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The Museo Nazionale D' Arte Orientale (National Museum of Oriental Art) has its home in the Palazzo Bracciano. Here you will find a very noteworthy collection of artworks including ceramic neolitico vases from the Qing dynasty and an illustrated history of Buddha. The Palace itself is a treasure to behold and in the ticket office foryer was the first marquetry ceiling I have ever seen. You ascend two majestic flights of red-carpeted marble stairs before reaching the ticket office. Entrance fee is 4 Euro. Photos were not permitted inside the museum but we were able to take a few photos of the exterior and the Palace entrace stairs. The literature on the Museum is in Italian only and only Italian-speaking staff were available.
Address: Via Merulana 248 - 00185 Roma - between Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore & Labicana
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 artifacts, decorative,
fashion, period costums by icunme
The lovely house features an exhibition of high fashion from the 1950's to 90's and collections of art objects by important 20th century artists.
The early 20th-century Villa Banceflor Boncompagni Ludovisi keeps its original furnishings (furniture, tapestries, pictures, and pottery) displayed in five rooms. A section devoted to artefacts, decorative arts, fashion, period costumes and design from late 18th to 20th-century is being arranged. The exhibition currently consists of the sections Decoratice Arts from 1900 through 1950 including objects by Italian artists, and The Evening Dress in Italian Haute Couture from 1950 through 1990 including a selection of dresses produced by the oldest Roman fashion houses. Remarkable exhibit: the huge gold, bronze, and silver craddle for the Royal princes created by G. Monteverde in 1901.
Via Boncompagni 18 - phone 06 42 82 40 74
Hours: Tue-Sun 9 - 19, Mon closed. Admission free. Phone: 06 42 82 40 74
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Here you will find the Museo dei Bersaglieri (Italy's light infantry).
Photo 1 - Of the three designs Michelangelo prepared, Pius IV apparently chose the least expensive one. The monumental side of the gates of Rome is the external one. Porta Pia is an exception: Pius IV opened a direct road (named after him Strada Pia) which linked the Quirinal and this gate; the decoration of its internal side was meant as a celebration of Strada Pia.
Photo 2 - The outer part of Porta Pia was rebuilt during the pontificate of Pius IX in 1868. At the time the State of the Church was restricted to Latium and the pope was aware he could not resist from a military point the Italian army; maybe that is why there is an angel holding the symbols of the pope, as if protecting the gate. But in 1870, the collapse of the French Empire (Napoleon III protected the State of the Church) left the pope without allies and on September 20, 1870 the Italian bersaglieri entered Rome through a breach near Porta Pia.
Porta Pia Sculpture tip - the tribute to Italy's Bersaglieri
Museo Bersaglieri tip - detail on Museum
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Photo 1 - This impressive sculpture is positioned as it appears to charge the Gates adorning Porta Pia and heralds the Museum of the Bersaglieri (Italy's light infantry) housed within the Gates.
Photo 2 - Don't miss the relief on the side where tribute is paid to specific men and their campaigns.
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 Museum Courtyard - rear of
Porta Pia Gates by icunme, 1 more photos
Opening time: Tues. and Thur. 9-13, other days on request for groups only • closed Sat. and Sun.
Admission free
public property
In 1870, the collapse of the French Empire (Napoleon III protected the State of the Church) left the pope without allies and on September 20, 1870 the Italian bersaglieri entered Rome through a breach near Porta Pia.
This museum is devoted to the history of Bersaglieri (an Italian light-infantry unit) and houses various materials on the many battles they valiantly fought. Bronze busts of the heroes of the Corps, among which Alessandro Lamarmora, Goffredo Mameli and Luciano Manara, are also on display.
Next tip - An impressive sculpture stands in the Piazza in front of the Porta Pia Gates honoring the Bersaglieri.
