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Gay Bars & Clubs in Rome

January 05, 2012 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

Rome Rocks! Indeed, the Italian capital is one of the best places with “gay friendly” activity in Europe. Despite the already fallen and increasingly distant Catholic Christian conservatism, Roman gay community continues to grow, and if you would want to have a good time in Rome, the places are not lacking. The Italian capital also continues to fascinate with its rich history and beautiful museums. Each step around Rome will be a new adventure for you. Let the night caught you up in some of these places full of beauty in the LGBT community.

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One of the bars you must visit is the Coming Out, which since 2001 offers the best cocktails and tapas for the gay community in Rome. With a minimal decoration and the best dj’s, Coming Out gives you an ideal appetizer to start making conversation and meet new friends. Pizzas, pastas, paninis, among other delicious dishes, are at your disposal, as well as the best “beats” for you to get ready for a fabulous night in the city.

Hangar is another classic place of the gay community in Rome. This video-pub has high voltage erotic material, excellent drinks and a very nocturnal atmosphere. Probably, it is one of the most popular places in Rome and internationally recognized. Hangar is a space that inspires sensuality itself and the sensation that anything can happen between drinks. Also some pre-drinking or spend all night, become infinite.

Garbo is another destination that you should visit. Garbo bar offers a more relaxing and fun for gay and lesbian community. With affordable prices and with a “cutting edge”, attitude Garbo is the meeting point of many Roma’s nightriders looking to meet new people.

If it comes to clubs, do not miss the Push Club, where you can dance till dawn and enjoy the best house and electro. The Push Club offers you an environment where super sexy in your fantasies overwhelm the dance floor. The frenetic pace and low lights make you lose control among people, if  looking for some action all night.

Another essential place of the queer culture is the Amygdala Club. Amygdala is not only a space for parties and concerts, but there are a variety of events dedicated to the LGBT community. From theater, exhibitions, electronic music and video, an alternative space for the alternative community of Rome.

To learn more about Rome and its options for the gay community, let your curiosity drive you and explore the night at its best. Rome offers these and other options to meet and make new friends. The gay community in Rome is an endless source of imagination and diversity.

 

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Gunther von Hagens in Rome

January 02, 2012 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

Following the success of previous editions in many cities around the world, this exhibition has landed in Rome. Hagens Body Worlds has contributed substantially to presenting to the public a new active awareness on the issue of donating blood and organs to save other human lives.

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All specimens in the exhibition are authentic. They belong to people who have donated their bodies to science. The Institute for Plastination, which Hagens runs already has about 13,000 registered donors.

The main purpose of Body Worlds is health education. On one hand, individual specimens are used to compare healthy organs and diseased ones, such as the lungs of a smoker versus a person who has never smoked, so it emphasizes the importance of healthy living habits. On the other hand, the bodies are in positions that illustrate how we are, naturally fragile in a mechanized world.

Viewers have the opportunity to understand better  the human body and its functions, to learn about the nature of our bodies and identify the individuality and anatomical beauty inside of them.

The authenticity of the specimens that is exhibited is essential for our understanding. Every human being is unique and is distinctly different from others, and reveal their individuality not only through the visible outside, but also through the inside of the body. The position, size, shape, structure of the skeleton, muscles, nerves and determine our inner organs. It would be impossible to express that  unless these were individual anatomical true models one could interpret them as simplified versions of the real thing. The authenticity of the specimens, however, is fascinating and allows the viewer to experience the wonder of a real human body. The exhibition is dedicated to the inner individual.

The technique by which specimens are preserved is the technique of plastination, developed and patented by Hagens in 1977 at the University of Heidelberg. The first step is to stop decomposition. The body is embalmed with a formalin injection into the arteries. After dissection, all bodily fluids and soluble fatty acids are extracted and replaced when placed in a vacuum chamber with reactive resins and Elastoplast such as silicone rubber or epoxy. then light , heat or certain gases are applied. The result is a plastinated specimen with rigidity and permanence. Dr. von Hagens is still investigating to improve this technique.

