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Sensational discovery in Rome: found a second Mona Lisa which could be by Leonardo Da Vinci

In a deposit in Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies, a painting was found very similar to the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci and which, according to experts, could have been painted by the Tuscan genius himself or by his students. An extraordinary discovery that could rewrite the history of one of the most famous pictorial works in the world, the one that took place in Rome in 2019 and made known in these last hours, as told by the newspaper La Repubblica. In a depot of Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies, a painting was found very similar to the famous Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci and which, according to experts, could have been painted by the Tuscan genius himself or by his students under his supervision. The link between this work and Leonardo was revealed by the commissioner of the Chamber, Francesco D’Uva. This is a copy of the painting in the Louvre made by Leonardo’s workshop, perhaps even with the same collaboration as him the exponent of the Five Star Movement explains

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February 18, 2022 11:50 am
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Max Parini Tour Guide Interview by Luxury Travel

It is a great honor for us to be featured on the distinguished website Deluxe Series european team that has recently interviewed our Max Parini, who for this occasion shares with us the knowledge of his home city. Max Parini and Rome Grown up in Rome, Max lives and breathes this city and has thoroughly enjoyed every minute with his clients from all around the world. To show us that Italy Rome Tour is an unmatched tour operator, he explain us that with his tours there are no limits of entering inside all Museums and Monuments. In addition he reveals us some secrets about his job and Italy Rome Tour itself. For instance, every tour operator offers you the typical itineraries, but Italy Rome Tour permits you to discover one of a kind places and routes, some off-the-beaten-paths which only a true Roman knows.The Underground Tour for example explores centuries of history buried in the subterranean layers that lie beneath five churches throughout the city. The interview goes on with many precious information about Italy and the art of the

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January 3, 2014 3:29 pm
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The Roman Forum only for pedestrian, Marino: No turning back, from August 3 to stop traffic

This August 3, the Forum will close to traffic. Without turning back, whatever the cost. THE CASETo emphasize the concept on the pedestrian dei Fori Imperiali was this morning the mayor Ignazio Marino at presentation of new project that redesigns in part the viability of the area around the Colosseum. This is just the beginning of a journey that will lead to a sea change. We will go forward as quickly as possible and we will come to a complete pedestrianization, “Marino said at the presentation of the Night of the Forum, the initiative organized by the baptism of the new area pedestrian, which will have its climax at midnight with the concert on the stage will be set off Corrado Ricci, Symphony Orchestra of Santa Cecilia.

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July 29, 2013 2:18 pm
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Ostiense: from the excavation other treasures. The experts identify a millstone Pompeian

Piazzale Ostiense continues to give discoveries. Before the riddle of the shoes of the Second World War, with the outstanding facilities of the “Portico of” St. Paul, and the crypt of the church of late antiquity of San Salvatore de Porta. Now, not only the church has revealed the complexity of its walls, but has resurfaced even a millstone Pompeii, in his typical hourglass shape, over a meter high, which owes its name to the type in use at Pompeii. What does a grinding grain in this context? “It’s really a yard of surprises,” says archaeologist Francesca Mattei Pavoni at work, under the scorching sun, in the trenches almost two meters below the road surface.

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July 12, 2013 4:57 pm
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Catacombs of San Sebastian: alarm collapses and infiltration, At the risk all the assets

ROME – The ancient roof no longer holds. For every shower of rain may lose pieces. The floor of the 50s of the last century no longer holds water infiltration in a thousand streams that penetrate unrelenting in the basement, flooding ruinously its extraordinary archaeological treasures. The humidity is now a virus that winds on all surfaces pictorial putting at risk the seal. It is a state of high alert for the catacombs of San Sebastiano on the Appian Way, one of the most important archaeological complexes of Rome, strained by long raids of bad weather, even out of season, and inability on the part of the economic community brothers to face alone the redevelopment and consolidation.

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June 10, 2013 2:35 pm
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Recycling: In Rome, a festival on the art of recycling

Rome, April 4 (TMNews) – It ‘ready to go to the new Rome International Festival of Arts & Recycling: RIscARTI with the Economy City will dedicate 10 days to the theme of re-use with workshops, screenings, performances, exhibition of objects and design for a DDRESSING environmental issues through the privileged instrument of contemporary art. Beyond the rule of the 4 r: reduction, recovery, recycling and reuse, there is RiscArti: The sc-arts, or the remains, are the re sniffed, remained at the end. Learn the art and put it aside to invent and assemble objects, to give new life and new uses different forms to re Sniff – seems to be the message of the organizers.

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April 5, 2013 11:41 am