Rome meets the world April and May 2019

An international event, a trip around the world in the spirit of joy, music, food and wine, traditions, the excellence of some of the most fascinating countries in the world ... all within the evocative context of the eternal city: Rome.
An itinerant journey through culture, art, folklore traditions, music and flavors!

Dates: 25-26-27-28 April and 1-4-5 May

Gate: NORTH, EAST, SOUTH

Pavilions: 6, 8, 10

WITH A SINGLE TICKET IT IS POSSIBLE TO VISIT ALL THE EVENTS

ROME MEETS THE WORLD

Where: Nuova Fiera di Roma /http://www.fieraroma.it/en/

Easter 2019: Rome church services in English

HAPPY EASTER!!!

English-language religious services in Rome and the Vatican during Easter Week 2019.

Vatican ceremonies  
18 April. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.
19 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17.00, Way of the Cross, Colosseum 21.15.
20 April. Holy Saturday. Easter Vigil, Vatican Basilica 20.30.
21 April. Easter Sunday Mass, St Peter’s Square 10.00. Urbi et Orbi blessing 12.00.

All Saints’ Anglican Church, Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881.
18 April. Maundy Thursday Eucharist. 19.00.
19 April. Good Friday – Three Hours' Devotion. 15.00.
21 April. Easter pre-dawn Eucharist 05.30. Easter ceremony 10.30.

Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church, Piazza Ponte S. Angelo 68, tel. 0668768314.
19 April. Service with the Lord's Supper 19.00
21 April. Easter Day Communion 10.30.

Pontifical Irish College (Roman Catholic), Via dei SS. Quattro 1, tel. 06772631.
Liturgies for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil will be celebrated at S. Silvestro in Capite (see below)
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00.

Rome Baptist Church, S. Lorenzo in Lucina 35, tel. 066876652.
18 April. Maundy Thursday 19.00.
19 April. Church open 07.00-19.00 for personal prayer.
21 April. Sunrise Service at Pincio 07.00. Worship service in church 10.30.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Via XX Settembre 7, tel. 064827627.
18 April. Maundy Thursday Communion and supper 19.00.
21 April. Easter Sunday worship 11.00.

St Isidore’s College (Roman Catholic), Via degli Artisti 41, tel. 064885359.
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00.

St Francis Xavier del Caravita (Roman Catholic), Via della Caravita 7.
21 April. Easter Sunday 11.00.

St Paul’s Within-the-Walls (Episcopal), Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli 58, tel. 064883339.
18 April. Maundy Thursday 19.00.
19 April. Good Friday 19.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 20.00.
21 April. Holy Eucharist 10.30.

S. Silvestro in Capite (Roman Catholic), Piazza S. Silvestro 1, tel. 066797775.
18 April. Holy Thursday 17.00.
19 April. Good Friday Liturgy 17.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 20.00.
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00, 17.30.

St Patrick’s American Church (Roman Catholic), Via Boncompagni 31, tel. 0642014554.
18 April. Holy Thursday 18.00.
19 April. Good Friday 18.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 20.00.
21 April. Easter Sunday 09.00, 10.30.

Venerable English College (Roman Catholic), Via di Monserrato 45, tel. 066868546.
18 April. Mass of the Lord’s Supper. 19.30.
19 April. Solemn Celebration of the Passion 15.00.
20 April. Easter Vigil 21.30.
21 April. Easter Sunday 10.00.

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Greta Thunberg in Rome to lead climate change rally

Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish activist at the head of a worldwide youth movement against climate change, will lead a rally in Rome on Friday, April 19th.

Thunberg, 16, will address demonstrators in Piazza del Popolo, the central square where Italian activists have been gathering for weekly 'Fridays for Future' rallies.

The movement has spread to thousands of cities around the world since Thunberg first began camping out next to the Swedish parliament in Stockholm with a hand-written sign: "School strike for climate". 

"We hope that politics understands that the time has come to listen to scientists who abroad and in Italy remind us that there is no time to lose," said Fridays for Future Roma, the association of young activists that is organizing Thunberg's visit. 

Nearly 1,500 people have promised via Facebook to attend the event, which is expected to be the biggest of its kind in Italy since students all over the country joined a global school walk-out one month ago.

The organizers seeking donations to install a carbon-neutral sound system in the square for the occasion, with electricity generated by volunteers pedalling bicycles attached to dynamos.

Thunberg has also been invited to speak at the Italian Senate the day before the rally, as part of a debate on climate change called by the speaker of the upper house, Elisabetta Casellati.

The teenager has addressed the United Nations and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to urge coordinated action on global warming. 

