Back الأكاديمية الوطنية للعلوم (إيطاليا) Arabic Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze Catalan Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze German Académie nationale des sciences (Italie) French Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL Italian イタリア科学アカデミー Japanese Academia Nacional das Ciências (Itália) Portuguese Академия сорока Russian
The Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze (lit. 'National Academy of the Sciences'), or more formally L'Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, and also called the Accademia dei XL (lit. 'Academy of the Forty'), is Italy's national academy of science. Its offices are located within the Villino Rosso, at the corner of via L. Spallanzani and via Siracusa, Villa Torlonia, Rome.
The academy promotes progress in mathematics, physics, and natural sciences; organizes meetings; publishes journals; establishes consultative committees for governmental agencies; and awards scientific prizes.
The academy contains 40 fellows and a variable number of "fellows in excess" who are age 70 and above, and who have been fellows for at least five years. It also contains 25 foreign members.