From April 6 2008 Exhibition dedicated to Joan Mirò is coming to Rome, one of the greatest protagonists of the 1900’s, near the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome. The exposed works come from the Foundation Mirò of Barcelone and include 26 paintings (aquarelles and aqueforti) but also 4 wonderful bronze sculptures, works of the artistic maturity of Mirò, where it can be noticed the great mental opening of the new artist care tendencies like Informal and the Action Painting.

About one of the greatest contemporary artist -Joan Mirò:
He was born in Barcelone on April 20,1893 of a family of goldsmiths and watchmakers. During his youth he moved to Paris in 1920 where under the influence of various poets and writers he developed his unique style using sharp lines on plane paintings combined with organic forms. His works has been interpreted as Surrealism.
Joan Mirò never became a real member of […]

Ostia Antica  is about 25 km southwest of Rome only therefore it makes an ideal day trip outside the city of Rome,
It was a major port and military base during Republican times. Its aim was to protect and defend the coastline and the mouth of the river Tiber. In the 2nd century despite the development of a new port called Portus (just slightly to the north west), Ostia port continued to flourish under the Empire. Unfortunately during the 4th century the reduction of trade and also the silting up  of the harbor damaged the town.
 

Video of Excavations Ostia Antica
When malaria  became endemic in the area, the town, which  at its peak had a population of around 100 000 was then completely abandoned. Ancient Ostia  has been buried for centuries under the sand but is nonetheless very well preserved. It enlightens […]

Who
Carlo Levi was born in Turin in 1902 , he died in Rome in 1975. His family was quite rich and he had the possibility to follow the studies and received a university degree in Medicine, but his passion has always been painting to which he attributed the value of freedom. He was a diversly talented artist, as his artistic interests sweep between the painting and the writing.
He was a great writer, wrote a good number of books during his life but his masterpiece remains “Christ stopped at Eboli”. Levi represent one of the major exponents of the Italian culture of twentieth-century.
Against the futurism avant-garde and after some years spent in Paris Carlo Levi joined the movement called “The six of Turin” starting doing some exhibitions all around Italy. If at the beginning he started to paint in chair colours then after his Roman sojourn he began to […]

Easy to cook typical Roman food.
Rome does not have only monuments, history, squares and statues: the eternal city has a long tradition of regional food.
The roman cuisine is based on simple fresh ingredients and it is not very complicated to achieve a good result even for a beginner. Now try some of these mouthwatering recipes according to the traditional roman way.

Before you begin I would suggest a couple of things :
First of all: it’s important having Italian ingredients.
Second. Relax your mind while you are cooking with some music that is going to help your fantasy.
And you may want to pour yourself a glass of good regional Latium wine  to put yourself in the mood.
Do not forget a cute apron, possibly with the map of Italy and its wines and foods scattered around it.
 

 
Now let’s start with fried “antipasti” (appetizers)
Called “Supplì”
The suppli are oval shaped rice balls. You will […]

Fall in love
I don’t won’t to be boring giving tons of cultural information about Rome that you can find anyway , but rather to give some ideas that may help you save precious time anyway. It’s amazing the fact that in few days you can have a very good picture of all the beauty that the Eternal city of Rome gives and inspires also.
You just have to know how, I will offer you some support about the matter, saving time relaxing , enjoying, enjoying and enjoying.
The fist thing you have to do is to fall in love with Rome, and that is the easiest part. Some ideas about how to :
-Climb the Cordonnata, which are stairs designed by Michelangelo – and don’t worry, you will not feel the effort because of it is a gradual ascension - to get to the […]

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