Hagens is not only a peculiar person, but also a challenging, controversial and provocative one. His exhibitions have been controversial both due to the nature that he shows as to the charges which he has to face due to the uncertain origin of the bodies he has received for this exhibition. In 2002, he broadcasted  live in the United Kingdom an autopsy. English law strictly prohibits the live broadcast of this type of intervention.

For more information visit the website: http://www.bodyworlds.com/it/roma.html.

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The Baths of Diocletian in Rome

December 30, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

The Baths of Diocletian is the greatest thermal complex ever-built in Rome. It was built between 298 and 306 BC, at the expense of the Emperor Diocletian, who wanted to beat the one built by Caracalla, this fantastic resort had a capacity of three thousand people and occupied thirteen hectares, it had among others, gymnasiums, libraries, a pool of over 3500 square meters, concert halls, theaters, gardens … all a luxury spa for the Romans!

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Located near the Piazza della Repubblica, it was in use for over 800 years. Subsequently, it was taken for other purposes like erecting churches and other buildings in the best-preserved parts. Although little remains of the original baths, the remains that survive today are the facilities of the Museo Nazionale Romano and are an attractive place to visit, where you can also see the Palazzo Massimo, the Balbi Crypt and the Palazzo Altemps.

The Palazzo Massimo is a neo-Renaissance nineteenth century building. In its four floors you will find one the largest collections of classical art in the world. Sculptures, mosaics, frescoes, coins and jewelry form part of an interesting exhibition that will allow you to relive the history, myth and everyday life of Rome.

The Crypt Balbi, built in 13 BC, was part of a theater and was the resting place for the audience between acts. In addition to the archaeological remains, you can visit the museum, divided into the successive stages of history, from antiquity to the twentieth century.

The Palazzo Altemps was named after the cardinal, who acquired it in 1568. Divided into two floors around a courtyard with a monumental fountain, it houses an impressive collection of Egyptian antiquities and works. In its rooms, you can see sculptures that had been owned by families of the Roman nobility in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The building retains some of the decoration and original frescoes, which can be admired mainly in the chapel dedicated to Pope St. Aniceto.

The complex of baths still has a recognizable structure, a large rectangular enclosure with a large garden area. Inside, now you can visit the Epigraphic Museum, one of the largest in the world, with over ten thousand entries. In its three floors, together with the Faculty of Michelangelo and the Garden of the Cinquecento, are more than a thousand works, including sculptures, reliefs and botivos.

Aula decima, opened to the public 3 years ago after decades of restoration, and gives an idea, with its large dimensions of the greatness that the bathrooms had. It is a chamber with three large domes, in whose walls are carved with several niches intended to receive statues and other decorative elements.

The Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs is located within walking distance of the baths; it is the only church in the Renaissance in the city, built by the great Michelangelo. It houses superb frescoes inside and Bianchini Meridiana, an interesting project designed to show the accuracy of the Gregorian calendar.

Address: Viale Enrico di Nicola, 78

Metro: Termini, line A.

Hours: Open Tuesday to Sunday from 9 to 19:45. The ticket office closes an hour earlier.

Prices: 7 euros regular rate reduced 3.50 and free for children under 18, valid for three days. Includes Spa, Balbi Crypt, and the Palazzo Massimo and Altemps.

 

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Via del Pigneto, Bohemian Rome

December 29, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

There’s a Rome that tourists don’t usually see, some sort of ‘dolce vita’ in 2011, where students, immigrants and old people mix with intellectuals and artists: the neighbourhood of Pigneto. Located in the 6th district, very close to Termini station, its name comes from a long line of pine trees (pine is pigneto in Italian), planted by the Caballini family in the majestic Villa Serventi.

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Composed by villas and low buildings, in contrast with the centre of Rome, it extends through three zones, differentiated by the names of its streets: the area of ‘Le Città’, which goes through via Prenestina and Via Casilina and is dedicated to Italian cities; the area ‘I condottieri’, which pays tribute to the captains of war and mercenary commanders from the years between 1330 and 1550; and lastly, ‘I geografi’, which is dedicated to geographers, cartographers and famous writers.

