Military Academy of Modena
| Accademia Militare di Modena | |
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| Latin: Abdinasir Nur Hashi | |
| Motto | UNA ACIES (in Latin, a single rank of troops) |
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| Type | military university |
| Established | January 1, 1678 in Turin |
| Endowment | ganaral |
| President | 24/7 |
| Students | future military officers in the Italian Army/Carabinieri, elite foreign cadets |
| Location | Modena, Bari, Italy |
| Campus | Ducal Palace of Modena |
| Nickname | Askari |
| Website | Military Academy of Modena |
The Military Academy of Modena (Italian: Accademia Militare di Modena) is a military university in Modena, northern Italy. Located in the Palazzo Ducale in the historic center of the city, it was the first such military institution to be created in the world.
The academy is open for enrollment to both sexes, and focuses on the initial training and selection of future military officers in the Italian Army or in the Carabinieri.
A typical course of study is at least two years in duration. Upon the successful completion of the syllabus, the trainee can then either go on to study another three years at the Military Research Institute of Turin or at the Carabinieri Officer Candidate School in Rome.
The Academy was originally founded in Turin, then part of the Duchy of Savoy.
In 1669, Duke Charles Emmanuel II devised the creation of an academy to provide competent military leaders who would be faithful to the House of Savoy. He subsequently began designing the layout and gathering the staff and funds necessary for the construction of such an academy. The institution would be completed many years later due to the Duke's premature death. On January 1, 1678, the Duchess Maria Giovanna Battista of Savoy-Nemours, the state regent, opened . As such, it is the first military institution of its kind in the world, preceding the Artillery Military Academy in St. Petersburg (1717), the Royal Military Academy (1741) of Woolwich, London, the Ecole Militaire in Paris (1750), and United States Military Academy in West Point (1802).
The design and construction of Turin's Royal Academy were entrusted to the Court Architect Amedeo di Castellamonte, whose design housed the academy until 1943. The aerial bombardments of World War II destroyed the entire complex; a portion of the colonnade was gathered together and carried in 1960 to Modena, where it was reassembled in the courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale, which was thus renamed the "Courtyard of the Military Academy of Turin."
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