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no. 4 / wednesday / 3 April 2013

Felix Schwimmer, “Flooding in Portico di Ottavia”, 2012, digital composition printed on photographic paper, 42 x 59.4 cm

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POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES James Walston

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BUYING PROPERTY IN ITALY Gianfranco Annino

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VILLA MEDICI Margaret Stenhouse

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MUSEUMS

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WHAT’S ON Linda Bordoni

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Felix Schwimmer was the Québec Architecture Resident, January-March 2012, at The British School at Rome.

“Underwater veduta of Portico d’Ottavia, symbolic of ecological changes and adaptations, a new ecosystem of mechanical and living technology perpetuate Rome as a touristic endeavor. Image taken from speculative project Archaeology of the future: Dystopian Tourism in Rome. ” Felix Schwimmer

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POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

Italy's parliament is looking for a new government and a new president

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lections are meant to give decision-making choices to the people so that they can decide who is to govern them. But increasingly those decisions have been less than decisive. After their June 2010 elections, Belgium took 541 days to form a government.

Last year the Greeks went to the polls twice in as many months because they did not give anyone a majority the first time. Even in Britain, where the new prime minister is usually installed in 10 Downing Street on the Friday evening after Thursday elections, in 2010 nobody won a majority, and it took the Conservatives and the Liberals six whole days to form a coalition.

In Italy the February elections were supposed to give a majority to Pierluigi Bersani’s centre-left Partito Democratico (PD), and the only doubt was whether he would include Mario Monti’s centrist Scelta Civica out of necessity to have a majority in the senate, or because including Monti would give Italy credibility with the financial markets and in Europe.

Instead, Italy now has three almost equal groups, which – in a perverse political version of scissors-paper-stone – are not prepared or politically able to cooperate. There is the PD on the centre-left, Silvio Berlusconi’s Popolo della Libertà (PdL) on the centre-right, and Beppe Grillo’s Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) somewhere – mostly on the left but with some right-wing traits and, in any case, far away from the traditional parties. Monti has too few parliamentarians to be significant.

Thanks to the electoral premium, the PD has an absolute majority in the chamber of deputies but needs the support (or at least the abstention) of one of the other parties for a majority in the upper house. Italy’s two houses of parliament have equal power, so a government must have a majority in both. The PD has been trying to negotiate with M5S, but Grillo has insisted that he will not give them a vote of confidence. The PdL has been making overtures to the PD for some sort of German-style “grand coalition” but the PD knows that an alliance with Berlusconi would be the kiss of death in the likely new elections. A PdL-M5S coalition is beyond the bounds even of fantasy.

The stalemate was such that early elections, in June or July, seemed inevitable when Bersani made a very canny move. The first deadline for the new parliament was to elect its speakers for the senate and chamber of deputies. The PD initially put up two worthy but definitely old-school candidates; it then switched and Bersani put forward Laura Boldrini for the chamber and Piero Grasso for the senate.

Boldrini had been spokeswoman for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and a tough defender of refugees and immigrants, so she appealed to most of the left, including many Grillini (M5S). She had never been a member of a party and was elected in Nichi Vendola’s Sinistra, Ecologia e Libertà (SEL) party, not the PD. Grasso was an anti-mafia judge and prosecutor who is also new to party politics. His rival in the senate was the outgoing speaker, Renato Wanted in Rome 3 April 2013

The term of President Giorgio Napolitano is coming to an end.

Schifani, another Sicilian but a lawyer whose firm had defended mafiosi.

Faced with the possibility of Schifani winning, 12 M5S senators broke ranks and voted for Grasso.

Bersani is trying to repeat this performance with a government line-up.

Any government is a combination of positions of power and policy – pork and principle. When the PD thought it had victory in the bag, its leaders were already dividing up cabinet posts and their policies hardly touched established interests. In defeat (or semi-victory), Bersani has had to open up to non-party figures (last year we called them “technocrats”) who inspire confidence in the widest possible range of parliamentarians. The aim is at least to persuade enough Grillini not to vote against the government in the vote of confidence in senate, and then go ahead with a clear and limited programme which includes M5S-friendly measures: new and serious conflict of interest and anti-corruption laws, reduction or abolition of public funding for politics, reduction of the number of parliamentarians and abolition of the provinces, and finally, a new electoral law.

If this plan is not accepted, there is a small chance that President Napolitano will ask a real technocrat to try to form a government.

On the other side, Berlusconi is fighting for his political life. All of his trials are coming to verdict in the near future and, even if he is convicted, he will not go to prison as he is over 70, but he could well be prohibited from holding public office. A conviction for having sex with an under-age prostitute, bribing a member of parliament and setting up a slush fund would seriously damage his image, not just abroad. He wants a centreright person in the Quirinale as president of the republic as some sort of guarantee, and has threatened parliamentary and street opposition if his candidate is not elected.

President Napolitano’s mandate ends on 15 May and parliament and representatives of the regions must meet by 15 April to elect a successor.

The Italian president was supposed to be a mainly symbolic figure, but the last couple of years have shown how the role expanded to fill the power vacuum. The next president, too, will not be just a figurehead. His or her first job might be to dissolve parliament and call new elections; if there is a government, then the president will have a hard job keeping its course steady.

In contrast to the general election, the three regional elections held at the same time gave clear results; Lombardy to the centre-right, Lazio and Molise to the centre-left.

And there’s more to come: apart from the new president who should be elected this month, we shall have a new mayor and council here in Rome, to be elected at the end of May (with a run-off in June if no one wins an absolute majority).

All of this against the backdrop of the worst recession Italy has seen since the war, and no sign of recovery.

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BUYING PROPERTY IN ITALY

This is the first in a series containing legal advice about problems readers may encounter during their stay in Italy

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This contract then needs to be registered with the fiscal authority at the registry office (ufficio del registro) within 20 days of its execution, and then submitted to a notary (notaio) for the preparation of the final deed of sale (rògito).

Depending on the complexity of the sale, this may take up to three months.

Whether buying through an agency or wide open. privately, you have the right to choose a The following is a brief guide to the notary; as the buyer, you will be paying property buying process in Italy, your the notary fees, so find one that is rights as a buyer, and pitfalls to avoid. ecommended by friends or colleagues Once you have decided on a property and that suits your needs and pocket. that suits your needs, we suggest that Before signing the final deed of sale, you get a full estimate of fees and taxes you will need to acquire – unless you which are payable over and above the already have one – an Italian tax code price of the property, to see if the pur(codice fiscale), which can be obtained chase is viable. from the tax office (agenzia delle Only then should you make a written entrate). This in turn is needed to open offer for the property, which should conan Italian bank account which is tain the amount you are offering and a obligatory for all payments involved in proposed purchase date. At this stage purchasing your property. you are not required to pay any retain- Knowing your legal rights is key to buying a property in Italy.

The signing of the final deed of sale ing fees or deposits to the owner as (rògito) takes place in front of the notary. If you are not fluent in Italian, there is no formal agreement in place yet between you and the seller to prorequest that a translator be present. You should be aware that at the contect you, and you could lose any money you pay upfront. clusion of the deal you will be required to pay the following: If your offer is accepted by the seller, you will enter into the phase of the • The balance outstanding between the deposit and the sales price of preliminary contract agreement (compromesso). This is a private agreethe property; ment between the purchaser and the seller and need not be signed in front • The notary fees; of a public notary. To protect yourself as a buyer, you should make sure that • If you have taken a loan with a bank you will have to pay for the mortthe agreement contains the following: gage agreement (atto di mutuo); Exact specifications of the property, including entrances and rights of • Land registry tax (imposta di registro) for first properties* – three per way to the property, preferably accompanied by official plans from the land cent of the declared value of the property for residents and seven per registry office (ufficio di catasto) and confirmation from the municipal techcent for non-residents; nical office (ufficio tecnico comunale) that the building complies with all the • Mortgage tax (imposta ipotecarie) for first properties – €168 for residents local regulations and that all building or renovations have been carried out and two per cent of the property’s declared value for non-residents; with the necessary permissions. As a new owner you may become liable • Transfer tax (imposta catastale) for first properties – €168 for residents, for fines pertaining to the property for any past infringement of the building one per cent of the declared value the of property for non-residents. regulations; The property’s declared value (at the registry office) is not the sale • A guarantee from the seller that there are no mortgages or outstandprice of the property but the value reflected at the registry office, and ing expenses on the property; is lower than the sales price. Check this value before paying the tax; it • The exact price of the property and the payment process; is normally reflected on the land registration (visura catastale). If at the • The date of occupation, with forfeits should the seller not vacate the date of purchase you are awaiting residency, you are still entitled to property within an agreed-upon period from the agreed date of your the reduced taxes as long as your residency is granted within 18 occupation; months of the signing of the deed of sale; • In Italy if it is not a private sale, both the purchaser and the vendor are • Agency fees as per the commitment agreement. subject to agency fees ranging between three-four per cent. IVA (VAT) is payable on agency fees only when buying luxury property or buyAfter this you are the proud owner of a property in Italy and are ready to ing from a company. The agreement should reflect the exact fee so enjoy a place in the sun. If you are attempting a purchase via a private sale that it is not subject to change later. You are also not obliged to pay or if you are not fluent in Italian, bilingual legal assistance is advised to save the fee to the agent at this stage; by agreement it may be paid over to you from exploitative expenses and fines in the long run. the agent in front of the notary at the signing of the final deed of sale. hether you want to realise the dream of buying a home in the Italian countryside, make a property investment, or find an accommodation solution while living or working in Italy, buying a property need not be daunting if you go into it with eyes

At this stage of the process you will be required to pay a deposit of between 10 – 20 per cent of the value of the selling price of the property. If the seller pulls out of the preliminary agreement after it is signed you are entitled to receive double the deposit you paid; if you pull out of the agreement you will lose your deposit. Even if this agreement is drawn up by an estate agent, insist that it includes the above. As a buyer you have the right to appoint a surveyor or technician (geometra) to carry out any surveys on the property at your own care and cost.

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Avv. Gianfranco Annino www.annino-lawfirm.com Future topics will cover rental contracts, inheritance, insurance and accidents, and health. We also welcome any suggestions that readers may have. Please send these either to editorial@wantedinrome.com or contact the law firm www.annino-lawfirm.com directly. * first property (prima casa) means your only or primary residence in Italy

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VILLA MEDICI

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French Academy director Éric de Chassey with the Niobe group in the gardens.

The French Academy – once considered a rather aloof institution – is undergoing a transformation

well-known local legend, trotted out by tour guides, recounts that the eccentric Queen Cristina of Sweden, who converted to Catholicism and came to live in Rome in 1654, fired a cannon ball from Castel S. Angelo at Villa Medici on the Pincio hill above the Spanish Steps. That same cannon ball is said to be the one that now sits on top of the fountain in front of the Villa.

The rather plain and forbidding frontage that Villa Medici presents to the city of Rome may have inspired the queen with fortress-besieging fantasies, hence her provocative gesture, but she would have had a very different impression if she had gone inside. The interior – the private façade, which looks over the gardens – is a show-piece of renaissance pomp and splendour, reflecting the status of Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici, who transformed it from a country residence (the area was still quite rural in the 16th century) into a palace intended to dazzle Rome.

