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Gladiator World to be built in Rome
Always wanted to be a Gladiator? Want to fight like the legionnaires did? It is all coming available now. New astonishing facts are beginning to leak about the collapsed roof at the Domus Aurea this last Monday. The work under way was not restoration works. It is really foundation works for a new amusement park [...]
Corot to Monet – The symphony of nature
Until June 29, 2010 the city of Rome will host the exhibition “Corot to Monet – The symphony of nature”.
The exhibition will show more than 170 works which shows the evolutionary path of the Impressionists way of presenting the natural landscape, starting from the early innovations of the painters of [...]
Roof collapses on Nero’s palace
This morning parts of the roof of at Nero’s Golden Palace in Rome, Domus Aurea, collapsed this morning. Workers were doing repairs when parts of the roof collapsed, which in turn led to the garden on top of the roof collapsed inside the palace in an area of about 100 square meters. No one was [...]
Arista alla Fiorentina
Today’s cooking is a perfect dish to prepare ahead. Arista alla Fiorentina is actually as good served cold as warn.
Arista derives from the Greek word aristos, meaning “best”. According to tradition, some Greek clergymen which visited Florence in 1430 for a Ecumenical Council were served the Tuscan-style roast pork and found it “aristos” or very [...]
Egon Shiele and his times
At the Royal Palace in Milan, a much interesting exhibition on Egon Shiele (1890-1918) are opening at the moment. Schiele was regarded by many of his contemporaries as the predestined successor to Gustav Klimt, but died before he could fulfill his promise. His fascinating but not wholly admirable character is accounted for, at least in [...]
Neurotic jazz with Woody Allen
Maybe most know as a movie director, and actor Woody Allen is also a musician, playing with a impressive wibe the clarinet. At the moment he and his New Orleans Jazz Band, are touring Europe and will be in Italy at the end of the month.
The first concert will be on March [...]
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Via Crucis tonight – Not to miss
Happy Easter everyone! If you are in Rome tonight, do not miss the Via Crucis – the commemoration mass with the Pope outside the Coliseum. A mass held every Good Friuday in memory of the Christian matures who died in there. First time hold in 1991 by late Pope John Paul II.
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Gladiator World to be built in Rome
Always wanted to be a Gladiator? Want to fight like the legionnaires did? It is all coming available now. New astonishing facts are beginning to leak about the collapsed roof at the Domus Aurea this last Monday. The work under way was not restoration works. It is really foundation works for a new amusement park [...]
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Corot to Monet – The symphony of nature
Until June 29, 2010 the city of Rome will host the exhibition “Corot to Monet – The symphony of nature”.
The exhibition will show more than 170 works which shows the evolutionary path of the Impressionists way of presenting the natural landscape, starting from the early innovations of the painters of [...] -
Boldini and the Italians in Paris
Chiostro del Bramante in Rome – behind Piazza Navona – usually holds a grand exhibition each winter season. This years exhibition is dedicated to the painter Giovanni Boldini and the Italian artists who lived in Paris at the end of the nineteenth century.
During the late nineteenth century, France was to lead the way in contemporary [...] - More from Art and History
Travel Info
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Rome – the world’s sexiest city!
The world’s sexiest city – Rome. At least according to the Sunday Times Travel Magazine. Together with Rome you find Paris, London, St Petersburg, Havana and the city of Bath. So we can conclude that founded Bath an London, and turned Rome and Paris into metropolises, they did not only knew how to conquer, [...]
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Egon Shiele and his times
At the Royal Palace in Milan, a much interesting exhibition on Egon Shiele (1890-1918) are opening at the moment. Schiele was regarded by many of his contemporaries as the predestined successor to Gustav Klimt, but died before he could fulfill his promise. His fascinating but not wholly admirable character is accounted for, at least in [...]
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The Last Supper
One of the most famous paintings in the world is surely The Last Supper, painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1494 to 1497. This wall painting, which can be seen in the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. This fantastic painting has ‘been restored a decade ago
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Vatican day
Start by visiting the biggest church in the world S.t Peter’s Basilica, and, if you want, climb the dome to get a full panorama view of the city. When done in the basilica, have lunch and then do the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. Best time to visit this part is in [...] - More from Travel Guide
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Italian jokes
It’s been a long week, hasn’t it? Well, cheer up, here’s a few good Italian jokes to make you start of the weekend with a smile:
The Italian businessman
An Italian businessman on his deathbed called his good friend and said, “Luigi, I want you to promise me that when I die you will have my remains [...] -
L’Età della Conquista. Il fascino dell’arte greca a Roma
The Romans took a lot from the Greeks and developed into their own. Especially in art. A new exhibition at the Musei Capitolini offers you an unique collection of Greek art from early Roman days.
The works comes from one of the most significant eras for the development of all western art: the period following the [...] - Archives:
