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Walking a day or more in Villa Borghese

Since people who visit Rome usually keep their visits to the city’s historical centre, they sometimes get the idea that there aren’t many green spaces. Nothing could be further from the truth. Rome boasts the title of being the “greenest” city in Europe, with parks all over. Different in size and style, perhaps the city’s most famous one is Villa Borghese. This particular park was developed around what used to be a residence and garden for the powerful Borghese family. In the early XX century, it was acquired by the State and opened to the general public. With almost 200,000 acres of territory, it’s Rome fourth largest park. But Villa Borghese’s way more than just a lovely green area of the city. It is home to an incredible number of attractions. A stroll down the lanes of this park is definitely worth your while. Here are some of the reasons why. Museums, museums everywhere One of the most important museums in the city (and the world, actually) is located by one of the Villa’s entrance. The Borghese Gallery is a

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August 6, 2017 11:16 am
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Mysterious Castel Sant’Angelo

Here we are with a new column, this time about Rome’s attractions and monuments seen in depth, let’s say at close quarters. So many times on travel blogs monuments are mentioned or just quoted, but not that often we deal with these priceless treasures with the right approach. For this piece I want to tell you about Castel Sant’Angelo, a wonder of Rome that particularly fascinates me, either for its architecture or for its mysterious charm. Castel Sant’Angelo, also known as The Mausoleum of Hadrian in as much commissioned by Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for him and his family. It is located on the right bank of the river Tiber and once it used to be the tallest construction in Rome. Thereafter the building was used as a fortification, prison and residence by Popes of Roman church and at the present it is a museum. Also due to its use it has an halo of mystery, majesty and authority. Build between 134 and 139 AD, initially it was more bare but later it had been renowned with Baroque additions

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April 11, 2017 1:29 pm
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Autumn exhibitions in Rome Vol.1

Museums in Rome: Autumn Exhibitions Rome offers limitless cultural activities. The city is a paradise for art lovers, with its vast selection of important museums and venues rich of unique events. In this new autumn season you will be as usual spoiled for choice, so we are going to suggest you some interesting exhibitions and art events: Keys to Rome Rome Museum: The city of Augustus, Mercati di Traiano (September 24, 2014 – May 10, 2015) On the 23 September 2014, in occasion of the two-thousandth anniversary of the death of Augustus, 13 countries will meet in Rome, Amsterdam, Alexandria and Sarajevo for the opening of this great exhibit, an interactive journey to discover the city of Augustus and the Roman Empire, seen and experienced from its four corners, four fascinating venues on Roman culture. Rome’s location will be the wonderful setting of the Imperial Fora Museum and will include two interconnected sections focused on storytelling and on the description of most relevant Augustan places in the capital. The museum collection can be discovered through a digital itinerary using computer

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November 11, 2014 6:00 pm
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Valentine's Day Perfect Gift

Have you already thought about making a surprise to your sweetheart giving him as a gift a trip to Rome for Valentine’s Day? Well, on the occasion of the Feast of Love (Friday, February 14), the italian Ministry of Arts and Culture invites all couples to go to museums. Indeed with only a ticket you can enter in two. Romantic or not, we should not lose the opportunity to visit many Italian museums entering in two with a single ticket. History of Valentine’s Day What do you know about Valentine’s Day? The feast takes its name from martyr St. Valentine in Terni. There are many legends about the life of St. Valentine, one of these tells of the marriage celebrated by the saint patron of lovers between a Roman centurion and his beloved. The marriage was celebrated at the bedside of the dying girl, after that the young baptized, he expressed the desire to never be separated from her, so St. Valentine united them in marriage; then they both died. Typical Valentine’s Day Traditions Valentine’s Day is celebrated almost everywhere,

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February 3, 2014 11:59 am
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The Domus Aurea re-opens to the public after eight years

The vertigo to see up close stucco and frescoes, the same who had so influenced the Renaissance artists who first came down in the subterranean newly discovered on Opium Hill. Helmet on his head and walking shoes ready to climb on scaffolding high as ten meters. Who knows, for once, those who seem to shipyards ‘ infinite ‘ and inaccessible, does not allocate breathtaking surprises. And that’s exactly what ‘s going to happen to the impressive restoration site of the Domus Aurea, closed since 2006 for risk collapse and structural failure. Eight more months of waiting and Nero’s house, an absolute masterpiece of antiquity, but at the same time fragile and weak creature will finally open its doors to the public. Not all of the monumental complex, sure, but only certain portions of which have been wisely made safe. The news was announced by the blog ‘author’ of the Domus Aurea, the online diary kept by the director Fedora Filippi, and the entire technical staff of the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of Rome, and confirmed by the offices of Palazzo

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November 6, 2013 7:09 am
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Museum Night, this Saturday in Rome the marathon of culture

Museums and cultural spaces open to the public in the evening, with many events dedicated to art, music, dance, theater, cinema, reading and guided tours. Next Saturday returns to Rome ‘Night of Museums, an initiative to free access now in its fifth edition. The initiative was presented today at the hall of the Capitoline Museums Pietro da Cortona by the Department of Cultural Policies Roma Capitale, Dino Gasperini, by the Director General for the enhancement of the cultural heritage of the Ministry of Culture, Anna Maria Buzzi, from the president of the chamber of Commerce of Rome, Giancarlo Cremonesi, Capitoline by the Superintendent to cultural Umberto Broccoli, the chairman of the Libraries of Rome, Francesco Antonelli and Francesco Marcolini, President of Zetema project culture.

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May 16, 2013 6:37 am