Some days in Florence
Florence is the capital of the province and the region of Tuscany. In the past the city has a major influence on the course of Italian culture and humanism and the Renaissance are only two examples of how Florence has contributed to the development of artistic, linguistic, cultural and political construction of identity in an Italy.
One of the best-known figures in the global literary landscape of Florence Dante Alighieri. In the early Middle Ages the city was a free commune and in the thirteenth century the whole town and the area was not only shocked by the bitter struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines. Renaissance Florence was under the government of the Medici, the aristocratic Florentine family who gave a major boost town identity and development of the arts. A figure of all to Lorenzo de’ Medici “the Magnificent (1449-1492).
Today the city is visited by tourists from all over the world thanks to its remarkable artistic treasures housed in historic buildings, such as the Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace.
Calcio storico in Florence
· Calcio Storico
Fabulous fireworks on June 24 conclude Florence‘s celebrations to St. John the Baptist, the patron saint of the city. In the late afternoon, the historical football match – Calcio Storico – is played in Piazza Santa Croce. The Calcio Storico commemorates a similar match played by a soldier trapped in the city in 1530. This Renaissance soccer game is played by teams from four neighborhoods in Florence: Santa Croce (blue), Santo Spirito (white), Santa Maria Novella (red), and San Giovanni (green). The game is a combination of soccer, rugby, and big time wrestling, all played while wearing 16th century costumes.
U2 tour stops in Rome
U2
When: 08th October 2010
Where: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
This is certainly a group that have no problem filling a stadium! With 12 studio albums and 155 millions records sold under their belt U2 are no strangers to the music world and the success that it can bring.
The Irish legends will make a stop in Italy as a part of their 360 degrees tour. For Bono, the eternal city will turn one of its soccer stadiums into a huge rock arena.
Don’t miss the chance to experience the exhilarating live performance of one of the greatest rock bands!
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Sir Elton John in Rome
Elton John
When: 19th September 2010 – 20th September 2010
Where: Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
He’s still the first great piano rock-star in a world dominated by guitar payers. The bizarre clothes and accessories come and go, but when Sir Elton John sits down and plays the piano, the audiences listen, overwhelmed by a storm of emotions.
His evergreen songs gain new life every time Elton sings a powerful rock theme, a jazz improvisation or a blues scale. Sir Elton, the artist who for 4 decades has managed to charm the entire world, arrives to the Eternal city to thrill his fans with a concert packed with the many hits he has collected during a career that spans over 40 years of talent, flamboyance and above all, great songs.
ZZ Top
ZZ Top in Rome
When: july 12th 2010
Where: to be definied
This summer ZZ Top, the most famous beards in the Rock and Roll world will perform in Rome.
The band hails from Texas and it has retained its original lineup for 40 years: Billy Gibbons, vocals and guitar; Joseph Dusty Hill, vocals keyboards and bass and Frank Beard, drums and percussion. Their sound, heavily influenced by blues, is as representative of American popular culture as the long beards of the band’s singers who starting sporting their characteristic look in 1979.
The tickets for the concert will be available shortly through Internet. The venue is yet to be defined.
Rome, The Age Of The Conquest: The Fascination of Greek Art In Rome
When: 5th march 2009- 5th September 2010
Where: Capitoline Museums, Piazza del Campidoglio, 1, Rome
What: Works of art from some of the most important European museums have arrived to Rome to be displayed at the Capitoline Museums in an exhibition that explores the crucial influence that Greek culture had over Rome, its military conqueror.
From Corot to Monet. The symphony of nature
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS IN ROME
When: 5th March – 29th June 2010
Where: Complesso Del Vittoriano, Via Di San Pietro in Carcere, Roma
What: An exhibition thought to correlate the stylistic innovations of Impressionists with the major comprehension of nature, of culture and of modernism of that period. More than 170 masterpieces, many of which have never been exhibited before in Italy, go through the entire evolution path of Impressionists in representing nature and landscape. The journey starts with the first innovations of the painters of the Barbizon school to arrive to the chromatic triumph of Monet’s Nympheas. Certainly not to be missed.
Places to visit in Rome
Rome, the ethernal city!
Express Apartments offers a lot of very interesting accommodations for Rome.
Walking from there, you can visit:
The Vatican Museums is one of the most important Museum complexes in the world housing very important masterpieces from the Egyptian Age to late Renaissance. It is located in the Vatican State, that is inside the city of Rome.
The museums are composed of several sections:
- the Gregorian Etruscan Museum
- the Pinacoteca
- the Missionary-Ethnological Museum
- the Raphael Stanze
- the Sistine Chapel.
Colosseum, Palatino and Roman Forum
COLOSSEUM: The edifice of four floors, with a total height of 52 metres and an extension covering and elliptical area of about 19000 square metres, is with no doubt the most reknown symbol of Rome all over the world.
PALATINO: The museum is located in Caesar’s Palace where, among the monuments collected from the hill site, various artefacts of Iron Age tombs and works of art from imperial buildings are exhibited. The Palatino was also the centre for some important cults as, for example, that of Magna Mater (Cibele). Between the second and first centuries B.C. it became a residential quarter for the Roman aristocracy.
National Roman Museum
TERME DI DIOCLEZIANO:
The Bath of Diocleziano is one of the four seats of the National Roman Museum, the others being Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps and Crypta Balbi.
CRIPTA BALBI:
the Crypta Balbi represents a development of Roman society and the urban landscape from antiquity to modern times
PALAZZO MASSIMO:
The Palazzo Massimo alle Terme houses part of the Museo Nazionale Romano, one of the world’s greatest collections of ancient art. It provides a magnificent showcase for some of the most beautiful paintings, mosaics and sculptures of the Roman age.
PALAZZO ALTEMPS:
The Palace of Altemps is one of the most interesting examples of the Renaissance architecture in Rome. Since 1997 it has been one of the four centres which comprise the National Roman Museum.
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