According to Éric de Chassey, director of the Académie de France à Rome, which has been housed in the Villa Medici since 1803, the French Academy’s reputation as a somewhat closed world is partly due to its outward appearance. “The front is the side that most people see and it is so austere that it is almost forbidding. But that was the way the Medici wanted it. The show of wealth and power was reserved for themselves and the guests they wanted to impress.”

Once inside the entrance hall, a flight of stairs leads up to the loggia which gives onto the gardens. This was the fulcrum of the villa, where 16th-century visitors would gasp in admiration at the vision opening before them – the sweeping balustrades flanked by two sculpted lions (one ancient, the other a 17th-century copy), the Giambologna bronze statue of Mercury hovering over the fountain basin, and the vast renaissance garden, with its hedged walks lined with ancient marbles and a “wild wood”, where the cardinal could indulge in a bit of hunting.

The cardinal lived in the villa for 11 years. He had expected to become pope, but the death of his older brother took him back to Florence to rule the Medici empire instead. When he departed he took most of his sculpture collection with him, including the lions and the Mercury, but fortunately he was unable to strip off the innumerable ancient Roman basreliefs, including some fragments from the Ara Pacis, with which he had decorated the interior façade. These are still there today.

Appointed director in 2009, Eric de Chassey has embarked on a sweeping renovation programme. This has included major restoration projects and cultural initiatives aimed at revolutionising the Academy's historically staid and aloof image. He believes that it is vitally important for the French Academy to “open up more to the world”.

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tours in English, French and Italian. The tour includes the newly-restored Cardinal Ferdinando’s Pavilion, with its charming “Room of the Birds”.

Decorated by Jacopo Zucchi, this features a veritable encyclopaedia of fauna covering the walls and ceiling. The adjoining “Room of Aurora” is a riot of grotesques and frescoed medallions depicting the villa during various phases of construction. A discreet little staircase leads from the pavilion down to the present Viale del Muro Torto, which in Medici time would have been outside the city. No-one knows for sure, but it is suspected that the pavilion may have been the cardinal’s secret love nest.

The visit also includes the atelier with the Academy’s collection of plaster casts made by the borsisti (scholarship winners) dating back to the 17th century. The Academy was originally founded in 1666 by the Sun King, Louis XIV, to give young French artists the opportunity to study classical Roman masterpieces. However, they were also expected to supply the king with copies to decorate his palace in France. Originally thought worthless, these casts are now seen as valuable historic evidence of the work carried out by the students.

The Niobe sculpture group, based on an ancient Greek myth, is a focal point of the garden. This was one of the jewels of the cardinal’s collection. Unfortunately, it also went with him to Florence. However the celebrated French artist Balthus, who was director of the Academy between 1961-1977, had copies made and visitors never fail to be moved by the sight of the agonising bodies of Niobe’s dying children, scattered around the lawn in a remote corner of the grounds.

The fortunate borsisti, elected each year by a Paris commission, spend two or three years in Rome living at the Villa Medici. They do not necessarily have to be French, de Chassey says, and the Academy is no longer confined to painting and sculpture but is open to other disciplines, such as art history, photography, cinema, literature, design, choreography and even the culinary arts.

De Chassey’s next project is expected to make a big impact on the Rome exhibition circuit. Planned for the end of this year, it will feature the works of major French, Flemish and Italian artists from a wide selection of foreign museums. Bassifondi di Barocco (“Baroque Low Life”) will centre on the 17th-century underworld, revealing the little-known dark side of a period known for its splendour.

Margaret Stenhouse Tours of Villa Medici gardens every day except Monday. Tours of the gardens plus the historic “Director’s Apartments” on Wed only. Hours vary. For information tel.

066761223 or consult www.villamedici.it.

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For more details see www.museiincomuneroma.it and www.beniculturali.it.

Below is a liSt OF thE majOr muSEumS and arChaEOlOgiCal SitES in rOmE; in general, ticket offices shut approximately one hour before final closing time. In most cases admission is free for EU citizens under 18 and over 65 and reduced for those aged 18-25.

Book tickets for many Rome museums and archaeological sites on tel. 060608 or online at www.060608.it. Book tickets for the Borghese Museum, Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia, Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Corsini online at www.beniculturali.it.

vATICAN musEums Viale del Vaticano, tel. 0669883860, mv.vatican.va. Not only the Sistine Chapel but also the Egyptian and Etruscan collections and the Pinacoteca. Mon-Sat 09.00-

18.00. Sun (and bank holidays) closed except last Sun of month (free entry, 08.30-12.30). All times refer to last entry.

For group tours of the museums and

Vatican gardens tel. 0669884667. For private tours (museum only) tel. 0669884947.

Closed 26 December and 6 January, Easter Sunday and Monday.

Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, tel. 0669881814, www.vatican-patrons.org.

For private behind-the-scene tours in the Vatican Museums.

Italian tools, crafts, clothing, furniture, musical instruments, jewellery. Tues-Fri 09.0018.00, Sat-Sun 09.00-20.00. Mon closed.

Guided tours in Italian on prior booking.

Italian artefacts and ethnological material from various cultures. 10.00-18.00.

sTATE musEums Baths of Diocletian Viale Enrico de Nicola 78, tel. 0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. Part of the protohistorical section of the Museo Nazionale Romano in the Baths of Diocletian plus the restored cloister by Michelangelo.

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l Borghese Museum Piazzale Scipione Borghese (Villa Borghese), tel. 06328101, www.galleria.borghese.it.

Sculptures by Bernini and Canova, paintings

by Titian, Caravaggio, Raphael, Correggio.

09.00-19.30. Mon closed. Entry times at 09.00, 11.00, 13.00 15.00, 17.00. Guided tours in English and Italian.

Castel S. Angelo Museum Lungotevere Castello 50, tel. 066819111, www.castelsantangelo.com. Emperor Hadrian’s mausoleum used by the popes as a fortress, prison and palace. 09.00-19.00.

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Colosseum, Palatine and Roman Forum Colosseum: Piazza del Colosseo. Palatine: entrances at Piazza di S. Maria Nova 53 and Via di S. Gregorio 30. Roman Forum: entrances at Largo Romolo e Remo 5-6 and Piazza di S. Maria Nova 53, tel.

0639967700, www.colosseo-roma.it.

08.30-19.15. Single ticket gives entry to the Colosseum and the Palatine (including the Museo Palatino; last entry one hour before closing). Guided tours in English and Italian. l

Crypta Balbi Via delle Botteghe Oscure 31, tel. 0639967700, www.archeologia.beniculturali.it. Museum dedicated to the Middle Ages on the site of the ancient ruins of the Roman Theatre of Balbus. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian.

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Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia Piazza Villa Giulia 9, tel. 063226571, villagiulia.beniculturali.it. National museum of Etruscan civilisation.

08.30-19.30. Mon closed.

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Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 06322981, www.gnam.beniculturali.it. 08.30-19.30.

Mon closed.

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MAXXI Via Guido Reni 6, tel. 063210181, www.fondazionemaxxi.it. National Museum of 21st-century art, designed by Zaha Hadid. Tues-Sun 11.00-19.00, Thurs and Sat 11.00-22.00. Mon closed.

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Museo dei Fori Imperiali and Trajan’s Markets Via IV Novembre 94, tel. 060608, en.mercatiditraiano.it. Museum dedicated to the forums of Caesar, Augustus, Nerva and Trajan and the Temple of Peace.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

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Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari Piazza G. Marconi 10, EUR, tel. 060608, www.popolari.arti.beniculturali.it. Traditional

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Palazzo Corsini Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Via della Lungara, 10, tel. 0668802323, www.galleriaborghese.it/corsini/en. National collection of ancient art, begun by Rome's Corsini family.

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l Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale Via Merulana 248, tel. 0646974832, www.museorientale.it. Interesting national collection of oriental art with some special exhibitions from its own collection and special loans. Tues, Wed, and Fri. 09.0014.00. Thurs, Sat, Sun. 09.00-19.30. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian on Sun (11.00 and 17.00). l Museo Nazionale del Palazzo Venezia Via del Plebiscito 118, tel. 0669994285, www.museopalazzovenezia.beniculturali.it.

Residence of Pope Paul II in the 15th century, it was the embassy of the Republic of Venice and then of the Austrian Empire.

Paintings, sculpture, bronzes by Pisanello and Bernini. 08.30-19.30, Mon closed.

Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico L. Pigorini Piazza G. Marconi 14, EUR, tel. 06549521, www.pigorini.beniculturali.it. Prehistoric l

l Palazzo Altemps Piazza S. Apollinare 46, tel. 0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. Ancient sculpture from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Ludovisi collection.

09.00-19.45. Mon closed. l Palazzo Barberini Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, tel. 064824184, www.galleriabarberini.beniculturali.it.

National collection of 13th- to 16th-century paintings. 08.30-19.30. Mon closed. l Palazzo Massimo alle Terme Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel. 0639967700, www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it. Important Roman paintings, mosaics, sculpture, coins and antiquities from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Kircherian collection.

09.00-19.45. Mon closed. l Scuderie del Quirinale LVia XXIV Maggio 16, tel. 0639967500, www.scuderiequirinale.it. The museum opposite the residence of Italy’s president stages major exhibitions. Sun-Thurs 10.0020.00, Fri-Sat 10.00-22.30. l Vittoriano Piazza Aracoeli, tel. 066991718, www.museiincomuneroma.it. Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II and Italian unity. Also Museo Centrale del Risorgimento. 10.0016.00. Mon closed. Entry free.

CITY musEums ACEA (Montemartini) Art Centre Via Ostiense 106, tel. 060608, en.centralemontemartini.org. Over 400 pieces of ancient sculpture from the Capitoline Museums are on show in a former power plant. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in English for groups if reserved in advance.

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l Capitoline Museums Piazza del Campidoglio, tel. 060608, en.museicapitolini.org. The city’s collection of ancient sculpture in Palazzo Nuovo and Palazzo dei Conservatori, plus the Tabularium and the Pinacoteca.

09.00-20.00. Mon closed. Guided tours for groups in English and Italian on Sat and Sun.

Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna Via Francesco Crispi 24, tel. 060608, www.museiincomuneroma.it. The municipal modern art collection. 10.00-18.00.

Mon closed.

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MACRO Via Reggio Emilia 54, tel. 060608, www.macro.roma.museum. The city’s collection of contemporary art, plus temporary exhibition space. Via Reggio Emilia 09.00-19.00.

Mon closed. Also MACRO Future, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, tel. 060608. Open for temporary exhibitions only 16.00-24.00. Mon closed.

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Museo Barracco Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 166, tel.

0668806848, www.mdbr.it. A collection of

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Doria Pamphilj Gallery Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Via del Corso 305, tel. 066797323, www.doriapamphilj.it.

Residence of the Doria Pamphilj family, it contains the family’s private art collection, which includes a portrait by Velasquez, a sculpture by Bernini, plus works by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio. 10.0017.00. l

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Galleria Colonna Palazzo Colonna, Via della Pilotta 17, tel.

066784350, www.galleriacolonna.it.