Its architectonic style is inspired in the umbertino or liberty in the historical area. After the Second World War, more modest buildings, built by railway workers, joined the neighbourhood. Although their style was simple, they followed the trend of the time, in accordance with art nouveau, and they mixed with the old villas.

Today, it surpasses 50,000 residents, with an important number of old people, mostly people who’ve always lived in the neighbourhood who give it that popular character. Its main artery, Via del Pigneto, is a partly pedestrianised avenue which has a clothes and food market every morning, and it fills up with life during night time. The so called ‘Roman movement’ takes place here. With the arrival of young architects, writers and filmmakers in the last few years, the neighbourhood has revitalized and become a more underground cultural centre which lives in perfect harmony with its proletariat roots. Where there used to be old shops full of graffiti, now there are innovative boutiques and café-bookshops, concerts, exhibitions and cultural activities. The fourth Sunday of the month, this street also holds an antiques market, where antiques salesmen and neighbours who wish to sell their old belongings mix together.

The charm of this neighbourhoos hasn’t gone unnoticed for filmmakers, and here they filmed ‘Rome, open city’ by Rossellini. Pasolini spent long hours among its streets and they were the stage of many of his scenes. His favourite place, the lively Bar Necci, located on Via Fanfulla da Lodi, was witness to the audition of his first film, ‘Accatone’. Open in 1924, it’s still very popular, with its tables outside in the shade of the trees, and it’s frequented by actors and bohemian literary figures.

As well as its lively social life, El Pigneto has many corners which are worth discovering. Archeology lovers have an unmissable date with the subterranean Basilica de Porta Maggiore, the Columbario and the Torrione Prenestino. The church of Santa Elena of 1913, located on Via Casilina, is a tribute to the mother of the emperor Constantine I. And lastly, the Historical Museum of 20th century Toys, with its collection of over 2700 toys made between 1920 and 1960, will delight the nostalgics.

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The Tivoli from Rome

December 27, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

Arriving in a city is sometimes not enough to satisfy our curiosity on our trip. Generally, the big cities have as many great contrasting experiences as places it offers. In big cities, generally, a larger amount of events and cultural spaces congregate, as well as a much more diverse community, both from the country itself as from other countries. The wealth of a city like Rome is precisely in those details.

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In Rome, you can find a giant range of cultural offering that you cannot fulfill in a couple of days. The recommended time to visit Rome is probably from seven to ten days, considering that they would be extensive days of long walks as well as visits to different important historical places. The museums, of course, are a necessity if you’re in Rome. Get ready to try some of the best Italian cuisine in the whole country, delicious coffees and select wines.

Nightlife is also very lively in Rome; clubs, bars, concerts… from jazz to rock, garage, reggae… the options are unlimited. This as well, that despite being the centre of such a conservative religion as catholicism, Rome is opening its collective mind more and more towards the gay and lesbian community, offering different parties, discos and places for the LGBT community. Rome is growing all the time and, this way, it still offers alternatives to a different visitor from anywhere around the world.

If you’re in Rome and you want to disconnect from the stir of the city for a day, there’s nothing better than visiting the beautiful town of Tivoli, located barely 20 miles from the Italian capital. As well as beautiful visits of great natural value, in Tivoli you can see and walk around Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este, both named World Heritage sites by UNESCO due to their impressive beauty and history.

In the same way, in Tivoli you can find the famous Rocca Pia, a 15th century fortress ordered to be built by the Pope Pius II. Also, there’s the temple of Vesta, goddess of fire and the home. More impressively, still in Tivoli, is the sanctuary of Hercules, which dates from the 2nd century BC. When you’re there you’ll find it in ruins, but in its time it was one of the biggest constructions in the whole of Italy. The Cathedral of San Lorenzo is also very close, and it offers a space of gathering for those religious people or interested ones in impressive domes of sacred art.