Credits to https://www.thelocal.it/

https://www.thelocal.it/20190412/greta-thunberg-climate-change-rally-rome-april-19

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The famous Italian shop "Rinascente" opens its flagship store in Rome

150 years after the opening of the first store in Milan and 100 years after its birth with the name coined by Gabriele D'Annunzio in 1917, La Rinascente loses a piece of its name by eliminating 'La', but gains a new position in the luxury segment, opening in the capital its second space, in Via del Tritone, dedicated to the major clothing brands, design, jewelery and cosmetics. For Rinascente it is the second flagship store in Rome, to be added to that of Fiume Square. For Rinascente it is one of the largest stores: 15 thousand square meters.

"We are proud to open this department store in Rome - announces the CEO of Rinascente Pierluigi Cocchini - a palace which in the last 11 years underwent a complex work of renovation. The result is perfect harmony with the context that hosts it. We added value to the historical-cultural richness of the space. An element which is extraordinay is the possibility to visit the archaeological site in the basement which brings to light one of the treasures of Ancient Rome: the Virgin Aqueduct inaugurated by Augusto in the 19 century b.C.“

The store also incorporates a small building built in early XX century called 'Palazzetto' which on several floors becomes part of the architecture. Another distinctive element is the chariot that crosses all the floors in height by allowing the light to spread. Found and preserved also a domus of the IV century, mosaics, spa and a stretch of Salaria Street, the street where the salt was carried.

The façade on Tritone Street includes 96 windows and seven showcases. It was  redesigned by Vincent Van Duysen. On the ground floor are housed design objects, luxury accessories, jewelery and watches. On the first floor there is the perfumery. Second and third floors designed by the architect Paolo Lucchetta are dedicated to male collections. Fourth and fifth are for female lines. On the sixth floor two terraces are for the food and its restaurants.

The Other Side of The Ink - Tattoo Convention 11/12 March 2017 Rome

Tattoo convention in Rome dedicated to women artists - 11-12 March 2017

Rome Maker Faire October 2016

The engines are warming up for the 2016 edition of the Maker Faire, the only worldwide event during which creativity, self-employment and digital manufacturing meet, celebrating the culture of technological innovation and presenting the visitors a foretaste of the future that awaits them. From 14 to 16 October 2016, the Rome Fair will turn into a real innovation theme park where will be exposed hundreds of projects, ideas and inventions makers, startups, innovative SMEs, schools, universities and Fab Labs around the world. And for the little ones, the festival of innovations has also prepared this year an extensive Kids area rich in recreational and educational activities.

The Maker Faire Rome - The European Edition is promoted by the Chamber of Commerce of Rome, organized by its Special Agency Innova House and curated by Massimo Banzi, co-founder of the Arduino project, and Riccardo Luna, senior journalist of innovation and Digital Champion Italy.

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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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The Macchiaioli at the Cloister of Bramante in Rome from March 16 2016

The scolarina, the Manes in the wind and Pasture in Maremma by Giovanni Fattori, The visit to Villa and Gardens in Piagentina by Silvestro Lega, The Rio at Riomaggiore, the Pascoli a Castiglioncello and the Return from the Capital by Telemaco Signorini are just some of the works of art of the Macchiaioli ready to invade the halls of the Cloister of Bramante in Rome. The exhibition, I Macchiaioli. The collection will open its doors on March 16, fifty years after the great exhibition at the National Modern Art Gallery dedicated to the masters of the macchie (literally "spots"). The style of these artists comes from the method of coloring "the first" and "real" (learned from Giorgione and Titian) and resulted in the work of a group of painters and intellectuals deeply involved in the reality of the second half of the nineteenth: the stain or spot is loaded with new meanings and became a tool for expressing moral tensions, civil and social.

Coleen Rooney wife of footballer Wayne enjoys trip to Rome with eldest son Kai

Coleen Rooney wants to make sure that her first son doesn't feel left out after the birth of his baby brother. The mum took Kai on a trip to Rome during school holidays and shared a selection of pics of their vacation on social media.

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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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Where to watch Broncos vs Panthers Super Bowl 50 if you are in Rome on 7 February 2016

Everyone is ready, the teams, their supporters, Coldplay, Bruno Mars and Beyoncè. The Super Bowl 50 will kickoff at 3.25 pm on 7th February 2016 at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Carolina Panthers and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos. 

