Giro d'Italia 2018 last stage in Rome Sunday 27th May 2018

Sunday 27th May 2018 there will be the last stage of the Giro d'Italia 2018 in Rome. A circuit within the Capital of 11.5 kilometers to be repeated 10 times that runs within the city streets and will see the start of the race at 15.55.

Thousands of spectators will be attending the event along the entire route, and due to its location in the central streets of the city and considering the holiday period, will see the usual influx of thousands of tourists and citizens.

For further information please visit: http://www.giroditalia.it/eng/stage/stage-21-2018/

St. Patrick’s Day 2017 in Rome

Rome’s Irish community marks St. Patrick’s Day with numerous social events.

St Patrick’s Day in Rome begins officially on Friday 17 March at 10.00, with the annual Mass for Lá Fhéile Pádraig being celebrated by Cardinal Seán Brady at St Patrick’s Church on Via Boncompagni 31 in the Via Veneto area. The Mass is always well-attended by the city’s Irish community and friends of Ireland, who join together to sing a nostalgic rendition of Hail Glorious, St Patrick.

Later that evening, at 19.30, the students of the Pontifical Irish College present an adaptation of Reginald Rose’s classic courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men. The English-language production is repeated the next evening, 18 March, at the same time.

This year the Colosseum will be illuminated in green lights in honour of Saint Patrick, at 21.00 on 17 March, following a recent agreement between Rome’s mayor Virginia Raggi and Ireland’s ambassador Bobby McDonagh, as part of Tourism Ireland’s internationalGlobal Greening initiative.

St Patrick’s Day festivities continue over the weekend with the 26th edition of the Celtic Ball– Rome’s biggest social occasion in Irish circles – on Saturday 18 March at 19.00. This year the annual black-tie ball moves to the Hotel Quirinale on Via Nazionale, providing the event with an “atmosphere of elegance and charm” according to Irish Club president Helen Harrington. Celtic Ball raffle proceeds will be donated to homeless charity Project Rome.

Meanwhile for those who wish to raise a toast to St Patrick with a pint of Guinness, some of the pubs most favoured by the capital’s Irish expats include the Druid’s Den, the Fiddler’s Elbow, Finnegan’s, and Scholars Lounge, all of which are sure to attract large crowds over St Patrick’s weekend.

'Moonlight' to open Rome Film Festival

Director Barry Jenkin's "Moonlight" will open the upcoming 11th edition of Rome Film Festival.

The much-buzzed about film, which will have its European premiere in Rome, is already at the center of a great deal of awards chatter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The new film from the "Medicine for Melancholy" director explores the life of a young black man growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami as he struggles to find his place in the world through topics of friends, family and love. 

The film stars Alex Hibbert, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Jharrell Jermome, Ashton Sanders, Andre Holland and Janelle Monae. 

"Moonlight is an extraordinary film, at the same time powerful and tender, realistic and poetic. It is a great honour to open the Rome Film Fest with such a work of art," said Rome's artistic director Antonio Monda. 

"This is a film destined to go a long and successful way and which will stay in our hearts; it also confirms the great, genuine talent of Barry Jenkins." 

The film played Telluride and Toronto and will play in New York before being released in the US on October 21.

During the Rome Festival 2016 there will presented many films. Among the films shown will be "In war and in love" by Pif or the former Hyena and "Storks in mission" which is distributed by Warner Bros. 

Surely the most anticipated films of the season, which will premiere Monday, October 3rd at 21 in the Cinema Barberini in ​​Rome, is American Pastoral by Ewan McGregor. This movie is based on the novel American Pastoral by Philip Roth who is considered one of the masterpieces of contemporary American literature.

Among the famous actors who will take part at the Festival are Viggo Mortensen, the unforgettable Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings but also Tom Hanks that will always be remembered for his performance in Forrester Gump. And still there will be Oliver Stone, David Mamet and Meryl Streep. 

The Rome Film Festival is on from 13th to 26th October 2016.