Private collection of works by Veronese, Guido Reni, Pietro di Cortona and Annibale Caracci. Sat 09.00-13.00 only. Private group tours are available seven days a week on request. For wheelchair access contact the gallery to arrange alternative entrance.

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mainly pre-Roman sculpture. 09.00-19.00.

Mon closed. l Museo dell’Ara Pacis Lungotevere in Augusta, tel. 060608, www.arapacis.it. Home of the Roman altar to peace commissioned by Emperor Caesar Augustus in the 1st century AD. The museum was designed by American architect Richard Meier. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed.

l Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi Via S. Pantaleo 10, tel. 060608, en.museodiroma.it. The city’s collection of paintings, etchings, photographs, furniture and clothes from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. 09.00-19.00.

Mon closed. Guided tours in English and Italian on prior booking tel.

0682059127.

l Museo Napoleonico Piazza di Ponte Umberto 1, tel. 060608, www.museonapoleonico.it. Paintings, sculptures and jewellery related to Napoleon and the Bonaparte family.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English.

l Palazzo delle Esposizioni Via Nazionale 194, tel. 0639967500, www.palazzoesposizioni.it. Large space which hosts several travelling exhibitions each year. Tues, Wed, Thurs 10.00-20.00.

Fri and Sat 10.00-22.30. Sun 10.00-20.00.

Mon closed.

l Keats-Shelley Memorial House Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235, www.keats-shelley-house.it.

Museum dedicated to the lives of three English Romantic poets – John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.

Mon-Fri 10.00-13.00, 14.00-18.00; Sat 11.00-14.00, 15.00-18.00.

Guided tours on prior booking.

l Museo Canonica Viale P. Canonica 2 (Villa Borghese), tel. 060608, www.museocanonica.it.

The collection, private apartment and studio of the sculptor and musician Pietro Canonica who died in 1959.

09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English (book ten days in advance).

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ExHIBITIONS LOUISE NEVELSON 02 April-21 July A­ nucleus­ of­ over­ 70­ works­ illustrate Nevelson’s­ activities,­ starting­ from­ the drawings­ and­ the­ terracottas­ she­ produced during­the­1930s,­to­the­assemblages­in­painted­wood­in­the­1950s,­the­masterpieces­of­the 1960s­and­1970s,­up­to­the­important­mature works­created­in­the­1980s.­The­works­on­loan from­leading­galleries­and­museums­focus­on the­ important­ part­ Nevelson­ played­ in­ 20thcentury­ sculpture.­ 10.00-20.00.­ Mon­ closed.

Museo­ Fondazione­ Roma,­ Palazzo­ Sciarra, Via­ Marco­ Minghetti­ 22,­ tel.­ 06697645532, www.fondazioneromamuseo.it.

FIONA TAN. INVENTORY 27 March-08 September Correction,­Disorient and­Cloud­Island are­the three­ video­ works­ featured­ in­ this­ show­ by Fiona­ Tan­ together­ with­ her­ latest­ work, Inventory,­ which­ was­ conceived­ for­ the­ John Soane­Museum­in­London.­Beginning­with­her interest­ in­ the­ omnipresence­ of­ ancient­ images­and­ideas­of­a­given­place­and­their­conflict­with­the­present,­Tan­places­herself­in­relation­ to­ the­ creations­ of­ Giovanni­ Battista Piranesi­ and­ the­ architecture­ of­ Zaha­ Hadid.

11.00-19.00.­ Sat­ 11.00-22.00.­ Mon­ closed.

Museo­ Nazionale­ delle­ Arti­ del­ xxI­ Secolo, MAxxI,­ Via­ Guido­ Reni­ 4/a,­ tel.­ 063225178, www.fondazionemaxxi.it.

ROMA CITTà SCATTATA 19 March-26 May Photographs­and­videos­created­by­Christoph Brech­in­2012­offer­an­unusual­perspective­of the­ Eternal­ City.­ The­ exhibition­ also­ features Brech’s­ “photographic­ diary”­ as­ well­ as­ a selection­ of­ photographs­ taken­ inside­ the Vatican­in­2009,­and­images­of­the­gardens­of Ninfa.­ 10.00-18.00.­ Mon­ closed.­ Casa­ di Goethe,­ Via­ del­ Corso­ 18,­ tel.­ 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it.

MARC SHOUL 16 March-19 April Brakpan.­ South­ African­ photographer­ Marc Shoul­was­awarded­the­first­prize­in­the­2011 Winephoto­ photography­ competition­ in Venice­for­this­series­of­works.­Shoul’s­black and­white­photographs­portray­daily­life­in­the once-prosperous­ mining­ town­ of­ Brakpan, near­Johannesburg.­Shoul­explains:­“Brakpan is­like­going­back­in­time;­so­many­aspects­of the­town­remind­me­of­old­images­I­have­seen of­ South­ Africa.­ Despite­ all­ the­ changes­ in nearby­ Johannesburg,­ Brakpan­ still­ goes about­its­business­in­much­the­same­way­it­did before”.­ 15.30-19.30.­ Sun­ and­ Mon­ closed.

Extraspazio,­Via­S.­Francesco­di­Sales­16a,­tel.

0668210655,­www.extraspazio.it.

HANNU PALOSUO 15 March-26 May Memoria­Obliterata.­Born­in­Helsinki­in­1966, Hannu­ Palosuo­ lives­ and­ works­ between Finland­ and­ Rome­ and­ has­ collaborated­ as stage­ designer­ for­ important­ theatres­ and opera­houses­in­Italy.­He­has­also­exhibited­his artwork­ at­ international­ exhibitions­ including the­ 53rd­ Venice­ Biennale.­ Palosuo’s­ latest paintings­merge­symbols,­meanings­and­references­in­a­sort­of­undifferentiated­–­dreamlike

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Wet­Evening­by­Howard­Hodgkin­at­the­Gagosian­Gallery.

–­logic.­Compared­to­previous­works,­the­paintings­ on­ show­ are­ related­ more­ closely­ to­ the traditions­of­western­art­and­contain­very­few­or no­ references­ to­ the­ new­ Nordic­ or­ Finnish­ cultures.­ 09.30-18.30.­ Sat­ and­ Sun­ 09.3019.30.­Mon­closed.­Museo­H.C.­Andersen,­Via Pasquale­Stanislao­Mancini­20,­tel.­063129089, www.museoandersen.beniculturali.it.

HOWARD HODGKIN 15 March-04 May New­Paintings.­Hodgkin’s­first­exhibition­in­Rome since­he­presented­works­at­the­British­School­in 1992.­ In­ these­ recent­ works­ Hodgkin­ explores the­nature­of­painting­both­as­cultured­language and­sheer­expression.­He­disregards­the­classical­ polarities­ of­ abstraction­ and­ representation, past­ and­ present,­ canvas­ and­ frame.­ 10.3019.00.­ Sun­ and­ Mon­ closed.­ Gagosian­ Gallery, Via­ Francesco­ Crispi­ 16,­ tel.­ 0642086498, www.gagosian.com.

SEAN SCULLY: CHANGE AND HORIZONTALS 15 March-09 June The­national­gallery­of­modern­art­follows­a­turning­ point­ in­ the­ career­ of­ acclaimed­ Irish-born American­ painter­ and­ printmaker­ Sean­ Scully.

The­ exhibition­ concentrates­ on­ the­ years­ from 1974­ to­ 1975,­ when­ Scully­ began­ working­ with acrylics,­ masking­ tape­ and­ graphite.­ Among­ a series­of­works­from­this­period­are­three­watercolours­and­some­60­pages­from­Scully’s­notebooks.­ The­ show,­ originally­ realised­ for­ the Drawing­Center­in­New­York­by­curators­Joanna Kleinberg­and­Brett­Littman,­comes­to­the­Italian capital­ thanks­ to­ Rome-based­ curator­ Peter Benson­ Miller.­ Galleria­ Nazionale­ d'Arte Moderna,­(GNAM)­Viale­delle­Belle­Arti­131,­tel.

06322981,­www.gnam.beniculturali.it.

EXODUS 13 March-13 April Works­ by­ Sara­ Basta,­ Elena­ Bellantoni,­ Laura Cionci,­ Mariana­ Ferratto­ and­ Dunia­ Maro­ focus on­the­themes­of­exodus,­nomadism,­exile­and diaspora.­ All­ of­ the­ artists­ were­ born­ between 1975­ and­ 1980­ and­ share­ the­ common­ experience­of­having­lived­and­worked­abroad­for­long periods.­ Through­ a­ personal­ perspective­ they narrate­their­experience­away­from­home­focusing­ on­ different­ concepts­ such­ as­ identity,­ journey­ and­ family.­ 16.30-19.30.­ Sun­ and­ Mon­ closed.­Sala­1,­Piazza­di­Porta­S.­Giovanni­10,­tel.

067008691,­www.salauno.com.

DANIEL LIBESKIND 11 March-30 April The­ Ermanno­ Tedeschi­ Gallery­ holds­ Rome’s first­exhibition­dedicated­to­the­the­architectural drawings­of­the­world-renowned­architect­Daniel Libeskind.­ “Never­ Say­ the­ Eye­ Is­ Rigid: Architectural­Drawings­of­Daniel­Libeskind”­com-

prises­ 52­ original­ drawings­ from­ eight­ diverse Libeskind­projects­in­Germany,­Italy,­Poland,­UK and­the­US,­including­some­of­his­most­famous buildings­such­as­Berlin’s­Jewish­Museum,­and “Memory­ Foundations,­ Ground­ Zero”,­ the master­plan­for­the­World­Trade­Center­site.­The exhibition­features­line­drawings,­watercolours and­ ink­ sketches­ by­ the­ Polish-American­ architect.­ Mon-Fri­ 10.00-13.00­ /­ 15.00-19.00, Sat,­ Sun­ by­ appointment.­ Ermanno­ Tedeschi Gallery,­ Via­ del­ Portico­ d’Ottavia­ 7,­ tel.

0645551063.

CUBISTI CUBISMO 08 March-23 June Over­ 200­ works,­ including­ oil­ paintings, drawings,­ sculptures,­ design­ objects,­ films, costumes,­ music­ and­ documents,­ illustrate­ the art­ movement­ founded­ by­ Picasso­ and­ Braque between­1907­and­1914.­The­movement­spread like­ wildfire­ in­ that­ period,­ influencing­ artists across­Europe­and­the­United­States.­On­display are­ works­ by­ Picasso,­ Gris,­ Braque,­ Leger, Gleizes,­Metzinger,­Hartley,­Rivera,­Goncharova, Severini,­ Soffici,­ Lewis,­ Vanessa­ Bell­ and­ many others.­The­exhibition­examines­Cubism­not­only as­a­modern­artistic­style,­but­also­as­a­new­paradigm­ for­ a­ changing­ world,­ as­ a­ revolutionary language­capable­of­transforming­not­only­painting,­ but­ also­ architecture,­ literature,­ theatre, music,­ cinema,­ design,­ décor­ and­ fashion.­ 09-30-19.30.­Fri­and­Sat­09.30-23.30.­Sun­09.30, 20.30.­Complesso­del­Vittoriano,­Via­S.­Pietro­in Carcere,­tel.­06678664.

