A purchase of great value, with the charm of Italian fashion …

I guess that’s something you can not miss in the closet, because they are useful in both summer and winter.

Or, as Coco Chanel: “No man can make you feel safe, like a cashmere coat and a pair of black glasses.”

Passing through the center, walking to the Pantheon, take a look at the window at number 31 in Via Campo Marzio…

A specialized and funny cashmere shop,,,, not the usual cashmere.

Rienzi, Cashmere Shop
Via Campo Marzio 31, Roma

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One of the artistic periods, more coy, is undoubtedly that of Art Nouveau. In Rome, in the early ’20s, exploded the Art Nouveau, and began to appear beautiful stained windows glass, painted on fire!

Eclectic art, at the beginning, offered mainly medieval figures, to meet the demands of the bourgeoisie. But soon after, appeared geometric shapes and natural themes. The windows became important decorative element of the domestic spaces.

You may see an example of the Art of glass is  the ” CASINA DELLE CIVETTE “ ( “House of the Owls” of the noble Torlonia family) that currently has become the Museum of  Liberty Stained  Glass.

Here you can even see the evolution of the artistic technique, admiring the light that illuminates swans, peacocks, owls and migratory birds, butterflies and roses… that come to life from those wonderful windows.

In addition, the park where the CASINA DELLE CIVETTE is , is really nice….

MUSEUMS OF VILLA TORLONIA, Rome
Via Nomentana 70
Every day from 9:00 to 19.00
INFO. +39 060608
Ticket: 4 euros

This was the thought of Henri Cartier Bresson, the great photographer of the moment and eternity!

This exhibition is a journey between his art and the memories of his best friends, the thoughts of other great artists, historians, photographers and intellectuals who knew him

The exhibition is titled in fact, Images and Words, and  narrative voices will accompany you as a guide.

The artist who knew how to make a seemingly insignificant moment, a masterpiece…

I love the black and white, even if it seems easier, not at all.

Here are his ten lessons for “photos from the road”:

- Focusing on the geometry
- Be patient
- travel
- Be faithful to a single goal
- Photographing children
- Not be intrusive
- Look at the world as a painter
- Do not cut photos
- Not develop the photos yourself
- Think of the next photograph.

Cartier Bresson was not jealous of his pictures, like all geniuses, he was generous…

HENRI CARTIER BRESSON: “Immagini e Parole”
PALAZZO INCONTRO, Via dei Prefetti 22, Roma
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 to 19.00
Tickets: 6 euros 

Rome, which will charm you with its secret corners and its history… such as that of plaques that commemorate the many floods of the Tiber, which over the centuries have devastated this proud city!

Yes, there are about sixty  floods, the first dates back to 414 BC, but the flooding of the city seems to have been even 132!

Not to forget these tragedies, which often resulted in death, over the years, the plaques and water meters were affixed to the walls of Rome, in places where the water had reached truly remarkable heights, as in Via di Ripetta, more than 16 meters!

One of these floods in late 1600, the highest and most devastating, caused the collapse of the three arches of the Bridge of Senators, which was not rebuilt and took the nickname of ”Broken Bridge”!

So, while strolling through the streets of Rome, watch out to the walls!

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Here is a nice Classical Music Concert held in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

The repertoire includes masterpieces like ”Cavalleria Rusticana” by Mascagni, ”Arabesque” by Debussy,”Chrysanthemums” by Puccini, ”Ave Maria” by Verdi ….
It ’a matinée ( starts at 11.00) to pass completely absorbed in the art!

“Concerti di musica classica alla Galleria d’Arte Moderna”
Municipal Gallery of  Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome
Via Francesco Crispi 24, Rome
From Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00 to 18.00
Tickets 5.50 euros
INFO: +39 060608

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Through 50 macro works in black and white by Pino Musi, tells the Greek civilization to Agrigento, Syracuse and Paestum, Cerveteri Etruscancivilization and the civilization of the Roman Colosseum, Roman Forum, Pantheon, Pompeii, the Via Appia Antica and Villa Adriana in Tivoli.

Capture and beautiful places of Christian worship as San Vitale and San’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, (I lived for many years in that area in northern Italy and I assure you that these churches are spectacular!)

She continues her journey through Italy from north to south, capturing the diversity and magnificence of the architectural spaces that are part of theItalian collective memory …

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RIVELAZIONI DELLA FORMA- REVELATIONS OF FORM
Ara Pacis Museum
Tuesday to Sunday 9.00-19.00
Admission: 9 euros
Info: +39 060608

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However, history tells us precisely than in past centuries, our ancestors have fought in search of emancipation.

If you will come to Rome, the Colosseum will be definitely one of your goals and, admiring this masterpiece, you will try to imagine how many fights and battles were fought precisely in that arena!

Just here, even the Roman women were performing as gladiators. The women fought as gladiators men, and also competed in athletic competitions!
A famous misogyny Orator of ancient Rome, Giovenale, in his satire, dated around 100 AD, made fun of women devoted to the legal profession, or who were passionate about domestic and foreign politics.

All these testimonies of the past, help us to understand that history surely teaches, but it is up to us grow in the right direction.

P.s: The SESTERZI, were one of the coins in use in the Roman Empire, around 117 AD.

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The bad weather did not let up, therefore, to delight and dream, there’s nothing better than a good concert.

Here’s what I propose for tonight: a solo recital, one of the most prominent italians interpreters of the new generation, called “pianist, with magnetic fingers” : Giuseppe Albanese.

Beethoven, Debussy, Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok … for a musical program ”of the moon and sun, night and blinding.”

” The Piano, the Moon and the Fury ” – “Il Piano, la Luna e il Furore”
GIUSEPPE ALBANESE, piano
Solo recital, at 21.15
Teatro Argentina, Via di Torre Argentina, 52
Tickets: from 10 to 20 euros

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Named after the architect who designed it in 1913, seems straight out of a storybook ….

Every street is filled with a strong Art Nouveau, with Gothic, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque variations…

A very special combination of patterns that make the facades of the houses very impressive, redundant with decorations.

Among all, the Villino of the Fairies, only the name suggeststhe incredible stylistic expression of the facade!

Believe me, this neighborhood is like a bit of  fairy tale in Rome!

QUARTIERE COPPEDE’- ROMA

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The House of Jazz, at Villa Oslo, a unique location dating back to the ’30s , has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 150 seats, designed for multi-functionality.

It hosts concerts in general or, as on this occasion, fantasy events.

For today, dedicated to lovers, it’s scheduled a show at 21.00:”Memories of a Hobbit in the notes of Keith Jarrett,” a completely original new interpretation of the Talkieniano world extrapolated from the Lord of the Rings.

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If however, you want a romantic dinner… then, the Restaurant proposes a   Valentine’s Day menu!

So,  you can whisper loving words, enjoying hearts of potatoes with a sauce of sea bass, mazzancolla with oppidum sauce and orange puntarelle , cakes and chocolate…

♡♡♡ HAPPY VALENTINE DAY!

CASA DEL JAZZ - The House of Jazz
Viale di Porta Ardeatina,  Roma
INFO:+39  06704731
Performances from 19.30 1lle 22:30
Sunday from 11.00 to 13.00
Tickets from 5.00 to 12.00 euro

Valentine Menù- 25 euros (drinks not included)
INFO: +39  067008370 

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