Type Military college Location Venice, Italy Province Province of Venice | Established 1937 Phone +39 041 244 1922 Founded 1937 | |
Website www.marina.difesa.it/formazione/istituti/morosini/Pagine/default.aspx Address Viale Piave S. Elena, 30, 30100 Venezia, Italy Sports Sailing, Fencing, Swimming, Track and field athletics, Boxing, Basketball, Volleyball Similar Italian Naval Academy, Military Academy of Modena, Conservatorio di Musica Benedett, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Università Iuav di Venezia | ||
The Francesco Morosini Naval Military School (Italian: Scuola militare navale Francesco Morosini) is a military boarding school founded in 1937 and based in Venice. Boys and girls of an age between 15 and 18 years old can attend the last three years of high school here. The military education of cadets is provided by officers of the Italian Navy.
Many kind of sports are practiced in the school: sailing, rowing, swimming, track and field, basketball, volleyball, Venetian rowing and others.
History
A naval boarding school was established in Venice in 1937, and it was named "Collegio Navale della Gioventù Italiana del Littorio". It aimed to encourage young men to engage in activities related to the sea and to prepare them to enroll in the Regia Marina. In 1945, after Italy's defeat in World War II the School was closed. In 1961, the boarding school opened again and it was named after doge Francesco Morosini. It allowed boys to attend here the last three years of high school. In 1998, the School obtained military status and it was therefore renamed "Scuola Navale Militare Francesco Morosini". In 2009, girls were allowed to attend the School.