HELMUT NEWTON: WHITE WOMEN, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, BIG NUDES 06 March-21 July The­ Palazzo­ delle­ Esposizioni­ pays­ tribute­ to Helmut­Newton,­one­of­the­most­influential­and controversial­photographers­of­the­20th­century.

The­ 200­ images­ on­ show­ comprise­ the­ entire contents­ of­ Newton’s­ first­ three­ books:­ White Women­(1976),­Sleepless­Nights­(1978),­and­Big Nudes­ (1981).­ The­ exhibition­ travels­ to­ Rome from­ Houston’s­ Museum­ of­ Fine­ Arts­ and­ Berlin’s­ Museum­ für­ Fotografie.­ Newton­ (19202004)­ first­ achieved­ international­ recognition­ in the­1970s­as­a­celebrity­photographer­and­became­famous­for­his­stylised­and­often­erotic­images.­ Palazzo­ delle­ Esposizioni,­ Via­ Nazionale 194,­tel.­0639967500,­www.palazzoesposizioni.it.

MARIO CARBONE - EMILIO GENTILINI 01 March-05 May I­Volti,­Le­Pietre,­La­Città.­Over­100­works­by­the two­ “Roman”­ photographers­ Mario­ Carbone and­Emilio­Gentilini­from­the­museum’s­permanent­ collection­ and­ from­ Carbone’s­ private archive.­ Curators­ focus­ on­ the­ city’s­ changing face­ between­ the­ 1950s­ and­ the­ 1980s.­ 10.0020.00.­ Mon­ closed.­ Museo­ di­ Roma­ in

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for­up-to-date­what’s­on­listings­see­www.wantedinrome.com­ Trastevere,­ Piazza­ S.­ Egidio­ 1B, tel.­ 060608, www.museodiromaintrastevere.it.

IL CAMMINO DI PIETRO 07 February-01 May An­ exhibition­ at­ Castel­ S.­ Angelo­ presents­ 40 works,­ from­ East­ and­ West,­ which­ recount­ the history­of­Christianity­from­the­4th-20th­century.

The­ exhibited­ paintings­ and­ sculptures­ are­ by artists­such­as­Guido­Reni,­Lorenzo­Veneziano, Jan­ Brueghel,­ Giorgio­ Vasari,­ Georges­ de­ La Tour,­ Guercino,­ Gerrit­ van­ Honthorst,­ Dirk­ Van Baburen,­ Luca­ Giordano,­ Vasily­ Dmitrievich Polenov­and­Eugène­Burnand.­Tues-Sun­09.0019.30.­Museo­di­Castel­S.­Angelo,­Lungotevere Castello­50,­tel.­066896003.

TIFFANY & GALLÉ E I MAESTRI DELL’ART NOUVEAU 20 February-28 April A­ selection­ of­ valuable­ works­ from­ the­ Art Nouveau­ collection­ at­ the­ Museum­ of­ Applied Arts­in­Budapest.­Curators­have­focused­on­the Art­Nouveau­period­between­the­1889­World­Fair in­Paris­and­the­1911­International­Exhibition­of Decorative­Arts­in­Turin.­The­Budapest­Museum has­had­one­of­the­most­significant­collections­of Art­Nouveau­since­the­beginning­of­the­20th­century­thanks­to­its­director,­Jeno­Radisics.­His­institution­ started­ purchasing­ first-class­ contemporary­ objects­ directly­ from­ the­ manufacturers­ at the­ international­ fairs­ and­ exhibitions­ and­ the museum­ became­ an­ important­ centre­ for Hungarian­ decorative­ arts.­ This­ exhibition­ includes­glass­made­by­Louis­Comfort­Tiffany­and Emile­Gallé­as­well­as­the­ceramics­of­Alexandre Bigot,­ objects­ designed­ by­ the­ French­ Daum brothers­ and­ jewels­ and­ textiles­ by­ Hungarian artists­like­Jozsef­Ronai­Ripple,­Otto­Eckman­and Zsolnay.­ 09.00-20.00.­ Mon­ closed.­ Musei Capitolini,­ Piazza­ del­ Campidoglio,­ tel.­ 060608, www.museicapitolini.org.

SOULAGES XXI CENTURY 02 March-16 June Pierre­ Soulages­ is­ the­ sole­ protagonist­ of­ this exhibition­organised­by­the­French­Academy­in collaboration­with­the­Lyons­Musée­des­BeauxArts.­ It­ highlights­ how­ this­ master,­ considered one­ of­ the­ greatest­ representatives­ of­ French abstraction,­is­also­a­truly­“contemporary”­artist.

Although­he­is­over­92,­he­still­continues­his­indepth­ investigation­ of­ abstract­ painting,­ exploring­new­possibilities.­The­exhibition­focuses­on the­most­recent­developments­of­his­work,­presenting­an­important­selection­of­paintings,­chosen­ together­ with­ the­ artist­ by­ its­ two­ curators.

10.30-12.30,­ 14.00-17.30.­ Mon­ closed.­ Villa Medici,­Viale­Trinità­dei­Monti­1,­tel.­066761311, www.villamedici.it.

ART AND LITERATURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY 28 February-29 September The­ capital’s­ municipal­ modern­ art­ gallery­ presents­ “Connections­ and­ correspondence:­ art and­literature­of­the­20th­century”,­dedicated­to the­ links­ between­ works­ of­ art­ and­ important 20th-century­ Italian­ writers.­ For­ the­ duration­ of the­exhibition,­two­of­the­gallery’s­rooms­will­be dedicated­ to­ an­ installation­ by­ Francesco Vaccaro­titled­“Dalla­finestra­ti­vedo”,­in­which­the artist­ – through­ video­ footage­ shot­ in­ Rome’s Casa­Moravia­– sets­out­to­create­a­contemporary­ portrait­ of­ the­ writer­ Alberto­ Moravia.­ The municipal­ gallery's­ 3,000-piece­ collection­ stretches­from­the­19th-century­until­world­war­two.

Tues-Sun­10.00-18.00.­Galleria­di­Via­Crispi,­Via Francesco­Crispi­24,­tel.­060608.

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IL FASCINO DISCRETO DELL’OGGETTO 19 February-02 June Drawing­from­the­gallery’s­collection­of­some­300 still­life­compositions,­the­exhibition­features­150 paintings,­ drawings­ and­ prints­ created­ between 1910­and­1950.­Almost­all­the­Italian­artists­of­the 20th­century­grappled­with­the­still­life;­even­the most­noted­avant-garde­movements­did­not­give up­ completely­ on­ the­ genre­ but­ rather­ deconstructed­and­distorted­the­objects­normally­used in­ conventional­ still­ life­ scenes.­ The­ exhibition focuses­on­the­less-known­works­in­the­gallery’s collection,­not­normally­on­public­display.­Despite this­ the­ exhibition­ includes­ paintings­ by­ wellknown­artists­from­De­Chirico­to­Manzù,­as­well as­artists­known­for­turning­out­a­large­body­of­still life­ work,­ such­ as­ Morandi,­ De­ Pisis­ and Pirandello.­ 08.30-19.30.­ Mon­ closed.­ Galleria Nazionale­ d’Arte­ Moderna­ ­ (GNAM),­ Viale­ delle Belle­Arti­131,­tel.­0632298221.

ARTE IN GIAPPONE 1868-1945 26 February-05 May On­ the­ 50th­ anniversary­ of­ the­ founding­ of­ the Japanese­ Cultural­ Institute­ in­ Rome,­ the­ Japan Foundation,­ the­ Galleria­ Nazionale­ d’Arte Moderna,­ and­ the­ Museum­ of­ Modern­ Art­ of Kyoto­have­organised­a­major­exhibition­devoted to­Japanese­art­from­the­restoration­of­the­Meiji Emperor­in­1868­to­the­end­of­world­war­two.­The exhibition,­which­is­the­first­of­its­kind­in­Italy,­includes­111­paintings­and­59­works­of­decorative­art from­ major­ museums­ and­ private­ collections­ in Japan.­ It­ is­ curated­ by­ Masaaki­ Ozaki,­ director, and­ Ryuichi­ Matsubara,­ chief­ researcher,­ of­ the Museum­of­Modern­Art­in­Kyoto,­in­collaboration with­ Stefania­ Frezzotti,­ curator­ for­ the­ Galleria Nazionale­d’Arte­Moderna.­While­Ozaki­has­focused­on­the­birth­and­development­of­the­so-called ‘nihonga’­ style­ of­ painting­ (which­ brought together­ all­ styles­ native­ of­ Japan),­ Matsubara has­illustrated­the­evolution­of­modern­Japanese decorative­arts.­Due­to­the­fragility­of­the­objects the­ exhibition­ is­ divided­ into­ two­ parts,­ with­ an almost­ complete­ change­ of­ the­ paintings­ and works­of­decorative­art.­The­first­part­took­place from­26­February­to­1­April,­the­second­part­from 4­April­to­5­May­2013.­The­exhibition­starts­with the­opening­of­relations­between­Japan­and­the west.­Meiji-era­trade­policy­included­the­export­of many­products­and­objects­of­various­kinds,­and

by­Linda Bordoni the­presentation­of­Japanese­culture­and­artistic works­in­Europe­and­America.­Collectors­and­art dealers­ stepped­ up­ their­ visits­ to­ Japan,­ and thanks­ to­ them,­ Japonism­ became­ increasingly popular­and­influenced­European­decorative­arts, painting,­and­music.­At­the­same­time,­Japanese painting­ began­ its­ modernisation,­ appropriating elements­ of­ western­ perspective­ and­ theory­ of shadows.­The­Taisho­era­from­1912-1926­was­a period­ of­ great­ political­ and­ cultural­ openness.

This­ climate­ fostered­ the­ flowering­ of­ artistic movements,­ often­ at­ the­ instigation­ of­ young painters­ and­ scholars­ who­ travelled­ abroad.­ In addition,­ they­ approved­ of­ the­ idea,­ typical­ of modern­ European­ art,­ of­ the­ assertion­ of­ individual­ creativity­ free­ from­ the­ constraints­ of­ tradition.­This­favoured­an­even­greater­and­wider­dissemination­ of­ knowledge­ of­ European­ painting, from­the­Renaissance­to­Turner,­the­Impressionists and­Post-Impressionists.­The­final­part­of­the­exhibition­documents­how,­from­the­beginning­of­the Showa­ era­ (1923)­ and­ increasingly­ during­ the 1930s,­ the­ nationalism­ that­ came­ to­ permeate every­ aspect­ of­ social­ and­ cultural­ life­ in­ Japan also­brought­the­art­world­to­reject­westernising trends,­ in­ keeping­ with­ the­ idea­ that­ art­ should draw­ on­ the­ traditional­ roots­ of­ national­ culture.

Tue-Sun­ 08.30-19.30,­ Mon­ closed.­ Galleria Nazionale­ d’Arte­ Moderna­ (GNAM),­ Viale­ delle Belle­Arti­131,­tel.­0632298221­(info­and­tickets), www.gnam.beniculturali.it.

