-site

Certificate & assessment

This is a Certificate of Attendance, not an exam-based qualification — recognition comes from completing the structured programme, not from passing a test. The real, lasting value is in the competencies listed above under What you'll take home.

Erasmus Mobility Academy

Certificate of Attendance

Cultural Heritage: Rome · 5 days · 25 hrs

+ Europass Mobility document

Type your name above — clearly marked "SAMPLE" in the PDF, not an official document.

The real certificate is signed by your trainer and EMA's authorised signatory. Your own signature isn't on this document — it's captured separately, on the Europass Mobility document.

Need to verify a real certificate? Check it online using the serial number and participant's full name, or contact us directly — [email protected], OID E10304561.

Attendance

Tracked using a sign-in sheet with one signature per participant per day (paper or digital). This record is used to issue your Certificate of Attendance and Europass Mobility document. View sign-in sheet (PDF)

Output

Every participant leaves with a completed Dissemination & School Impact Plan — a step-by-step template for applying the course back at your school (see below).

Feedback

An end-of-course evaluation form is sent to every participant after the course ends — a chance to reflect on what you've learned and how you'll apply it, and it helps us keep improving the course for future participants.

Your paperwork

Keep your travel tickets, boarding passes and (if you used green travel) any related receipts — your school or National Agency may ask for these for their own Erasmus+ reporting.

How to prepare

Modest dress (shoulders and knees covered) is required for St Peter's Basilica on Day 3.

If you would like to visit the interior of the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Vatican Museums or the Pantheon, book tickets in advance — availability is limited in peak season. Ask us about the optional four-venue ticket bundle when you apply.

Practical information

Registration & documents

Not sure how registering works or what paperwork is involved? See our full Registration & Documents guide — from applying to your Certificate of Attendance, in one place.

Invitation letter

Need a formal invitation letter for your school or embassy? Request one — we send it within 2 business days. See a sample (PDF).

Learning Agreement

Prepared by our staff and sent to you and your school once your registration form is submitted — see what it looks like. See a sample (PDF).

Billing & invoicing

We issue official invoices/proformas with the participant's name and course details — ask us. Payment is due in full by bank transfer before the course start date. See a sample (PDF).

Airport transfer

Guidance on getting from the nearest airport to the venue is included in your welcome information.

Accommodation

We can recommend partner hotels close to the venue in the host city — ask us when you apply.

For your school / proposal

School impact

After completing this Cultural Heritage course, the participating staff member can transfer outcomes directly to their school: a short briefing for colleagues sharing the key takeaways, applying relevant tools or strategies from the programme in their own role, and inclusion of the course materials in the school's professional development resources — turning one person's mobility into a wider institutional gain that supports the school's European Development Plan. Use the Dissemination & School Impact Plan below to fill in your own — it saves as you go and can generate a one-page summary for your coordinator too.

Prefer a blank, course-independent version of this template? Get it here →

After the course

Participants will receive their certificates (Certificate of Attendance + Europass).

Participants will complete a general course evaluation and event survey.

Participants will receive course materials, videos, photos, and PDF documents in both digital and print formats.

Follow-up support: an email group is created for idea exchange, self-evaluation materials are provided, and participants receive a follow-up check-in after 3 months to discuss progress on bringing Rome's cultural heritage and European identity themes into their own classrooms.

Frequently asked

This course is an eligible training activity under Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (School Education Mobility) — the course fee, travel and subsistence fall within the eligible cost categories. Whether it is covered depends on your own project's approved grant agreement and your National Agency's rules; we provide all the invoices, attendance records and certificates your National Agency requires for reporting.

B1 or above is comfortable. Trainers speak clearly, materials are written in plain English, and mixed-nationality teams support each other.

Absolutely — group bookings of 3+ from one school receive priority placement, and we can schedule a dedicated session for groups of 12 or more.

This course runs only in Rome — the daily programme is built around that city's own heritage sites, so it is not offered in our other centres.

Tuition, all course materials and both certificates (attendance + Europass Mobility). Flights, accommodation and travel insurance are booked separately — we send a vetted hotel list.

You can move to any later session free of charge. Cancellations made 30+ days before the start date receive a full refund; a reduced refund applies closer to the date — see our full Cancellation & Refund Policy for the exact schedule.

This mobility supports the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 School Education objective of "promoting knowledge about shared European heritage and diversity", and the horizontal priority on participation in democratic life, common values and civic engagement, which highlights participants' understanding of "European social, cultural and historical heritage". Through structured sessions and guided visits to Rome's Ancient, Baroque and Vatican heritage — including the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Sistine Chapel — participants gain first-hand material to bring intercultural dialogue and Europe's layered cultural identity into their own classroom. Frame it in your own project's terms — your National Agency's current call will confirm exactly how it applies.

Days 2 to 4 each involve several kilometres of walking across Ancient, Papal and Baroque Rome, including uneven ancient stone paths with little shade around the Roman Forum and Capitoline Hill. Rome can reach 30–35°C in July and August, so sessions are paced with shaded breaks and water stops, and may shift to cooler hours of the day in warmer months. St Peter's Basilica, visited on Day 3, requires modest dress (shoulders and knees covered). Please let us know in advance if any participants have mobility considerations.

Cultural Heritage: Rome