Posts Tagged ‘Ancient Rome’
Rome and the Ancient. Eyesight and reality in the XVIII century
Posted in Exhibitions in Rome and surroundings - September 9th, 2010
From November 29th 2010 to March 6th 2011. The Rome Foundation Museum at Museo del Corso will host an exhibition called “Rome and the Ancient. Eyesight and reality in the XVIII century”. The exhibition wants to reenact all the strategies acted by the Roman pontiffs and by the civic governance to promote the Roman Antiquity and to make Rome a cultural center for the modern culture thanks to the attention paid by the XVIII century to the ancient models.
If the excavation activities, the monumental restoration activities with some museum and Arts Institutions creations revealed themselves as perfect tactics of a great strategy for the success of Fine Arts and Scolarship in Rome, at the same time the strong attraction produced by the comparison chances gave by the original models presence in Rome, bless Rome as an European Artistic Centre. (more…)
The hidden Rome unveiled by the summer sunshine
Posted in Events in Rome - July 15th, 2010
The hidden Rome, the secret Rome, the real ancient Rome, forgotten, maybe. The summer sunbeams will enlighten the invisible Rome. We are talking about some archeological wonders, often named but seldom showed.
These mysterious places will be unveiled during some daily and magical nocturnal guided tours. Everyone will be allowed to visit, for example, the Livenza Street Hypogeum, the Pomponio’s Barrow in Porta Latina, the Mitreo of the Ercole’s Ara Massima, the Cisterns and the Seven Hall along the Cristoforo Colombo’s way. This wonderful places maintained their mysterious Aura from age to age tanks to their “minor places” settlement. From today they will returned to public attention. The visitors, who will exclusively access these immeasurable archeological relevance places, will feel like discoverers. Some meetings will be set up in that places with historians, archeologist and Roman ruins specialist, to inform the visitors about the wonders their will look at.
In the ancient Rome fascination some other events will take place. The summer sunshine will bring readings, sunset concerts and Yoga lesson inside these revealed places.
This is what Roman Passion for his roots bring to his public. The Board of Culture at Rome Municipality will bring the tourists attention on his archeological estate.
Find out the archeological events timetable at the Rome Municipality events site and book your Hotel in Rome.
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Photos of Ancient Rome: the Pantheon
Posted in Ancient Rome, Photos and images - April 9th, 2010
Today we want ot show you some photos of the Pantheon in Rome, the temple dedicated to the gods of Olympus built by Emperor Hadrian in 126 AD.
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Reopens in May the Temple of Venus and Rome
Posted in Ancient Rome - April 7th, 2010
The Temple of Venus and Rome, the largest temple of ancient Rome and drew none other than Emperor Hadrian, will reopened to the public the next month.
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Ancient Rome in 3D on Google Earth
Posted in Ancient Rome - March 24th, 2010
Using Google Earth you can “visit” the ancient Rome of 320 AD, making a 1700 years leap back in time.
This service, maybe still not very known, offers the opportunity to explore the three-dimensional maps of Rome and admire the reconstruction of the main monuments and buildings: the Colosseum, Roman Forum, the Arch of Constantine, the Laudus Magnus and much more! (more…)
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Rome and the Ancient. Eyesight and reality in the XVIII century
Posted in Exhibitions in Rome and surroundings - September 9th, 2010
From November 29th 2010 to March 6th 2011. The Rome Foundation Museum at Museo del Corso will host an exhibition called “Rome and the Ancient. Eyesight and reality in the XVIII century”. The exhibition wants to reenact all the strategies acted by the Roman pontiffs and by the civic governance to promote the Roman Antiquity and to make Rome a cultural center for the modern culture thanks to the attention paid by the XVIII century to the ancient models.
If the excavation activities, the monumental restoration activities with some museum and Arts Institutions creations revealed themselves as perfect tactics of a great strategy for the success of Fine Arts and Scolarship in Rome, at the same time the strong attraction produced by the comparison chances gave by the original models presence in Rome, bless Rome as an European Artistic Centre. (more…)
The hidden Rome unveiled by the summer sunshine
Posted in Events in Rome - July 15th, 2010
The hidden Rome, the secret Rome, the real ancient Rome, forgotten, maybe. The summer sunbeams will enlighten the invisible Rome. We are talking about some archeological wonders, often named but seldom showed.
These mysterious places will be unveiled during some daily and magical nocturnal guided tours. Everyone will be allowed to visit, for example, the Livenza Street Hypogeum, the Pomponio’s Barrow in Porta Latina, the Mitreo of the Ercole’s Ara Massima, the Cisterns and the Seven Hall along the Cristoforo Colombo’s way. This wonderful places maintained their mysterious Aura from age to age tanks to their “minor places” settlement. From today they will returned to public attention. The visitors, who will exclusively access these immeasurable archeological relevance places, will feel like discoverers. Some meetings will be set up in that places with historians, archeologist and Roman ruins specialist, to inform the visitors about the wonders their will look at.
In the ancient Rome fascination some other events will take place. The summer sunshine will bring readings, sunset concerts and Yoga lesson inside these revealed places.
This is what Roman Passion for his roots bring to his public. The Board of Culture at Rome Municipality will bring the tourists attention on his archeological estate.
Find out the archeological events timetable at the Rome Municipality events site and book your Hotel in Rome.
Photos of Ancient Rome: the Pantheon
Posted in Ancient Rome, Photos and images - April 9th, 2010
Today we want ot show you some photos of the Pantheon in Rome, the temple dedicated to the gods of Olympus built by Emperor Hadrian in 126 AD.
Reopens in May the Temple of Venus and Rome
Posted in Ancient Rome - April 7th, 2010
The Temple of Venus and Rome, the largest temple of ancient Rome and drew none other than Emperor Hadrian, will reopened to the public the next month.
Ancient Rome in 3D on Google Earth
Posted in Ancient Rome - March 24th, 2010
Using Google Earth you can “visit” the ancient Rome of 320 AD, making a 1700 years leap back in time.
This service, maybe still not very known, offers the opportunity to explore the three-dimensional maps of Rome and admire the reconstruction of the main monuments and buildings: the Colosseum, Roman Forum, the Arch of Constantine, the Laudus Magnus and much more! (more…)