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The underground lake in Monteverde

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A special feature for the history of Monteverde is the presence of a proper underground quarry in the basement of the University Hospital of San Camillo.

Speleologists of underground Rome, in 2013 did a survey and in May 2014 they published photos and news on the rediscovery of this extraordinary underground lake.

It dates back to the institute building sanatorium, when, during the construction of the foundations, was discovered an underground cave, on which the foundation of the structure were placed.

The cave, large 7000 square meters and 10 meters high, consists of a greenish yellow stone walls that characterize the subsurface of the neighborhood, and maintains a constant temperature throughout the year, equal to 13 degrees.

A part of it, about 50 meters, is full of ground water, drinking water, which was used for the hospital and for the irrigation of gardens of the complex.

Santa Maria Antiqua the basilica in the Roman Forum reopens after 30 years

After more than thirty years, reopens to the public Santa Maria Antiqua, the basilica in the Roman Forum discovered in 1900 near the slopes of the Palatine. The church has on its walls a wealth of unique paintings in the Christian world of the first millennium, dating from the sixth to the ninth century. Closed since 1980 for a complex architectural operation continued with the restoration of the paintings, the church's reopening will accompany the exhibition "Santa Maria Antiqua. Between Rome and Byzantium."

Open From 17 March to 11 September 2016

The Basilica of Santa Maria Antiqua and the exhibition "Santa Maria Antiqua. Between Rome and Byzantium"can be visited according to the opening hours of the archaeological Roman Forum / Palatine:

Every day

08:30 to 16:30 from the last Sunday in October to 15 February

08:30 to 17:00 from 16 February to 15 March

08:30 to 17:30 from 16 March until the last Sunday in March

08:30 to 19:15 from the last Sunday in March to 31 August

8:30 a.m. to 19:00 from September 1 to September 30

08:30 to 18:30 from October 1 to last Saturday in October

The ticket office closes one hour earlier

June 2nd 13:30 to 19:15

Closed January 1st, May 1st, December 25th

Buy tickets online: www.coopculture.it/ticket.cfm?office=SANTA%20MARIA%20ANTIQUA%20TRA%20ROMA%20E%20BISANZIO&id=4&evento=425

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Glimps of Rome the most beautiful city in the world

Ales and beer come to Rome in February for the Londinium Cask Festival

From February 25th to February 28th, a few steps from the Colosseum, will take place a long weekend dedicated to ales and homegrown beers, all strictly "cask". England is one of the lead nations in the brewing culture, with its unique beers known throughout the world.

The Londinium Cask Festival will take place at the Folk Tree's (Via Capo D'Africa 29) in the presence of 30 breweries (10 from London, 10 in and around Rome, 5 Italian and 5 from England). Each brewery will carry two types of beer, for a total of 60 active cask in 4 days. Italian guests include White Dog, Ethnicity, Brewery Arches, Mk-77 and Malt Cross, while, from England, will arrive Burning Sky, Anarchy, The Celt, Hopback and North Riding.

During the event there will be a kind of friendly match between Italy and England, and in particular between their Cities, Rome and London. In fact, you will have the opportunity to taste both the Real Ale "original" English and the Roman "homegrown" produced according to the tradition of the Anglo-Saxon methods.

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A typical character in Rome: itinerant knife grinder, l'arrotino

An itinerant knife grinder works from his bycicle on the streets of Rome near the Colisseum. In Rome  Knife sharpeners are known as 'arrotino' and they announce themselves in this customary manner shouting: "Donne è arrivato l'arrotino!" (Women the knife grinder has arrived!). They sharpen knifes for restaurants and housewives who come down from their homes when they hear his call and gingle from loud speakers. 

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St. Valentine's day in Rome: Sex and the City

Immerse yourself at the heart of the Roman Empire, delve into the world of couples in ancient Rome: wedlock, the laws against betrayals, homosexual love...

We will refer to examples of famous people and stories with verses of the Latin poets, we will try to figure out what they thought and how they lived love in ancient Rome.