The trip from Rome to Tivoli can be made by car, train or bus. You can use the transport which is most convenient for you and adjusted to your budget, or even combine them. The price is relative according to the route that you choose, but it’s worth doing this one. Preferably, start early in the morning, so that you can do a calm and better organized route without so many tourists around you.

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Rome Walks by Stendhal

December 23, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

Stendhal is the synonym of the French writer Henri Beyle, with which he signed most of his works dedicated to Italy. Born in 1783, this restless literate with an agitated love life (the names of ten of his lovers are known), is considered one of the fathers of realism. His most famous titles are ‘The Charterhouse of Parma’ and ‘The Red and the Black’, but the one which we’re dealing with today is ‘Rome Walks’ from 1829, an essay written as a diary on his own impressions of the eternal city.

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Stendhal, who stood out in the art of conversation, spent various years tied to Napoleon’s army carrying out diplomatic tasks. It was the fall of the governor which took him to Italy in 1814, where he would live for seven years. In love with the country, the made it the main subject of his writings during that period, leading to ‘History of painting in Italy’, a discourse of art critique, and ‘Rome, Naples and Florence’, a book of his personal memoirs on these cities.

Expelled form the country in 1821 for political reasons, he was to return in 1830 as the Consul of France in Trieste. A year later he moved to Civitavecchia, close to Rome, where he would write some of his best works. Although he spend his last days in Paris, the writer carried on keeping an intimate relationship with Italy, where he would travel to frequently during his life.

‘Walks in Rome’ is considered the best travel guide published on the Italian capital. The author was a great connoisseur of this city and he carried out an exhaustive portrait of 19th century Rome, topped off with his own opinions. The route that he proposes starts off at the Colosseum, “the most beautiful relic of the Roman people”, in his own words.

The route carries on with ancient ruins, highlighting:

The Pantheon, a temple built originally in 27 BC as a trobute to the gods, and rebuilt afterwards by the order of the Emperor Hadrian. It was devised to unite man with the divine and, above all, with the emperor, who was considered a god. It’s one of the most beautiful and well kept ancient constructions, which has been used as a guide for Western architecture.

The Triumphal Arch, built to celebrate triumphs in Ancient Rome. During the Empire, up to 36 arches existed, improving in complexity with the years. Today, there are only five left in the city.

After the ruins, the travelling proceeds with the painting master works, dedicating special attention to the frescos of Rafael, Michelangelo, creator of the well known Sistine Chapel, and Annibale Carracci.

Our tour now takes us to the master creations of modern architecture: the Palazzo Farnesio, the churches of St Peter and St Sabine, etc. To finish, a visit to the ancient statues, such as the Pietà at the Vatican, Apolo, the Castel Sant’Angelo and the sculptural group of Laocoön and his sons.

Stendhal also considered as unmissable the visits to the Moses of the Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, created by Michelangelo, as well as the tomb of the Pope Clement XIII, by Antonio Canova by order of the Prince Rezzonico.

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Drinking the best coffee in Rome

December 22, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

Let’s go back to ‘Coffee and Cigarettes’ by Jarmusch for a few seconds. The mystique of such important combination is in all the short films of this great film. The cigarette, the coffee, the nicotine, the caffeine… how can we forget the important chat between Iggy Pop and Tom Waits on their comings and goings for the cigarette thanks to coffee. It seems that one thing attracts the other. however, if we had to choose between either, coffee is still the preferred one of many around the world. Its flavour, effects and the spaces that the drinking of the coffee generates are more favoured at the time of waking up and starting the day, whether it’s after meals as a digestive, in the afternoon with some dessert to snack on or to spend nights awake working or reading.

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The use of coffee as a drink probably began in Ethiopia and then moved to Egypt and the north of Africa. In the 1500s it was in Turkey and Persia. It wouldn’t be until the 19th century during the great peak of commerce between the Muslim world and Venice, that coffee would arrive to Italian shores to spread its flavour around the whole of Europe. They say that back then, due to the stimulating effects of coffee, the ‘trendy religious groups’ in Europe tried to ban its use. However, in 1645, the first coffee shop opened in beautiful Venice.

