Rome:19th century lace from the Arnaldo Caprai Collection

Museo Napoleonico, piazza di Ponte Umberto I, 1.
Until 29 Mar: In quelle trine morbide. Merletti dell’Ottocento dalla Collezione Arnaldo Caprai (19th century lace from the Arnaldo Caprai Collection)

An exhibition of precious textile creations on loan from the renowned Arnaldo Capria collection. Visitors will be able to admire a rich series of trimmings, collars, caps, mantillas, fans, parasols, bonnets and handkerchiefs produced between the 16th and 19th centuries, as well as pieces from the Napoleonic museum, including lace items that belonged to Eugenia, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III. This unique exhibition brings together these fine fabric gems that the great Bonaparte had rendered mandatory in court. Tue-sun h9-19. €5,50, reduced €4

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Stresa Music Festival – Lake Maggiore

The Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore are with no doubt among the best-known European classical music festivals, every year they offer to their audience performances by internationally famous artists.

In 20010 the Stresa Festival will inaugurate its 49th edition with the Spring Concerts, five open-air events entitled Flowery staves performed in the beautiful gardens of the lake.

Now the first previews about the 2010 Spring Concerts are available!

Saturday, May 8 – 5.00 p.m.
Villa Pallavicino – Stresa
R. Galliano, Love day
Richard Galliano, accordion
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, piano

Sunday, May 16 – 5 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
Goran Bregovic & Wedding and Funeral Band

Saturday, May 22 – 5 p.m.
Congress Hall – Stresa
P. Glass, Koyaanisqatsi – Life out of balance
Philip Glass & Philip Glass Ensemble

And very soon news of all the 2010 Stresa Festival concerts:

Musical Meditations, from July 30 to August 7
Visions, from August 22 to September 5

For informations and packages:
info@romanticatours.com

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Audioguide: History of the Collection of the Capitoline Museum

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Audioguide – History of the Campidoglio, Capitoline Museums, square and palaces

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Julius Caesar. The man, the enterprise, the myth

Chiostro del Bramante, via della Pace.
Until 3 May: Giulio Cesare. L’uomo, le imprese, il mito (Julius Caesar. The man, the enterprise, the myth)
An exceptional and exclusive event coming up in Rome is the first show dedicated to a quintessential figure in Roman history. Julius Caesar was the link between the republic and the empire, a charismatic man and an extraordinary leader. A series of valuable archaeological finds – sculptures, mosaics, frescoes, jewels, gems, coins – are on show, as are sculptures and paintings by major artists like Hayez, Tiepolo and Rubens that tell the story of Caesar’s life. Tue-fri h10-20; sat-sun h10-21. €10, reduced €7

Chiostro Del Bramante

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La Conquista della Modernità – Sèvres, 1920/2008 (The Conquest of Modernity – Sèvres 1920-2008)

Musei Capitolini, piazza del Campidoglio, 1. Info 060608
Until 8 Mar: La Conquista della Modernità – Sèvres, 1920/2008 (The Conquest of Modernity – Sèvres 1920-2008)
Over 100 works show us the manufacturing art of Sèvres, porcelain pieces and drawings created with traditional techniques and processes but in a modern and streamlined design. Among the pieces on show – made by both established artists and emerging ones – particularly worth citing is “La Bocca” by Bertrand Lavier, “Odore di Femmina de Sèvres” by Johan Creten, “Dragon dans les nuages” by Clémence Van Lunen and the installation of 60 perfumed roses made in biscuit-fired porcelain created exclusively for the 250 years of existence of the firm.

Tue-sun h9-20 (closed: 1 Jan and 1 May). €8, reduced €6

 

 

Capitoline Museums - Statue of Costantino-foot-antmoose

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