The Rome Language Centre of the Dante Alighieri was opened in 1981;

the school and specialises in the teaching and learning of Italian language for foreign students

. CLIDA Rome offers language and culture courses, internship and singing programs. The main school was set up in Florence in 1966 and today the Centro Linguistico Italiano Dante Alighieri has a number of other centres also in Greece. The school has authorisation from the Education Ministry and is open all year round. The Rome centre is housed in a stylish turn of the century building, at 1 of the central Piazza Bologna. It is within easy reach of the historical centre and all other areas, amply served by Underground Line B and many bus routes. The classrooms are large and bright and there is a terrace which, in spring, summer and autumn, becomes a meeting-place for students during breaks.