Jacopo Benci TITIAN 05 March-16 June Masterpieces­by­the­great­Venetian­painter­have been­ loaned­ by­ major­ museums­ and­ galleries across­ the­ globe.­ Celebrated­ works­ like­ the Concert and­La­Bella from­Palazzo­Pitti,­Flora from the­ Uffizi,­ the­ Gozzi­ Altarpiece from­ Ancona, Danae­ and­ the­ Shower­ of­ Gold from Capodimonte,­Charles­V­with­a­Dog and­the­Selfportrait from­the­Prado­are­part­of­this­exhibition that­concludes­the­sweeping­overview­of­Venetian painting­and­its­importance­to­the­renewal­of­culture­ in­ Italy­ and­ in­ Europe,­ promoted­ by­ the Scuderie­del­Quirinale­in­the­past­couple­of­years.

The­ exhibition­ focuses­ on­ salient­ moments­ of Titian’s­career,­from­his­early­days­as­an­apprentice­ in­ the­ workshops­ of­ Giovanni­ Bellini­ and Giorgione­in­Venice­to­the­independence­that­he

Down­Town­Sports­Bar­in­Marc­Shoul's­Brakpan­exhibition.

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won­with­his­large­canvases­for­the­Doges­and­for the­D’Este­and­Della­Rovere­families,­and­ultimately­with­his­imperial­commissions­from­Charles­V and­ his­ son­ Philip­ II.­ Mon-Thurs­ 10.00-20.00.­ Fri 10.00-22.30.­ Sat­ 09.30-22.30.­ Sun­ 09.30-20.00.

Scuderie­ del­ Quirinale,­ Via­ xxIV­ Maggio­ 16,­ tel.

639967500,­www.scuderiequirinale.it.

VIRUS VITREUM. WORKS BY GIULIANO GIUMAN 14 February-28 April In­ the­ mid-1970s­ the­ Perugia-born­ Giuman began­working­in­media­such­as­photography, videotape,­performance,­and­installation­along with­painting,­which­remains­the­foundation­of his­ work.­ He­ started­ to­ work­ in­ glass­ in­ 1986, experimenting­ with­ assemblages­ and­ other techniques,­using­this­medium­for­installations in­ large­ spaces­ or­ for­ interior­ architecture.­ As well­ as­ sculpture­ he­ has­ created­ a­ glass­ altar and­ an­ ambo­ for­ a­ late­ mediaeval­ church­ in Umbria,­stained­glass­windows­and­so­on.­He has­also­been­invited­to­show­his­works­at­the International­ Biennial­ of­ Contemporary­ Glass exhibition­ at­ the­ Museo­ Correr­ in­ Venice,­ and he­has­one­work­in­the­collection­of­the­Museo Vetrario­ of­ Murano.­ The­ 23­ works­ on­ show, which­ include­ sculptures­ and­ installations, many­ of­ them­ large,­ are­ in­ dialogue­ with­ the light­and­reflections­of­Rome.­09.00-19.00.­Mon closed.­ Casina­ delle­ Civette,­ Via­ Nomentana 70,­tel.­060608,­www.museivillatorlonia.it.

NANCY WATKINS AT KEATS-SHELLEY 18 February-06 April The­Keats-Shelley­House­presents­an­exhibition entitled­ Visionary­ Flowers,­ featuring­ the­ original drawings­ published­ in­ Nancy­ Watkins’­ most recent­ book,­ Il­ fiore­ è­ un’idea,­ with­ rhymed legends­ by­ Lucio­ Persio.­ Organisers­ say­ that Watkins’­ grattage­ technique­ finds­ a­ singular parallel­to­Shelley’s­poem­The­Question,­with­its dazzling­ explosion­ of­ “visionary­ flowers”,­ from which­the­exhibition­takes­its­title.­Keats-Shelley House,­ Piazza­ di­ Spagna­ 26,­ tel.­ 066784235, www.keats-shelley-house.org.

TUTTI DE SICA 08 February-28 April Subtitled­ “the­ one­ thousand­ lives­ of­ Vittorio­ De Sica”,­this­exhibition­celebrates­the­Italian­actor and­ film­ director,­ Vittorio­ De­ Sica,­ considered one­of­the­fathers­of­neo-realism­and­one­of­the greatest­interpreters­of­“Commedia­Italiana”.­On display­ are­ photographs­ of­ De­ Sica­ on­ the­ set and­in­his­private­life,­excerpts­from­some­of­his most­ celebrated­ films,­ letters­ and­ documents.

09.00-1900.­ Mon­ closed.­ Museo­ dell’Ara­ Pacis, Lungotevere­in­Augusta­corner­Via­Tomacelli,­tel.

060608,­www.arapacis.it.

ALGHIERO BOETTI A ROMA 23 January-06 October This­exhibition­features­30­rarely­exhibited­works to­ illustrate­ an­ extraordinarily­ creative­ period­ of the­ conceptual­ artist­ Alighiero­ Boetti.­ It­ focuses on­ the­ relationship­ between­ Boetti­ and­ Rome and­ highlights­ the­ influence­ he­ had­ on­ artists working­in­the­city­at­that­time.­It­also­focuses­on his­ relationship­ with­ the­ east­ and­ his­ renewed work­with­colour­during­the­1980s.­11.00-19.00.

Sat­ 11.00-22.00.Mon­ closed.­ Museo­ Nazionale delle­Arti­del­xxI­Secolo,­Maxxi,­Via­Guido­Reni 4/a,­tel.­063225178,­www.fondazionemaxxi.it.

L’ETà DELL’EQUILIBRIO. TRAIANO, ADRIANO, ANTONINO PIO, MARCO AURELIO 04 October-05 May This­ is­ the­ third­ event­ of­ “The­ Days­ of­ Rome” series.­ The­ exhibition­ explores­ the­ artistic­ production­ of­ the­ “golden­ age”­ of­ Roman­ art coinciding­with­the­reigns­of­Trajan­(98-117­AD) and­ Hadrian­ (117-138­ AD).­ Curators­ offer­ an­overview­of­the­more­significant­works­produced­ during­ those­ 40­ years,­ a­ period­ of­ artistic­ and­ political­ ferment.­ Musei­ Capitolini, Piazza­ del­ Campidoglio,­ tel.­ 060608, www.museicapitolini.org.

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German­violinist­Isabelle­Faust­for­Accademia­Filarmonica­Romana.

MUSIC ISABELLE FAUST 02 May Among­ the­ younger­ generation­ of­ violinists, Germany’s­Isabelle­Faust­has­made­a­special impression­ as­ a­ profound,­ thoughtful,­ unshowy­player,­qualities­that­make­her­ideally suited­to­the­great­Bach­solo­works.­As­critics­ point­ out,­ some­ may­ find­ her­ approach cold,­ but­ it­ is­ perfectly­ balanced­ and­ she possesses­ both­ technical­ command­ and classical­poise.­Contracted­to­the­“Harmonia Mundi”­ discographic­ label,­ last­ year­ Faust completed­ her­ set­ of­ Bach’s­ works­ for­ solo violin.­ In­ this­ Rome­ concert­ she­ plays­ two Bach­ partitas­ and­ a­ sonata.­ Accademia Filarmonica­ Romana.­ Concert­ at­ Teatro Olimpico,­ Piazza­ Gentile­ da­ Fabriano,­ tel.

063201752,­www.filarmonicaromana.org.

PHILIP GLASS & TIM FAIN 24 April Philip­Glass­turned­75­last­year,­and­just­like many­other­music­institutions­the­Fondazione Musica­ per­ Roma­ has­ celebrated­ with­ a series­ of­ initiatives­ dedicated­ to­ Glass.­ This performance­ stars­ Glass­ himself­ playing­ a selection­ of­ his­ most­ recent­ and­ intensely personal­compositions­with­help­from­young violinist­ Tim­ Fain.­ Auditorium­ Parco­ della Musica,­ Viale­ P.­ de­ Coubertin,­ tel­ 892982, www.auditorium.com.

JESUS LOPEZ COBOS 20 April Guest­conductor­Jesus­Lopez­Cobos­tackles­a programme­ dedicated­ to­ Weber,­ Sibelius­ and Wagner­ for­ the­ Rome­ Opera­ Orchestra’s Symphonic­season.­Cobos­boasts­an­illustrious career­as­conductor­that­has­led­him­to­collaborate­with­top­class­orchestras­across­the­world.

He­recently­completed­a­seven-year­tenure­as music­director­of­the­Teatro­Real­in­Madrid­and maintains­the­title­of­conductor­emeritus­of­the Cincinnati­ Symphony­ Orchestra.­ Auditorium Conciliazione,­ Via­ della­ Conciliazione­ 4,­ tel.

064817003,­www.operaroma.it.

MICHELE CAMPANELLA 20 April Celebrating­ the­ bicentennary­ of­ the­ births­ of Verdi­and­Wagner,­pianist­Michele­Campanella plays­a­programme­of­music­by­the­two­composers­ transcribed­ for­ piano­ by­ Liszt.

Campanella­ is­ known­ as­ a­ Liszt­ player­ of­ the highest­distinction.­He­has­played­the­composer’s­music­for­many­decades­and­has­found time­to­record­Liszt’s­transcriptions­of­music­by Wagner­and­Verdi.­At­a­time­when­there­was­no recorded­ sound­ it­ was­ customary­ to­ promote the­works­of­a­composer­by­playing­transcriptions­for­solo­piano­or­excerpts­of­well­known works.­Super­virtuoso­Franz­Liszt­was­a­champion­in­this­genre,­and­Verdi­and­Wagner­were his­ two­ heroes.­ His­ transcriptions­ are­ an­ art

form­in­themselves,­his­complex­and­highly­virtuosic­piano­writing­enhanced­rather­than­diminished the­ impact­ of­ the­ original­ work.­ Istituzione Universitaria­dei­Concerti.­Concert­at­Aula­Magna, Università­La­Sapienza,­Piazzale­Aldo­Moro­5,­tel.

3610051,­www.concertiiuc.it.

VALERY GERGIEV 12 April Under­the­inspired­direction­of­Valery­Gergiev,­St Petersburg’s­ Marinsky­ Orchestra,­ one­ of­ the oldest­and­pre-eminent­symphony­orchestras­in Russia,­returns­to­Rome­with­a­programme­featuring­ Verdi,­ Wagner,­ Tchaikovsky­ and Shostakovich.­Gergiev­is­internationally­recognised­as­one­of­the­most­outstanding­musical­figures­of­his­generation.­His­inspired­leadership­as artistic­ and­ general­ director­ of­ the­ Marinsky Theatre,­where­he­oversees­the­Kirov­Orchestra, Ballet­and­Opera,­has­brought­universal­acclaim to­this­legendary­institution.­The­concert­also­features­Alexander­Buzlov­described­as­one­of­the most­ vivid­ and­ talented­ cellists­ of­ the­ young generation­ of­ Russian­ musicians.­ Auditorium Parco­ della­ Musica,­ Viale­ P.­ de­ Coubertin,­ tel.

068082858,­www.santacecilia.it.

CECILIA BARTOLI 08 April The­ acclaimed­ mezzosoprano­ Cecilia­ Bartoli­ is accompanied­by­the­“La­Scintilla”­Orchestra­in­a programme­ dedicated­ to­ the­ music­ of­ castrati.

