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New Years Eve – Free concert outside Coliseum
We thought it was a joke when we heard it, but it turned out to be true. After the grand success with last years free concert outside the Coliseum – the queen of rock, Gianna Nannini, rocked Rome good – the Major of Rome proclaimed no more free concerts. This has been an ongoing event [...]
Romatic Christmas installation will help children in Uganda
Visiting a any major city during the Christmas season is definitely an suggestive experience with all the lights and decorations that embellish the streets. This, of course consumes a lot of energy. Starting this year, the Lombard capital, Milan, will host a manifestation to make the public reflect on sustainability and energy saving. Starting December [...]
Rome Gospel Festival this Christmas
On December 20 starts the Rome Gospel Festival which starts at the’Auditorium – Parco della Musica. It’s the fourteenth Edition of the this Christmas event. The Gospel Festival is becoming a reference point for Gospel fans in Italy. During the month of December, the best choirs and gospel spirituals of the United States bring their [...]
Michelangelo – the architect of Rome
Piazza del Campidoglio,
Palazzo Farnes, the Basilica of St. Peter, Santa Maria degli Angeli and the Sforza Chapel and the Porta Pia. The list of landmarks in Rome made by the great artist Michelangelo is impressive.
At the Capitol museums in Rome there is now running a great exhibition of the artist. 17 sections and [...]
New Years Eve in Venice
Could there be a more romantic place to spend New Years eve than Venice?
Venice is a city with a alluring charm at any time of year. Its buildings, its canals and bridges make you believe that time has stopped, in this atmosphere magical and surreal.
But especially at New Years it defies the imagination. Start the [...]
Christmas Markets in Florence
Christmas market in Florence – it doesn’t get much more romantic than this.
Strolling through the stylish decorated booths, with shiny ornaments,Cristmas music in the background – the Christmas market in Florence offers a lot for everybody. Her you can discover many decorations for your Christmas tree, the house, the crib or a perfect Christmas [...]
Midnight Mass
If you are planning to spend Christmas in Rome, you should go to S:t Peter’s
Basilica for the Midnight mass, with Pope Benedictus XVI, on December 24. Tickets are free, but must be reserve ahead – now – to be sure to get one. They run out quickly. So contact the Vatican booking office on:
Prefecture [...]
L’ETA’ DI COURBET E MONET
About an hour north of Venice, near Codriopo you will find Villa Manin, the home of the last Doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin, Today it is a centre for contemporary art. At the moment they are doing a great impressionist exhibition “From Courbet to Monet. The spread of Realism and Impressionism in Central and Eastern [...]
Caravaggio meeting Bacon at the Borghese Gallery
If you are coming to Rome this fall, be sure not to miss out on the interesting exhibition at Borghese Gallery on the two giants Carravaggio and Bacon.
After Raphael in 2006, Canova in 2007 and Correggio in 2008, 2009 is the year that the gallery dedicated to a confrontation between two of the biggest and [...]
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