Today, coffee is an essential drink in the whole of Italy. Having a coffee is Rome is a luxury that it’s well worth it due to its aromatic scents and preparation, as well as the excellent service you get in some cafés. If you’re a coffee lover, here are a few suggestions for your next visit to Rome.

Sant’Eustachio Il Caffe: Since 1938, this traditional coffee shop serves the most exquisite coffee in the city. It’s located in the centre of Rome, in front of the Palace of the Senate of the Republic, close to Piazza Navona. The good thing about this café is that it also has its own rotisserie of grains since 1948. The coffee is more than fresh, as well as coming from different places and mixes.

Caffe Greco: Another traditional place to drink coffee, it was founded in 1760. Stendhal, Wagner, Gogol and Goethe, to name but a few, have all been in this café. Sampling a coffee at Greco is drinking the flavour of rich and cosmopolitan Rome. At this place you’ll feel like you’re in a scene of ‘La Dolce Vita’.

Caffe della Pacce: This beautiful café opened its doors in 1860, one step away from Piazza Navona. Visited by different important figures of art and culture, Caffe della Pacce is a place with a lovely terrace where you can sample the recently grounded coffee in all its different mixes. Very romantic and cozy to enjoy the nightfall in Rome.

These are just three of the places where you can sample the best coffee in the Italian capital. Explore the city and its charms, you’ll see that there’s more than a surprise waiting to be shared with a good coffee out in open air.

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La Traviata in Rome

December 20, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

On the 3rd and 30th of December 2011, there will be a opera concert in Rome, but this is not any regular concert, it is La Traviata, one of opera’s greatest works of all time and, without doubt, the favorite of all ages.

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La Traviata, which in English means “lost”, is known worldwide, because of its love story and catchy music.

It is an opera based on the book The Lady of the Camellias, published in 1852, by Alexandre Dumas (the son). This novel belongs to the genre of realism and was one of the first to make the transition from the former romanticism, to the current at that time. This is a novel was inspired by the author’s life experiences, including happy and disspointing moments, but above all, love in the context of the French society, especially in Paris, where he was born and lived the author.

La Traviata chords sounded in television commercials, in movies and in many songs festivals. Many people around the world know how to hum it and dance it with joy. The authors of this opera are: Giuseppe Verdi, music and Francesco Maria Piave, the Italian scriptwriter, but then, it has been translated into several languages. The work was exhibited in 1880 as its two creators had planned: realistic style, in three acts. Although it had been released for the first time in 1853, at that time, investors didn’t consider profitable the works belonging to realism, because it was a new genre, still unknown. They discovered they had in their hands the possibility to change the history of music forever. When they realized that the young musicians had experienced a new musical style, they decided to support them.

Closing the year enjoying good music is a great way to end a cycle and start a new one. In addition, Opera has a special charm that seduces the audience by the ears, but also by sight and feeling. This time, the opera will take place in the Church of St. Paul within the town walls of Rome. The name of this church ” within the town walls ” is because it was the first Catholic Church  that was established among the ancient walls of Rome, making it a symbol of universal history. This institution receives every year several concerts and the acoustics of its walls is magnificent, worthy of any good musical presentation.

The event takes place on the 3rd and the 30th of December at 20:30. Tickets can be purchased in advance online. You can visit the official website of the Church for more information: http://www.stpaulsrome.it/

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Which bars do Romans prefer

December 19, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

It’s not easy to draw the line which differentiates cafés and bars in Rome. At cafés there usually are tables and a wide range of different types of drinks, and at bars it’s not unusual that clients sit at the bar to quickly sample the day’s umpteenth espresso, because, probably like nowhere else in the world because this is very particular to the Italian capital, coffee is almost a religion and it’s important like nowhere else.

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As a consequence, the grade of sybaritism reached by the Romans is so sophisticated (both regarding coffee and the most delicate art of having aperitif, which precedes meals), that it’s convenient to be aware of the places which they frequent if we want our stay in this city to also have another aesthetic experience aside from museums, and which will teach us how to live life as a dramatic ritual which brings it value and sense of existence.

