Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila

The Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila is an academy of fine arts located in L'Aquila, Italy. It was founded in 1969.

History
The academy was founded in 1969 and started its activities in the 1969-70 academic year; until 1989, the institute had its seat in the city's historic centre in the Palazzo Carli Benedetti. From 1989 it moved to a building specially designed by Paolo Portoghesi in the modern district of Pettino. Following the L'Aquila earthquake of 2009, the academy interrupted its activities for a few days.