Predominantly­ active­ in­ the­ mid-late­ 16th­ century,­ and­ regarded­ as­ members­ of­ the Neapolitan­ school­ of­ voice,­ the­ castrati were young­ men­ either­ castrated­ during­ their­ prepubescent­years,­or­born­hermaphroditic.­They were­able­to­sing­at­remarkably­high­ranges­and whole­sets­of­arias­were­composed­exclusively for­them.­Cecilia­Bartoli­has­released­an­album entitled­ Sacrificium in­ which­ she­ interprets­ a series­ of­ castrato­ arias,­ filmed­ at­ various­ locations­on­the­grounds­of­the­Palace­of­Caserta.­In this­ concert­ –­ also­ entitled­ Sacrificium –­ she repeats­ that­ repertoire.­ Auditorium­ Parco­ della Musica,­ Viale­ P.­ de­ Coubertin,­ tel.­ 068082858, www.santacecilia.it.

SOLOISTS OF THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIC 06 April With­a­programme­of­music­by­Crusell,­Britten, Mozart,­a­chamber­music­concert­by­one­of­the world’s­ best­ known­ award-winning­ ensembles of­soloists­from­the­famous­Berlin­Philharmonic Orchestra.­Recently­in­Britain­the­music­critic­of The­Telegraph newspaper­gave­the­ensemble­a five-star­rating­and­described­its­performance­as a­“luxuriantly­beautiful­concert­with­the­quality­of chamber-music­ graininess­ and­ flavour”.

Istituzione­Universitaria­dei­Concerti.­Concert­at Aula­ Magna,­ Università­ La­ Sapienza,­ Piazzale Aldo­ Moro­ 5.­ For­ booking­ and­ information­ tel.

3610051,­www.concertiiuc.it.

3 April 2013 Wanted in Rome

by­Linda Bordoni

for­up-to-date­what’s­on­listings­see­www.wantedinrome.com­

by­Auguste­Bournonville.­When­the­first­version of­ La­ Sylphide premiered­ in­ Paris­ in­ 1832,­ its audiences­ were­ spellbound­ by­ its­ special effects,­by­the­strange,­ghostly­sprites­that­peopled­ its­ forests­ and­ flew­ across­ the­ stage­ with supernatural­ grace.­ But­ when­ August Bournonville­ reinterpreted­ the­ choreography­ to a­ new­ score­ by­ Herman­ Lovensiold­ in Copenhagen­in­1836,­he­highlighted­the­personal­ drama­ of­ the­ young­ farmer­ James­ who­ is lured­away­from­earthly­happiness­on­his­wedding­day.­For­modern­audiences­it­is­this­tension between­wedded­bliss­and­elemental­freedom, between­the­known­and­the­unknown,­the­familiar­ and­ the­ strange­ that­ still­ gives­ this­ historic piece­ its­ contemporary­ meaning.­ The­ magic­ is all­very­well,­but­what­keeps­you­watching­is­the certain­knowledge­that­James­is­rushing­to­his fate­in­pursuit­of­a­dream.­Teatro­Comunale,­tel.

05527791,­www.maggiofiorentino.it.

FESTIVALS­&­FILMS CORTOONS 17 April-21 April This­ International­ Short­ Animated­ Film­ Festival has­ carved­ out­ a­ niche­ for­ itself­ as­ a­ unique event­in­Italy­featuring­well-known­names­in­the growing­ field­ of­ animation­ and­ related­ activity.

Participants­competing­in­the­official­“Cortoons” competition­offer­an­ample­selection­of­genres, styles­ and­ technologies.­ They­ include­ Italian Short­ movie,­ International­ Short­ movie, Videoclip,­Feature­Film­and­more.­This­year­the festival­features­some­1,200­shorts­from­50­different­nations.­As­always,­the­backbone­of­the festival­ is­ represented­ by­ the­ competition,­ but workshops,­screenings­and­lectures­offer­much scope­ for­ all­ lovers­ of­ the­ genre.­ Teatro Palladium,­Largo­B.­Romano­8,­tel.­0657332768, www.romaeuropa.net/it/palladium.

FESTIVAL SUONA FRANCESE 02 April-06 July The­ initiative­ showcases­ both­ French­ and Italian­ talent­ on­ the­ contemporary­ music scene­with­over­130­concerts­all­over­Italy­featuring­music­by­modern­composers.­The­festival­ highlights­ the­ promotion­ of­ French­ culture­ in­ Italy­ and­ the­ plurality­ of­ musical­ languages.­ On­ a­ diplomatic­ level­ it­ is­ also­ a model­of­collaboration­between­the­conservatoires­ of­ both­ countries,­ a­ collaboration­ of young­ musicians­ seen­ as­ “the­ foundation­ of the­ future”.­ The­ articulated­ and­ varied­ programme­ also­ includes­ a­ series­ of­ meetings between­ professionals­ and­ master-class­ sessions.­ While­ the­ festival­ is­ national­ in scope­ many­ events­ take­ place­ in­ Rome­ at venues­ around­ the­ city.­ For­ information www.institutfrancais-italia.com.

PICCOLO FESTIVAL DANZA CON ME 09 March-04 May Directed­ by­ former­ ballerina­ Margherita Parrilla­ who­ leads­ the­ National­ Academy­ of Dance­on­the­Aventine­Hill­where­the­events take­ place,­ this­ “little”­ festival­ is­ geared­ for dance­lovers­and­students­of­dance,­but­also highlights­ possible­ interaction­ with­ other artistic­ idioms,­ with­ a­ particular­ focus­ this year­ on­ video­ art.­ Each­ event­ foresees­ the presence­of­teachers­of­dance­and­experts­in the­field­who­will­also­be­holding­workshops and­ seminars­ within­ the­ academy.­ “Danza con­me”­comes­to­an­end­with­an­event­entitled­ Trailer­ And presenting­ the­ academy’s upcoming­summer­events.­All­performances take­ place­ on­ Saturdays­ at­ 18.00­ at­ Teatro Ruskcaja,­ Accademia­ Nazionale­ di­ Danza, Largo­Arrigo­VII­5,­tel.­065717621.

PATTI SMITH 01 April-30 April Described­ as­ the­ most­ significant­ special music­project­to­be­launched­this­year­by­the Musica­per­Roma­Foundation,­“My­Festival” is­directed­by­rock­icon­Patti­Smith­who­has personally­chosen­the­multi-disciplinary­programme.­ She­ appears­ in­ two­ separate events;­ a­ tribute­ to­ Allen­ Ginsberg­ entitled The­ poet­ speaks with­ Patti­ Smith,­ Philip Glass,­ Lenny­ Kaye­ and­ Jesse­ Smith­ on­ 13 April;­ and­ an­ event­ dedicated­ to­ Smith’s most­famous­album,­Horses,­with­Patti­Smith and­her­band­on­14 April. Auditorium­Parco della­ Musica,­ Viale­ P.­ de­ Coubertin,­ tel.

0680241281,­www.auditorium.com.

Wanted in Rome 3 April 2013

French­indie­folk­musical­duo­Brigitte­for­Suona­Francese.

Image­Mark­Maggiori.

DANCE CREMONA MARIBOR BALLET 24 April In­ Watching­ Others, choreography­ by Edward­ Clug,­ music­ by­ Milko­ Lazar.­ As­ the director­of­Slovenia’s­Ballet­Maribor,­Clug­has proven­to­be­an­inventive­force­at­the­forefront of­contemporary­dance.­Since­2003­Clug­has taken­the­company­towards­new­and­distinctive­directions­showing­his­works­across­the globe.­Clug­has­also­been­commissioned­to create­new­ballets­for­other­companies.­The critical­success­of­his­Radio­and­Juliet, Clug’s reading­of­Romeo­and­Juliet­set­to­the­music of­ Radiohead,­ has­ put­ the­ Romanian-born Clug­on­the­must-watch­list­of­new­European choreographers.­ Teatro­ Ponchielli,­ tel.

037202200,­www.teatroponchielli.it.

FERRARA AILY II 16 April In­a­mixed­programme­known­simply­as­“Ailey II”,­this­is­the­youthful­second­company­of­the Alvin­ Ailey­ Dance­ Theatre.­ It­ is­ renowned­ for merging­ the­ spirit­ and­ energy­ of­ best­ young dance­ talent­ with­ the­ passion­ and­ creative vision­ of­ today’s­ emerging­ choreographers.

Founded­ in­ 1974,­ the­ company­ embodies Alvin­Ailey’s­pioneering­mission­to­establish­an extended­ cultural­ community­ that­ provides dance­performances,­training,­and­community programmes.­The­mixed­bill­drawn­up­by­new director­Troy­Powell­and­presented­by­the­touring­ company­ ends­ with­ the­ justly­ acclaimed closer,­ Alvin­ Ailey’s­ own­ 1960­ piece Revelations.­ Danced­ to­ African-American­ spiritual­music,­it­puts­into­beautifully-executed movement­ the­ cultural,­ political­ and­ religious history­ of­ black­ America.­ It’s­ brave,­ powerful and­ breathtaking.­ Teatro­ Comunale,­ tel.

0532202675,­ www.teatrocomunaleferrara.it.

Also­ in­ Modena­ on­ 18 April at­ Teatro Comunale­ Pavarotti,­ tel.­ 0592033010, www.teatrocomunalemodena.it.

FIRENZE LA SYLPHIDE 03 April-07 April La­Sylphide, for­Maggiodanza­choreography

MILAN

EVOLUTION DANCE THEATRE 30 April-03 May In­ Firefly, choreography­ by­ Anthony­ Heinl.

Evolution­ Dance­ Theater­ was­ founded­ in­ 2008 by­the­former­Momix­dancer­and­choreographer Anthony­ Heinl.­ The­ company­ combines­ dance and­ acrobatics­ with­ sophisticated­ technology, such­ as­ video­ art­ and­ scenic­ effects.­ Firefly is conceived­as­a­series­of­fantastic­vignettes­that create­visions­that­are­beautiful­or­humorous.­It is­physical­theatre­that­aims­to­capture­and­fascinate­an­audience­of­all­ages­with­its­dreamlike performances.­ Teatro­ Nuovo,­ tel.­ 02794026, www.teatronuovo.it.

GISELLE 26 April-04 May Balletto­ del­ Teatro­ alla­ Scala­ in­ Giselle, choreography­ by­ Coralli/Perrot.­ With­ Svetlana Zacharova­and­Roberto­Bolle.­First­performed­in 1841,­ Giselle is­ the­ archetypal­ classical­ ballet.

Jean­ Coralli­ and­ Jules­ Perrot’s­ original­ choreography­ has­ been­ retained­ for­ this­ production, with­ “choreographic­ restaging”­ by­ Yvette Chauviré,­a­famous­Giselle­of­the­past.­It­is­a­conservative­ Giselle which­will­appeal­to­traditionalist­audiences­and­which­has­also­found­its­way onto­ a­ successful­ commercial­ DVD­ with­ these very­ protagonists.­ The­ lovely­ Russian­ Svetlana Zakharova­is­a­touching­Giselle,­very­emotional within­the­stylistic­boundaries­established­by­the production.­Throughout­Act­Two­she­seems­perfectly­ weightless­ making­ the­ impossible­ look easy.­ Technically­ and­ interpretively,­ this­ is­ an ideal­performance.­The­gorgeous­Roberto­Bolle is­ no­ less­ impressive.­ He­ dances­ the­ role­ of Albrecht­with­passion,­and­his­regret­in­Act­Two is­palpable­–­one­senses­that­he­is­willing­to­let the­ Wilis­ dance­ him­ to­ death­ in­ revenge­ for­ his thoughtless­ treatment­ of­ Giselle.­ Teatro­ alla Scala,­tel.­0272003744,­www.teatroallascala.org.