Baylon Café (Via di San Francesco a Ripa, 151) is one of the latest trends in the ever popular and lively Trastevere district, one o the true lungs of the most authentic Rome. It is a perfect place to those dead hours between lunch and dinner when the temptation to eat something savoury is invincible. The aperitif, which ends up substituting dinner in itself on many an occasion, reaches a category here which is seldom seen, a phenomenon which is not unrelated to the extreme friendliness of the waiters, who are totally charming. And if this wasn’t enough, in the morning it’s also an ideal place to have the first coffee, it’s cappuccino is legendary.

Seemingly more functional and modest, Boccone, located in the city centre, at Piazza di Pietra, close to the Pantheon, is popularly known as the paradise of paninis and sandwiches. Just for the view that it offers of the eleven columns from the Temple of Hadrian which decorate the square, it’s worth visiting. But the Roman who comes to this place for its food to take away, doesn’t think so much about ancient Rome but in the splendor of its impressive offering of unforgettable sandwiches that, due to the lack of tables inside just like tradition says, have to be consumed on the bench just outside the shop.

Not far from there, at night, for that must-have drink after work, Bar del Fico, located on the piazza with the same name, is one of the favourite places for Roman workers, who go there attracted especially by the call of its famous ‘spumoso’ wine, prosecco, which is served appropriately in champagne glasses. They say that it’s convenient to play on the lottery the night that you get a table in its busy terrace.

Lastly, the cultural and artistic atmosphere of Caffè Fandango (Via dei Prefetti, 22) constitutes the perfect stage to have a coffee in a more continental way, in other words, slowly and taking a long time, in contrast with the more rooted Roman custom.

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Caravaggio in Rome

December 14, 2011 By: romeblogger Category: Rome

To mark the fourth centenary of Michelangelo Merisi’ death, better known by the name of Caravaggio, the city of Rome (which was the birthplace of the artistic creation of this great man) tributes his work with the exhibition “Rome at the time of Caravaggio” and simultaneously offers an exhibition of a contemporary artist, who from the beginning of his career was inspired by the work of the great painter from the sixteenth century: Moreno Bondi.

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Bondi was born in 1959 in Carrara, a city famous for being the homeland of marble and sculpture. He grew up in Tuscany, a land that was the birthplace of the Renaissance, an Italian art movements, which had more influence outside the confines of country. Both cities greatly influenced his artistic taste, guiding his formal and conceptual research, mainly in the study of the works from the past (that he developed with an incredible meticulousness). Moreno Bondi, in fact, dedicated himself for years to study the manuals of the ’500 and ’600, making a great deal of experimentation related to materials (oils, resins and pigments) that this great masters of the past combined as an alchemists, finding formulas which then he guarded as secret. Discovering these formulas, or at least part of them, has been the center of the artistic research of this tireless contemporary painter.

To this day, the artist lives and works in Rome, city where his studio is located and where he teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts. The results reached after a careful study of Caravaggio’s painting, have been refined over decades of academic research and practical experimentation. This study is revealed in the representation of bodies that appear in his works, and their striking contrast between light and shadow, which is the reason why someone has dared to consider him as a contemporary Caravaggio.

The exhibition “Caravaggio’s Light and Shadow in the contemporary” will take place from the 14th of December at Refettorio Quattrocentesco Antic in Palazzo Venezia from the 17hs30, and will be open until the 15th of January 2012. Admission is free of charge and you can visit the exhibition from Monday to Friday from 9 to 19hs. In the evocative exhibition space, 15 stunning linen canvas, accompanied by 16 small-format oil paintings will be presented, inside which are placed precious Carrara marble sculptures, personally made by Bondi. This is an exhibition that offers an interesting reelaboration of certain techniques used in ancient times, linking the virtuosity with a strong aesthetic sense and an almost spiritual sensitivity. For more information, please visit the official website: www.morenobondi.it.

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