The monument to St. Francis of Assisi (1181 / 82-1226) on the square of Porta S. Giovanni was inaugurated in 1927 on the occasion of the seventh centenary of the death of the saint. The sculptural group remembers the pilgrimage of the Saint in Rome with Pope Innocent III along with his followers to acknowledge the rule of his foundation. On the front is the inscription and the dedication; on the other sides are the verses of the XI song of the Paradise of the Divine Comedy, with which Dante Alighieri describes the figure of the saint. The Saint’s recurrence…
Statue of San. Francesco at Porta San Giovanni
- Posted on 7 November 2017
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“Certificate of Excellence 2017 Tripadvisor”
- Posted on 1 July 2017
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Domus appia 154 is pleased to announce that it has also received this year The “Certificate of Excellence 2017” by Tripadvisor. A Thank you to all our guests for contributing to our success. www.domusappia154.com
Rome Baths of Diocletian, the “Cypress of Michelangelo” Not many know that inside of the Baths of Diocletian (Zone Of The Piazza della Rupubblica) there are four cypresses which tradition and probably according to history, they were planted by the Supreme Architect. During the time that Michelangelo was busy in restoring what is now the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, he would have planted these hundred year old trees, the large cloister of the former monastery of the Carthusian monks, and today the Roman National Museum. The famous church was carved by Michelangelo taking advantage of the great walls…
Domus Appia 154 wins the “Guest reviews Awards 2016”
- Posted on 19 January 2017
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#Roma Domus Appia 154 is pleased to report that he had received: “Guest Review Awards 2016″ of BOOKING.COM. Thanks to all our guests for their contribution to the achievement of this precious result.
Ice Park Re di Roma Re di Roma is skating on ice: Ice Park opened the “
- Posted on 13 January 2017
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Ice Park King of Rome A Re di Roma Square skating on ice: Ice Park opened the “ Ice Park King of Rome From 18/12/2016 to 28/02/2017 A Re di Roma is skating on ice: Ice Park opened – has reopened, after several years of absence, the ‘Ice Park in Piazza Re di Roma: the historic location of the Roman ice skating. From day thousands of Romans flocked on pint decreeing immediate success. The track, a few steps from San Giovanni, in the recent past one of the most appreciated by the Romans because situated in one of the busiest…
Rome Show 100 Nativity Scenes – Rome from November 26 to January 10
- Posted on 7 December 2016
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The exhibition of 100 nativity scenes of Rome came to the 40th edition, the exhibition will take place within the halls of Bramante from November 26 to January 10 at 9:30 am to 20:00 every day including Sundays, Christmas, New Year and Epiphany. The main purpose of the exhibition is in the will to reaffirm a typically Italian tradition which was in danger of disappearing, and in promoting awareness of this tradition abroad. The material of 100 cribs: The cribs that can be admired by visiting the exhibition, are a great attraction because, coming from various foreign countries and from…
#Roma SUNDAY AT THE MUSEUM: free admission to civic museums
- Posted on 17 November 2016
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Sunday, December 4, 2016 new opportunity to visit for free all municipal museums. Here’s what civic museums can be visited free of charge every first Sunday of the month: – CAPITOLINI MUSEUMS – MONTEMARTINI – MARKETS OF TRAJAN – ARA PACIS MUSEUM – MUSEUM OF ROMA IN PALAZZO BRASCHI – MUSEUM OF ROME IN TRASTEVERE – MUSEUMS OF VILLA TORLONIA – MACRO and MACRO Testaccio – MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY – ART GALLERY OF MODERN ROME CAPITAL – MUSEUM PIETRO CANONICA – NAPOLEONIC MUSEUM – MUSEUM OF WALLS – VILLA MASSENZIO – Carlo Bilotti Museum
Edward Hopper exhibition at the Vittoriano “The works of Edward Hopper exhibition at the Vittoriano”
- Posted on 18 October 2016
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Via del Vittoriano complex in St. Peter in Chains From 01/10/2016 to 02/12/2017 By Parisian watercolors landscapes and city views of the ’50s and’ 60s, the exhibition curated by Barbara Haskell – curator of paintings and the Whitney Museum of American Art sculptures – in collaboration with Luca Beatrice, through more than 60 works, including famous masterpieces such as South Carolina Morning (1955), Second Story Sunlight (1960), New York Interior (1921), Le Bistro or the Wine Shop (1909), Summer Interior (1909), interesting studies (such as the study for the Girlie Show 1941) celebrates the hand of Hopper, superb designer: a…
From 29 September 2016 to 19 February 2017 in the Cloister of Bramante in Rome, “LOVE. Contemporary art meets the love “
- Posted on 11 October 2016
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“LOVE. Contemporary art meets the love “ LOVE. Contemporary art meets the love And an absolute must-see novelty in the Capitoline cultural proposals of recent years that is a candidate to bring the city of Rome on-line at the same level of the most respected international exhibition reality. For the first time they will be gathered among the most important artists of contemporary art, such as Yayoi Kusama, Tom Wesselmann, Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Gilbert & George, Francesco Vezzoli, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Francesco Clemente, Joana Vasconcelos, with the works by highly experiential language (“All the Eternal Love I Have…
At The Foot Of The Pyramid: The cemetery for foreigners in Rome celebrates 300 years
- Posted on 28 September 2016
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From 22 September to 13 November 2016 an overview at the Goethe House Museum on how European and American artists in different eras have represented the Protestant Cemetery in Testaccio, Paintings, drawings and works from the eighteenth in the early twentieth century, illustrate the history of this place dedicated to the citizens of deaths Protestant faith in papal Rome. Will be on display both views of the whole area close to the Pyramid of Cestius, both of individual graves. The most beautiful and solemn cemetery I’ve ever seen “said the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Since the non-Catholic foreigners in Rome…