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Culture The Tower Te TASIS campus stands on the Collina d’Oro, Te value of culture is no afterthought or by- the “hill of gold” in Montagnola, a little village product at TASIS. Symbolized in the TASIS crest as overlooking Lugano, the most important city in the Tower, culture is central to a TASIS education; Ticino, the southernmost and Italian-speaking the emphasis on art and history starts with the canton of Switzerland. campus itself. Te “hill of gold” may have suggested wealth and Te most magnifcent campus building is Villa de power at one time, but ever since TASIS, the “Scuola Nobili, a 17th-century mansion that still contains the Americana,” came to grace the crown of the hill, the suits of armor placed there when the building was phrase has developed a new connotation. Education a national museum. Now, it provides a fascinating implies another kind of richness, a diferent set of setting for a dormitory, science classrooms, values. administrative ofces, and the School’s dining room. Te spectacular setting, with the Swiss mountains above and Lake Lugano below, is a constant Another noteworthy building is Casa Fleming, reminder of the grandeur of nature. Te historic home of the Founder and a centuries-old landmark campus buildings suggest the nobility toward which of the Collina d’Oro, which now houses the alumni, humans can aspire. development, and marketing ofces, as well as the ofce of Mrs. Aeschliman. 8 8