ROME MUMMENSCHANZ 02 May-13 May Celebrating­ 40­ years­ since­ its­ formation,­ the Swiss­ performance­ troupe­ Mummenschanz continues­ to­ delight­ audiences­ of­ all­ ages­ with its­ humour,­ versatility­ and­ imagination.­ Known for­its­creative­use­of­ordinary­objects­like­boxes and­ fabric,­ Mummenshanz­ offers­ a­ two-hour programme­ consisting­ of­ nearly­ 30­ sketches that­ are­ performed­ by­ four­ black-clad­ artists whose­ success­ is­ measured­ by­ how­ well­ they manage­ to­ blend­ into­ the­ background,­ letting their­ alter­ egos­ take­ centre­ stage.­ The­ show comes­to­life­as­an­amazing­parade­of­charac-

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by­Linda Bordoni

for­up-to-date­what’s­on­listings­see­www.wantedinrome.com­

CULTURAL­ACADEMIES

Contemporary­Tango­celebrates­50­years­ of­the­Balletto­di­Roma.

ters­ and­ objects­ that­ roll,­ twist,­ flop,­ and­ leap around­ the­ stage­ wordlessly.­ There­ is­ neither dialogue­ nor­ music,­ but­ the­ actors­ respond­ to the­ rhythm­ of­ the­ audience’s­ laughter­ and expressions­ of­ amazement.­ Brilliant­ lighting design­works­magic­and­ensures­that­the­performers­remain­in­the­dark­giving­the­illusion­of­life to­ otherwise­ inanimate­ items.­ Teatro­ Olimpico, Piazza­ Gentile­ da­ Fabriano,­ tel.­ 063201752, www.filarmonicaromana.org.­ STRAVINSKY EVENING 24 April-25 April Aterballetto­ in­ Stravinsky­ Evening:­ Le­ Noces and­ Le­ Sacre, choreography­ by­ Mauro Bigonzetti.­Serge­Diaghilev­and­Igor­Stravinsky are­buried­in­the­cemetery­on­the­tiny­island­of S.­Michele­in­Venice.­Though­separated­in­life by­40­years,­Stravinsky’s­tomb­is­only­a­couple of­ metres­ away.­ Their­ influence­ on­ dance­ in their­ lifetime­ was­ enormous;­ the­ inspiration they­give­today­is­even­greater.­That­inspiration and­ the­ whole­ extraordinary­ adventure­ of­ the Ballets­ Russes­ is­ at­ the­ heart­ of­ Bigonzetti’s desire­ to­ give­ these­ works­ prominence­ in­ the repertory­ of­ his­ excellent­ ballet­ company.­ Les Noces,­ which­ has­ inspired­ countless­ choreographers­ since­ Nijinsky’s­ staging­ in­ 1923,­ is about­ submission,­ order­ and­ discipline.­ It­ is basically­ very­ static,­ in­ black­ and­ white,­ and deals­with­the­relationship­of­a­bride­and­bride-

Soy­de­Cuba­mixes­lively­Latin­American­dance­ with­a­Cuban­backdrop.­

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AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME 15 April-29 April 15 April. Alessandro­ Sebastiani­ gives­ the Archaeological­ Institute­ of­ America,­ RomeSPQR­Society,­Lecture­entitled­ Local­Status and­ Mediterranean­ Connections­ in­ Roman Tuscany:­ New­ Excavations­ along­ the­ Via Aurelia­Vetus (18.30-20.00).

Until 29 April. Exhibition­ entitled­ Martino Gamper­ and­ Jason­ Dodge:­ Design­ and Narrative­in­the­Found­Object. The­exhibition looks­at­the­everyday­world­through­the­work of­two­artists­whose­practices­are­very­different­ but­ who­ have­ in­ common­ a­ fascination with­ the­ potential­ of­ the­ Found­ Object­ to become­ something­ else.­ The­ exhibition­ is open­to­the­public­on­Fridays,­Saturdays­and Sundays­ from­ 16.00­ to­ 19.00.­ Via­ Angelo Masina­5,­tel.­065852151,­www.aarome.org.

BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME 08 April Lecture­ by­ Peter­ Mack­ entitled­ The­ Italian Contribution­to­Renaissance­Rhetoric (18.0019.30).­ Via­ Gramsci­ 61,­ tel.­ 063264939, www.bsr.ac.uk. groom­who­are­merely­objects­at­the­mercy­of society.­Duty­and­habit­replace­feeling­and­love.

Bigonzetti’s­ Le­ Sacre is­ a­ newer­ creation,­ one however­ that­ had­ always­ pulsed­ inside­ him.

Teatro­Olimpico,­Piazza­Gentile­da­Fabriano,­tel.

063201752,­www.filarmonicaromana.org.

CONTEMPORARY TANGO 23 April-28 April Balletto­di­Roma­in­Contemporary­Tango, choreography­by­Milena­Zullo,­with­the­participation­of­Kledi­Kadiu.­Created­for­the­50th­anniversary­ of­ the­ Balletto­ di­ Roma,­ Milena­ Zullo’s work­showcases­a­diversity­of­styles­and­genres.­The­immediately­recognisable­melodies­by Astor­ Piazzolla,­ Anibal­ Troilo­ and­ Osvaldo Pugliese­create­the­mood­and­the­rhythm­for­a series­ of­ encounters­ tinged­ by­ passion,­ jealousy,­ fantasy,­ tenderness.­ Teatro­ Vascello,­ Via­ Giacinto­ Carini­ 72,­ tel.­ 065898031, www.teatrovascello.it.

NOTES DE LA NUIT 12 April-17 April Balletto­ del­ Teatro­ dell’Opera­ in­ Notes­ de­ la Nuit, choreography­ by­ Jerome­ Robbins, Francesco­ Nappa,­ Micha­ van­ Hoecke,­ with guest­ artists­ Eleonora­ Abbagnato­ and­ Alessio Carbone.­In­his­1970­study­of­three­couples,­in Notes­ de­ la­ Nuit,­ set­ to­ Chopin’s­ nocturnes, Robbins­brings­ballet­into­the­ballroom.­Within a­ pulsing­ crowd,­ the­ couples­ suddenly­ find themselves­ alone­ and­ give­ life­ to­ a­ series­ of melodramas­ and­ moods.­ The­ piece­ by­ the young­ Neapolitan­ choreographer­ and­ visual artist­Francesco­Nappa­is­entitled­ Quartet and it­ is­ set­ to­ music­ by­ Steve­ Reich­ and­ Philip Glass.­Finally,­Teatro­dell’Opera­ballet­director, the­choreographer­Micha­van­Hoecke­has­chosen­ Luis­ Bacalov’s­ Argentinean­ music­ for­ his new­ Aria­ Tango. Teatro­ dell’Opera,­ Piazza­ B. Gigli,­tel.­0648160,­www.operaroma.it.

SOY DE CUBA 10 April-13 April A­blockbuster­Latin­American­dance­show­with a­feel-good­factor.­It­is­sure­to­appeal­to­Salsa and­ Zumba­ fans.­ The­ plot­ narrates­ the­ true story­ of­ composer­ and­ bandleader­ Rembert

FORUM AUSTRIACO DI CULTURA 08 April-18 April 9 April. Author­ and­ journalist­ Kirstin Breitenfellner­reads­from­her­recently­released third­ novel­ Die­ Uberwindung­ des­ Moglichen (20.00) 18 April. Cello­and­piano­recital­by­the­Florian Kitt­ and­ Aima­ Labra-Makk.­ Music­ by­ Clemens Gadenstatter,­ Nigel­ Osborne,­ Zoltan­ Kodaly and­Igor­Stravinsky­(20.00).­Viale­Bruno­Buozzi 113,­tel.­063608371,­www.austriacult.roma.it.

ISTITUTO GIAPPONESE DI CULTURA 25 March-25 May Exhibition­ dedicated­ to­ contemporary Japanese­ Ceramic­ Art.­ The­ works­ on­ show were­ created­ as­ entries­ to­ the­ International Competition­ for­ Ceramic­ Art­ –­ Faenza­ Prize.

The­ works­ on­ display­ were­ created­ in­ the 1960s­ and­ span­ over­ 50­ years.­ 09.00-12.30, 13.30-18.30.­Wed­until­17.30.­Sat­09.30-13.00.

Sun­ closed.­ Via­ Antonio­ Gramsci­ 74,­ tel.

063224794,­www.jfroma.it.

CHILDREN CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN 09 April-23 April Accademia­ di­ S.­ Cecilia­ organises­ concerts­ for­ children­ in­ the­ series­ Tutti­ a­ S. Cecilia.

9 April Buon­Compleanno­Verdi invites­students aged­ 12-19­ to­ celebrate­ Italy’s­ most beloved­composer­with­a­giant­cake­with 200­candles.­10.30.

12 April Buon­ Compleanno­ Wagner for­ ten­ to­ 18 year­ olds­ to­ celebrate­ (in­ advance)­ the 200th­ birthday­ of­ Wagner­ with­ the­ Band of­the­Carabinieri.­10.30.

21, 22, 23 April La­Famosa­Invasione­degli­Orsi­in­Sicilia is­ performed­ by­ 130­ young­ musicians from­the­JuniOrchestra­for­children­aged five­ and­ older.­ This­ musical­ fairy­ tale, inspired­ by­ Dino­ Buzzati’s­ novel,­ tells­ of Leonzio,­ king­ of­ the­ bears,­ who­ invites spectators­ to­ give­ up­ wealth,­ weapons and­other­devilries­invented­by­humans­in exchange­for­a­better­life.­21­April­18.00, 22,­ 23­ April­ 10.30.­ Sala­ S.­ Cecilia, Auditorium­ Parco­ della­ Musica,­ Viale­ de­ Coubertin,­ tel.­ 068082058, www.santacecilia.it.

Gabrielle Bolzoni

Egues­ who­ was­ born­ into­ the­ golden­ age­ of Cuban­music­at­its­peak­in­the­1950s.­He­has gathered­together­an­impressive­line­up­of­singers­and­musicians.­But­the­story­is­really­just an­ excuse­ to­ show­ off­ the­ acrobatic­ vibrant dancers­in­a­medley­of­Cuban­Fusion.­The­dancers­give­it­all­they’ve­got­and­Dieser­Serrano’s choreography­ demands­ a­ lot­ from­ them.­ Film sequences­ of­ Havana­ street­ scenes­ provide the­backdrop­and­there­is­a­narrator­on­stage with­ a­ Cuban­ cigar.­ Auditorium­ Conciliazione, Via­della­Conciliazione­4.­Info­tel.­0632810333, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it.

