• Rione Trastevere

    Trastevere è il nome del tredicesimo rione di Roma, indicato con R. XIII. The name derives from the Latin trans Tiberim (beyond the Tiber), which was the ancient name of the Augustan region, and this because the city had its origin and principal development instead in the opposite side.             Piazza dei Mercanti […]

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  • La casa del cinema

    A pochi passi da Urben, oziando per Via Veneto per raggiungerla, trovate una piccola cineteca gioiello dove godervi retrospettive e presentazioni di nuovi film. Tutto gratuito e il caffè sul retro merita la visita. D’estate proiezioni all’aperto. La Casa del Cinema – ideata e diretta da gennaio 2004 a gennaio 2011 da Felice Laudadio – si trova a Roma, all’interno […]

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  • Galleria Borghese

    Situata nel verde del parco pubblico più amato dai romani, la Galleria Borghese è un autentico scrigno di tesori artistici, frutto del collezionismo del Cardinale Scipione Borghese, che nei primi del 1600 fece costruire questa villa proprio per collocarvi la sua raccolta. Occorre tenere a mente che la Galleria Borghese nasce come collezione privata e […]

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  • Galleria Borghese

    Situated in the green of the favorite public park by the Romans, the Borghese Gallery is a true treasure trove of art treasures, the fruit of the art of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, who in early 1600 he built the villa in which to put his own collection. Bear in mind that the Borghese Gallery was […]

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  • Pizza – An italian masterpiece

    The pizza is a delicacy that has its basis in a mixture of water, wheat flour, yeast, and, after a rise of at least twenty-four hours is worked up to get a flat, baked and variously flavored. HISTORY OF PIZZA Pizza is a type of bread and tomato dish, often served with cheese, that has existed […]

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  • The rose garden of Rome

    Rome Rose Garden is a public garden in Rome, Italy, located opposite the Circus Maximus on the Aventine Hill . The park was established in 1931. Over 1100 varieties of roses are grown there, many of them gifts from countries around the world. The Rome Rose Garden covers 10,000 meters square and each section has rose varieties characteristic of, or grown in, the respective variety. The […]

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  • Literature. International Festival in Rome

    SIMPLE / COMPLEX is the theme of this eleventh edition of “LITERATURE. International Festival of Rome. Ten nights in the splendid setting of the Roman Forum, to hear the reading of new texts that read the same authors, inspired by the theme of the festival proposes this year. 16 MAGGIO ALESSANDRO PIPERNO SILVIA AVALLONE AMBRA ANGIOLINI […]

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  • Eat “carbonara” in Rome

    Pasta alla carbonara (usually spaghetti, but also fettuccine, rigatoni or bucatini), is an Italianpasta dish based on eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), and black pepper. The dish was created in the middle of the 20th century. The pork is fried in fat (olive oil or lard), then hot pasta is dropped into the pan to finish cooking for a few seconds. A mixture of raw eggs, cheese, and […]

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  • Bocca della Verità

    La Bocca English, “the Mouth of Truth”) is an image, carved from Pavonazzetto marble, of a man-like face, located in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy. The sculpture is thought to be part of a 1st century ancient Roman fountain, or perhaps a manhole cover, portraying one of several possible pagan gods, probably Oceanus. Most Romans believe that the ‘Bocca’ represents the ancient […]

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  • Great music at Auditorium in Rome – Luglio plays good

    PROGRAMMA Also returning this summer with the customary July Sounds Good, the summer festival of concerts under the stars, organized by the Fondazione Musica per Roma, which has a large selection of international stars and new original proposals. The cavea, the clearing architectural Auditorium designed by Renzo Piano, will host this year an unprecedented program […]

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