A visit between the romantic and the cynical, designed for couples of any gender and nature, but also for people  who do not really want to know about couples.

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A normal Sunday in Rome

This is an example of the ordinary encounters you can have strolling down the Roman Forum on an ordinary Sunday morning.

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Free museums in Rome, the first Sunday of every month

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Free museums in Rome, the first Sunday of every month

Take advantage of this opportunity for the free museums in Rome.

Like every first Sunday of the month, the State cultural places (museums, galleries, archaeological digs, parks and monumental gardens) provide free admission for all categories of visitors.

Before making your visit, you should always call the museum to ensure its opening.

The event 'Free Museums in Rome' does not always include a visit to the current exhibitions for which instead could remain in place the appropriate pricing.

List of free museums in Rome

List valid for Sunday, February 7, 2016

- Colosseo e Foro Romano / Palatino (entrance with quotas)
- Domus Aurea (visita al cantiere di restauro, accesso solo con prenotazione obbligatoria on line at www.coopculture.it or with the dedicated call center on 06 39967700)
- Galleria Borghese (with a compulsory booking fee of € 2,00)
- GNAM Galleria Nazionale Arte Moderna
- Museo nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
- Museo HC Andersen, Museo M. Praz, Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le Arti decorative e il Costume
- Museo nazionale Romano (Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, Terme di Diocleziano)

- Galleria nazionale d'Arte Antica Palazzo Barberini

- Galleria nazionale d'Arte Antica Palazzo Corsini
- Galleria Spada
- Museo nazionale di Palazzo Venezia
- Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo (entrance with quotas)
- Museo nazionale d'Arte Orientale "G. Tucci"
- Museo nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "L. Pigorini"
- Museo nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
- Museo nazionale dell'Alto Medioevo
- Museo nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali
- Scavi di Ostia Antica
- Museo Ostiense
- Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella
- Terme di Caracalla
- Villa dei Quintili
- Santa Maria Nova sull'Appia Antica

- Villa Adriana a Tivoli

- Villa d'Este a Tivoli

However, it remains payable at usual prices the admission at MAXXI.

Gianicolo's Cannon

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If you are facing the Belvedere Gianicolo and are enjoying a beautiful view do not be alarmed if you hear a loud cannon bang: replace the clock, it is noon! Since 1847 , in fact , by order of Pope Pius IX , a cannon shoots at noon. The pope wanted to impose a standard to the bells of the Church of Rome so that all sounded in unison. From 24 January 1904 the cannon is placed on top of the Janiculum hill just below the statue of Garibaldi and its shot, when the weather is quiet, it is audible as far as the Esquiline.

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Few things you should know about Monteverde in Rome

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Above the breathtaking Janiculum hill, you find Monteverde, Rome’s common "getaway" neighborhood, very much sought after for its parks and green. Rome's largest urban park, Villa Pamphili, is the area's centerpiece where you can find low costs food and accommodations and peace and quiet. Monteverde is simply far enough from the heavy traffic and congestion you want avoid on a Roman vacation however, close enough to the historical center to experience the unique beauty of Rome.  This family-oriented quarter is like a well earned stroll in the park.

Monteverde is typically divided in 2 components, Monteverde Vecchio, a largely early twentieth century neighbourhood of stately villas, and Monteverde Nuovo, most of that consists of semi-high rises buildings made within the last half of the twentieth century.

The star attraction is Villa Doria Pamphili formerly possession of the Pamphili family, currently, however is a public park, the most important in Rome.

Both the American University of Rome and the American Academy in Rome are in Monteverde.

You will, of course, need to explore the historic center of Rome. That can be done from Monteverde efficient public transport network. Tram line 8, Rome's newest over ground train, runs, every 3 minutes, the Circonvallazione Gianicolense to Piazza Venezia, passing via Trastevere, Campo de Fiori and the Jews quarter. The journey to Piazza Venezia takes about 20 minutes. From there you can easily reach St. Peter's Church, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum just to name few attractions.

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