Through a selection of masterpieces from the most important museums in the world, the exhibition compares the paths of two absolute stars of the Italian Renaissance, Antonio Allegri called Correggio (1489-1534) and Francesco Mazzola called Parmigianino (1503-1540). Thanks to the formidable talent of these two artists, the city of Parma became the beginning of the sixteenth century, an artistic center able to fully compete with the great Italian art capitals like Rome, Florence and Venice. Correggio went to Parma at the end of the second decade of the sixteenth century, when it was already at the peak of his career,…
Scuderie del Quirinale Shows art 12/03 26/06/2016 Correggio e Parmigianino
- Posted on 21 March 2016
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March 15th, the Ides of March Reenactment of Gaius Julius Caesar’s death
- Posted on 8 March 2016
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Rome, March 15, 2016 at 16:00 and at 17:00 will be the Ides of March, the day of the killing of Julius Caesar. In memory of the historical event, in ‘immediate proximity Area Sacra di Largo Argentina (due to renovations) The Gruppo Storico Romano for the XIII edition, offers the historic commemoration of the tragic events of March 15, 44 BC Idi_di_marzo_gruppo_storico_romano-The commemoration, in historical clothing, with strictly philological reconstruction, is divided into three scenes. In the first Marco Antonio, Cato, Cicero, senators and tribunes of the people, will be the protagonists of the Senate at the end of the…
Rome free evening concerts at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia
- Posted on 17 February 2016
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Opens Saturday, February 20 and until 09 April, in the Conservatory of Music Academic Hall “Santa Cecilia” (Via dei Greci, 18), the third edition of the Festival “A body for Roma” designed by Giorgio Carnini and promoted by the Camerata Italica, in collaboration with the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, the Conservatory “Santa Cecilia” and, this year, the University Concert Institution (IUC). The concerts are free and evening The festival is sponsored by the Lazio Region, the City of Rome and the Dante Alighieri Society, it is part of a larger project that tends to draw public attention and the institutions on…
Rome Appia Antica street : The nymph Egeria
- Posted on 11 February 2016
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The nymph Egeria is located near the ancient Via Appia in the Caffarella park. According to tradition, the nymph Egeria was one of the deities related to the sources of water and milk offers reciprocated by giving prophecies; generally accompanied them heroes or important characters, so ‘Egeria is one‘ to the origins of Rome by marrying the Roman king Numa Pompilius, the successor of Romulus. Legend has it that they should meet in this place to chat and make love, here inspired nymph groom in making laws and treat the religious order of primitive Rome. On the death of King…
Roma Via Giulia : Situated at the center of the city between the district of Trastevere and Campo dei Fiori, in the Middle Ages the road was called “magistralis” because it reputedly one main road, although winding and muddy. Sixtus IV della Rovere, in the plan of reorganization of the city, rebuilt in 1478 this street called the Via Giulia “mercatoria” because it linked the high financial potential area (Piazza di Ponte S. Angelo) with the markets of Campo de ‘Fiori and Piazza Navona. But it was in 1508 that Pope Julius II della Rovere he designed, with Bramante, the…
San.Giovanni in Laterano is ‘the mater et caput of all the churches of Rome and the world. This is the first of the four papal basilicas, and the oldest and most important church in the West. The basilica stands on the same site of the basilica erected by Constantine around 314 on land already owned by the noble family of the Lateran. Its eighteenth-century façade, built by Alessandro Galilei, above the beautiful interior designed by Borromini, which Pope Innocent X Pamphili, in view of the Jubilee of 1650, entrusted the renovation of the interior.
Sir Denis Mahon dedicated his life to the Italian Baroque, his discoveries and his studies on the beauty of Bolognese painting at the turn of the seventeenth century, brought to light exceptional artists such as Guercino, hitherto not recognized painter in his greatness. The exhibition will show more than 45 masterpieces: some belonged to his collection, along with works by Poussin, Guercino, Carracci and Caravaggio from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and other public collections that have generously contributed to the exceptional richness of this exhibition . PALAZZO BARBERINI Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 – 00184 Roma
Appointment 15 ‘before the entrance of the Vatican Museums in Viale Vaticano snc; participation fee € 32 adults, € 22 children under 18 years, free under 6 years. The fee includes entrances, guide services, booking fee and rental whisper. For information and reservations call nos. 0766840578; 0661661527; cell. 3281640180, or write to segreteria@romoloeremo.com, segreteria@amicidiroma.it, leaving all the references to be contacted; charge payable to the guide, which will be recognized with a sign Romulus and Remus. Fonte: amicidiroma.it
Domus appia 154 è lieta di comunicare di essere tra i vincitori del: “Premio Eccellenza” di Tripadvosor 2014. Domus appia intende ringraziare tutti gli ospiti che con la loro simpatia ed i loro giudizi hanno permesso di conquistare al nostro B&B l’ambito riconoscimento. Grazie !!!
Le tante bancarelle saranno ricche di specialità gastronomiche tipiche di Natale, calze con dolci e cioccolata, addobbi e decorazioni per l’albero di natale, tutto il necessario per il presepe. La piazza sarà inoltre animata da artisti di strada, saltimbanchi, giocolieri e artigiani. Qui si snodano le numerose bancarelle con giocattoli, regali, dolci, luci colorate e musice e, come sempre, i numerosi artisti presenti tutto l’anno. Tra gli abituali ritrattisti e artisti di strada che stabilmente popolano la piazza durante tutto l’anno, ecco spuntare carretti, bancarelle, giochi, ghiottonerie natalizie di gastronomia sia locale che internazionale. E a pochi metri dalla Fontana…