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I would never have seen this extraordinary Museum if it were not for the elaborate Danze Storica (working on that tip also) that was held there last Sunday (Feb 8, 2009). Traditional art from various regions - an outstanding carved gondola with leather seats and a privacy hood for those notables (second floor). This museum give you a feeling of the traditional art of the people of the regions from Sicily to Venice - carvings - painted carts of Sicily (first floor) - ceramics (second floor) and don't miss the puppet display (second floor). It is off-the-beaten path but right there in central EUR with ample parking in front. Well worth a trip!
Photo 1 - Friend Rita at Museo
Photo 2 - Gondola
Photo 3 - Gondola
Photo 4 - Looking for the gondolier
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 somewhere in the Jewish Ghetto by chicabonita
The conclusion was that Pasta is the best eatable due to its high percentage of carbohydrates. And that their shouldn't been hunger in the world if everyone eats pasta because of it's low production costs.
Click here for an online visit of the museum.
The entrance fee for adults was EUR 9, which seamed to me quite high.
You find the museum in a small street near Fontana di Trevi. Just follow the brown signs with the white writing on it. Leave a Comment
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Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera Villa Borghese
In the 18th Century the Orangery was known as the "Casino dei Giuochi d'Acqua" because of the fountains and g L’Aranciera was once a reception hall where entertainment; musica di camera and grottos there, surrounded by the Garden of the Lake with its spectacular displays. In its sumptuously decorated and furnished halls, the princes of the Borghese family organized parties and social events and water games were performed for the elite.
In 1849, cannon fire from French troops defending the papacy all but destroyed major portions of the building. The palazzo was transformed into a hot house for citrus fruit plants from the Borghese Gardens horticultural collection.
After decades of neglect, the Orangery is now once more a place for leisure and culture thanks to the efforts of Italian-American entrepreneur and international art collector, Carlo Bilotti. His donation of prestigous paintings, sculptures and drawings has found a home worthy of its world-class works. The collection of 22 works includes an important core of paintings and sculptures by Giorgio de Chirico, representing the best-known subjects produced by the painter between the end of the 20s and the 70s - a portrait of Carlo Bilotti in relief by American artist Larry Rivers - a 1981 portrait of wife Tina and daughter Lisa Bilotti by Andy Warhol - Summer by Gino Severini - and Giacomo Manzu's great bronze Cardinal.
To keep the museum open to ever-new themes in contemporary art, spaces have been assigned next to rooms housing the permanent collection.
Photo 1 - The only remaining element from the 16th century is a well-preserved oppulent Ninfeo fountain embellished with a basin bearing the Borghese family heraldry.
Museum Aranciera Carlo Bilotti is the first experiment in Italy involving mutual funding from private and public sectors. Carlo Bilotti was born into a family of noble lineage from southern Italy. In the United States, he studied at Columbia University in 1963 and came to understand and appreciate contemporary art as it evolved within the social changes in the United States - this emotional connection prompted the start of his modern art collection.
There is an entrance directly across from Casina del Lago along the walkway from the Lake - an entrance also on Viale Fiorella La Guardia - NEVER CROWDED
Hours - Tues-Sat 9am-7pm Last admission 6:30 Closed Mondays
Tickets - 4,50 Euro Reduced 2,50 Euro Free to Italian citizens and citizens of EC
The adjacent gardens are not to be missed and astounding when in full bloom. Detailed photos follow in our next tip on Aranciera di Villa Borghese - the Orangery Gardens. Website: www.museocarlobilotti
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 The centre of EUR by aaaarrgh
EUR stands for "Esposizione Universale Roma". The area of buildings is not designed to walk around - big double-carraigeway avenues on a grid like an American city. Saying that, walk around it is what I did.
But there are four large museums with decent art and sculpture, and treasures from the Roman civilization.
The Museo della Civila Romana, is the place to see the impressive sculptures from Rome's imperial past. There is a large model which illustrates Rome at its height.
Catch a bus or the metro to EUR. I went by bus from Rome's main bus station. Leave a Comment
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 Nymphaeum by Chamsa
Butit in the first place it is a museum for Etruscan art which hosts important examples to understand the culture that the Romans originated. It will definitely change your picture about the Roman culture. Leave a Comment Other Contact: Piazzale di Villa Giulia 9
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