If you happen to be in Rome and want to watch it at home you can open you can of beer in front of Italian TV Channel SportItalia 2 on digital terrestrial channel number 61. But if you want to venture outside, below there is a list of places where you can follow the match in good company:

1) La Botticella, in via di Tor Millina 32, veri close to Piazza Navona. This is a small lovely pub and it is also the Roman base of Pittsburgh Steelers supporters.

2)  Irish pub Abbey Theatre in via del Governo Vecchio 51.

3) Irish pub Scholars Lounge, in via del Plebiscito 101.

4) Scottish pub Highlander, vicolo di San Biagio 9, near Via dl Corso.

5) Hard Rock Cafe  in Via Veneto 62, but you need to book in advance.

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Bruce Springsteen to play in Rome on 16 July 2016

Ecce The Boss. Bruce Springsteen has revealed that he will play in Rome, Circo Massimo, on 16th July 2016 for his The River Tour 

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Ryanair is betting on Rome

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Ryanair is betting on Rome. Like every year the famous low-cost airline has presented the 2016 winter season well in advance. For winter 2016 they have announced 4 new routes to Lanzarote, Nuremberg, Prague and Sofia and new winter connections for Alicante, East Midlands, Malaga and Trapani. They have also increased the flights to Athens, Bari, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Edinburgh and Manchester.

Edie Wilson, Chief People Officer of Ryanair, said: "We are pleased to launch our winter program in 2016 from Rome, with four new routes to Lanzarote, Nuremberg, Prague and Sofia, new winter routes to Alicante, East Midlands, Malaga and Trapani, and more flights to Athens, Bari, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Edinburgh and Manchester, which allow the transport of more than 9 million customers a year and will support over 6,900 jobs at the airports of Rome Ciampino and Fiumicino".

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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The Temple of Hadrian and Piazza di Pietra (Piazza of Stone) in Rome

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This little known square in Rome is called Piazza di Pietra (stone). At few minutes walk from the Pantheon, this beautiful square takes the name from the massive 15 metre high Corinthian columns of the Temple of Hadrian built in 144 AD by his successor Antoninus Pius.

Carlo Fontana, in 1696, under the offices of Pope Innocent XII, merged part of the temple into a bigger building he designed which was meant to house the Central Customs Offices for all the goods imported into Rome.

Nowdays the building is used by the Chambers of Commerce of Rome. Just opposite you can find trendy bars to enjoy a drink before dinner like Salotto 42.

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Hateful Eight premiere in Italy at Cinecittà Rome's famous Studios with888 guests

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Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight latest film will receive a really special 70mm premiere in Rome.

On 28th January 2016 the event will be held at Cinecittà Studios as the famous 'Teatro 5' will become a winter set to reflect the landscape of the film. The director Quentin Tarantino will be present for the event, together with actors Kurt Russell and Michael Madsen.

The event is themed on number 8, with 888 guests for Tarantino’s 8th film, centered on 8 characters.

Teatro 5 is where Federico Fellini used to live when he was working at Cinecittà Studios and has  held his name ever since. For the Hateful Eight film presentation, spectators will be taken in  full blown winter scenery, full of references from the story of the film.

The 188-minute film are shown with a 3:48 minute overture from musician Ennio Morricone.

The Hateful Eight has 3 Oscars nominations for best supporting actress, best original score and best photography.

Penthouse Apartment Monteverde Rome

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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Porta Portese Flea Market in Rome, 10 minutes from Penthouse Monteverde

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Its starts in the early hours on Sunday, vendors from all over  set up stall in Porta Portese Flea Market, which is in the Trastevere area of Rome. They sell everything you can possibly imagine: antiques, brash brass and noisy clocks. You can find 18th century paintings (beware of fakes!), capturing local imagery from times that have long gone by. There is something distinctly Roman about the whole experience. Clothes are for sale everywhere. The smell of Italian leather washes over you as you make your way through alleys of colourful bargains. This is an ideal place to buy gifts for loved ones whilst staying in Rome. But keep your eyes wide open. Although Porta Portese Market is generally a safe place to be, pick pockets are very active on Sunday. There is also plenty of food. But you must start your market first with a 'cappuccino and cornetto' at Cafffe Camerino in Largo Alessandro Toja. Porta Portese Market is easy enough to find. Catch tram number 8 tram from Largo Ravizza near Penthouse Monteverde, four stops down towards Piazza Venezia and you are there. The Sunday market in Rome is very well known. One last point about this wonderful Flea Market in Trastevere is be prepared to haggle with the vendors. If you were impressed by the haggling in places like Morroco and Spain, Romans put them both to shame. Remember to hold your ground and not be defeated, because if you show sign of weakness you will lose the battle and lose out on the bargain that your heart is set on purchasing.

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