3 April 2013 Wanted in Rome

by­Linda Bordoni

for­up-to-date­what’s­on­listings­see­www.wantedinrome.com­

OPERA BOLOGNA NORMA

BY BELLINI 12 April-21 April Conducted­ by­ Michele­ Mariotti,­ directed­ by Federico­ Tiezzi,­ with­ Aquiles­ Machado, Sergey­Artamonov,­­Mariella­Devia,­Carmela Remigio.­ Teatro­ Comunale,­ tel.­ 051529019, www.tcbo.it.­

MILAN MACBETH

BY VERDI 28 March-21 April Conducted­ by­ Valery­ Gergiev,­ directed­ by Giorgio­ Barberio­ Corsetti,­ with­ Paulo­ Szot, Ville­Rusanen,­Peter­Hoare,­Elena­Vassilieva, Nancy­ Allen­ Lundv,­ Vasily­ Efimov,­ Andrew Watts.­ Teatro­ alla­ Scala,­ tel.­ 0272003744, www.teatroallascala.org.

OBERTO CONTE DI S. BONIFACIO

BY VERDI 17 April-14 May Conducted­ by­ Riccardo­ Frizza,­ directed­ by Mario­ Martone,­ with­ Fabio­ Sartori,­ Sonia Ganassi,­ Maria­ Agresta,­ Michele­ Pertusi.

Teatro­ alla­ Scala,­ tel.­ 0272003744,­ www.teatroallascala.org.

ROME RIENZ

BY WAGNER 09 May-18 May Conducted­ by­ Stefan­ Soltesz,­ directed­ by Hugo­ de­ Ana,­ with­ Andreas­ Schager, Manuela­ Uhl,­ Roman­ Astakhov,­ Angela Denoke,­ Ljubomir­ Puskaric.­ Teatro dell’Opera,­ Piazza­ B.­ Gigli,­ tel.­ 0648160, www.operaroma.it.­­ SAMSON ET DELILA

BY SAINT-SAENS 05 April-13 April Conducted­ by­ Charles­ Dutoit,­ directed­ by Carlus­ Padrissa,­ with­ Olga­ Borodina, Aleksanders­Antonenko,­Elchin­Azizov,­Luca Dall’Amico.­ Teatro­ dell’Opera,­ Piazza­ B. Gigli,­tel.­0648160,­www.operaroma.it.

VENICE

LA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO

BY ROSSINI 16 March-17 April Conducted­ by­ Gabriele­ Ferro,­ directed­ by Robert­Carsen,­with­Omar­Montanari,­Sabina Bucciarelli,­ Giorgio­ Misseri,­ Marco­ Filippo Romano.­ Teatro­ la­ Fenice,­ tel.­ 041786511, www.teatrolafenice.it.

DON GIOVANNI

BY MOZART 30 April-28 May Conducted­by­Antonello­Manacorda,­dircted by­ Damiano­ Michieletto,­ with­ Simone Alberghini,­ Carmela­ Remigio,­ Marlin­ Miller, Abramo­Rosalen,­Maria­Pia­Piscitelli.­Teatro­la Fenice,­tel.­041786511,­www.teatrolafenice.it.

Wanted in Rome 3 April 2013

OPERA NOTES Samson e Dalila by­Camille­Saint-Saëns­returns­to­Rome­for­the­first­time­in­half­a­century.­It was­ originally­ written­ as­ an­ oratorio­ and­ was­ then­ transformed­ into­ an­ opera­ in­ 1877­ in­ the French­style­of­the­period.­Two­east­European­singers,­Olga­Borodina­e­Aleksandr­Antonenko, take­the­main­parts.­The­director­is­the­provocative­Carlus­Padrissa,­and­the­conductor,­Charles Dutoit,­is­an­excellent­interpreter­of­French­music.­In­Bologna­Mariella­Devia­debuts­in­the­role of­Norma in­Bellini’s­opera.­She­is­taking­on­one­of­the­most­difficult­roles­in­opera­for­the­first time­in­her­40-year­career.­It­requires­technical­skill­in­the­bel­canto­parts,­for­which­she­is­well trained,­ as­ well­ as­ complicated­ accents­ and­ incandescent­ phrasing­ in­ the­ most­ dramatic moments,­ which­ she­ will­ probably­ handle­ with­ her­ usual­ caution.­ The­ conductor­ is­ Michele Mariotti­and­the­director­is­Federico­Tiezzi.

Il­Teatro­dell’Opera­di­Roma­presenta­Samson et Dalila di­Camille­Saint-Saëns­(5–13­aprile).

Torna­così­nella­capitale­un­classico­del­teatro­musicale­francese­che­mancava­da­cinquant’anni­(l’ultima­edizione­risale­al­1962­con­Giulietta­Simionato­e­Mario­Del­Monaco­protagonisti).

Inizialmente­concepita­come­un­oratorio­Samson et Dalila s’è­poi­trasformata­in­un’opera­lirica­di­argomento­biblico,­datata­1877­manifesta­in­pieno­il­gusto­dell’epoca­per­gli­argomenti esotici­ammantati­di­decadentismo,­ricchi­d’ispirate­atmosfere­religiose­e­di­“pagane”­scene sensuali:­gli­esempi­più­celebri­e­significativi­sono­l’accorata­preghiera­che­Samson­innalza­al Dio­d’Israele­in­uno­stile­molto­sobrio­e­l’aria­conturbante­e­mollemente­sensuale­che­Dalila canta­per­sedurre­l’eroe­e­strappargli­il­segreto­della­sua­forza.­Interpreti­principali­saranno­due cantanti­ dell’est­ europeo:­ Olga­ Borodina­ e­ Aleksandrs­ Antonenko,­ la­ regia­ sarà­ affidata­ al geniale­e­provocatorio­Carlus­Padrissa­già­membro­de­La­Fura­dels­Baus­e­la­direzione­d’orchestra­a­Charles­Dutoit,­un­quotato­interprete­di­musica­francese,­che­ha­avuto­moto­di­farsi apprezzare­dal­pubblico­romano­già­nell’estate­2011­con­un­concerto­di­musiche­di­Ottorino Respighi­alle­terme­di­Caracalla.­ Al­Teatro­Comunale­di­Bologna­va­in­scena­Norma di­Vincenzo­Bellini­(13–21­aprile).­Un­appuntamento­che­segna­il­debutto­nel­ruolo­della­protagonista­di­Mariella­Devia.­Dopo­quarant’anni e­passa­di­carriera­il­celebre­soprano­affronta­una­delle­parti­più­difficili­e­temute­del­repertorio operistico;­un­ruolo­che­richiede­perizia­tecnica­nelle­parti­più­spiccatamente­belcantistiche­(e la­Devia­con­la­sua­eccellente­preparazione­saprà­affrontarle­a­regola­d’arte)­ma­richiede­anche accenti­e­fraseggi­incisivi­e­incandescenti­nelle­parti­più­drammatiche­(che­la­cantante­genovese probabilmente­affronterà­con­la­consueta­cautela,­per­non­compromettere­la­linea­vocale­del proprio­canto­inappuntabile).­Il­ruolo­di­Adalgisa,­la­rivale­in­amore­di­Norma,­sarà­sostenuto­da Carmela­Remigio,­perché­sarà­eseguita­la­versione­originale­dell’opera­che­prevede­nei­panni della­ seconda­ primadonna­ un­ soprano­ anziché­ un­ mezzosoprano,­ come­ tradizionalmente­ e “infedelmente”­accade.­Gli­altri­ruoli­sanno­interpretati­dal­tenore­Aquiles­Machado­e­dal­basso Sergey­Artamonov,­dirigerà­Michele­Mariotti­e­curerà­la­regia­Federico­Tiezzi.

Paolo Di Nicola

THEATRE LA GOVERNANTE 16 April-28 April By­ Vitaliano­ Brancati,­ directed­ by­ Maurizio Scaparro­ with­ Pippo­ Pattavina,­ Giovanna­ Di Rauso,­ Max­ Malatesta,­ Marcello­ Perracchio.

The­ play­ is­ centred­ on­ Caterina­ Leher,­ a French­ governess­ hired­ by­ the­ Platanias,­ a family­of­bourgeois­Sicilians­settled­in­Rome.

Patriarch­Leopoldo­has­sacrificed­the­life­of­his daughter,­ who­ committed­ suicide­ while­ the family­was­still­living­in­Sicily,­to­the­prejudices of­his­personal­morality.­Caterina­is­a­Calvinist, and­ is­ considered­ a­ model­ of­ integrity.

However,­she­secretly­lives­her­homosexuality, a­“sin”­made­worse­by­her­ascribing­her­own leanings­ to­ a­ young­ maid­ of­ the­ Platanias, causing­her­to­be­fired.­Caterina­feels­responsible­for­the­death­of­the­girl,­involved­in­a­train accident­ while­ she­ was­ going­ back­ home­ to Sicily:­a­last­“sin”­that­the­governess­decides to­expiate­by­killing­herself.­The­play,­written­in 1952,­ could­ not­ be­ staged­ in­ Italy­ until­ the board­of­censors­was­abolished.­It­was­staged for­the­first­time­in­Paris­in­1963,­and­then­in Italy­only­in­1965.­The­excuse­for­the­censorship­was­that­it­concerned­the­issue­of­homosexuality.­ However­ critics­ point­ out­ that­ the true­ theme­ of­ the­ play­ is­ the­ hidden­ tension behind­ the­ façade­ of­ bourgeois­ society.­ In Italian.­ Teatro­ Quirino,­ Via­ delle­ Vergini­ 7,­ tel.

066783048,­www.teatroquirino.it.

Giovanna­Di­Rauso­and­ Pippo­Pattavina­in­La­Governante.

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St Francis Xavier del Caravita (Roman Catholic)

ASSOCIATIONS

CINEMAS

American International Club of Rome

The­following­cinemas­show­films­in­English­or­original­language­when­available­–­see­daily­press­for­programme­details.

S. Silvestro Church (Roman Catholic)

Via­Merry­del­Val­14,­tel.­065880099 in­original­language­on­Mon

Via­xx­Settembre­15,­tel.­0642014554,­Saturday service­18.00.­Sunday­service­09.00­and­10.30

tel.­0645447625­–­www.aicrome.org

American Women’s Association of Rome tel.­064825268­–­www.awar.org Association of British Expats in Italy britishexpatsinitaly@gmail.com

Association of Malaysians in Italy

tel.­389­/­1162161­–­malaysiansinitaly@gmail.com

S. Susanna Church (Roman Catholic)

Fiamma Multisala

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Via­Bissolati­47,­tel.­06485526

Filmstudio

Via­xx­Settembre­7,­tel.­064827627 Sunday­service­11.00

Greenwich

Via­degli­Artisti­41,­tel.­064885359 Sunday­service­10.00

Via­degli­Orti­d’Alibert­1/c,­tel.­334/1780632 www.filmstudioroma.com

Canadian Club of Rome

Via­G.­Bordoni­59,­tel.­065745825

canadarome@gmail.com

Circolo di Cultura Mario Mieli

Gay­and­lesbian­international­contact­group tel.­065413985­–­fax­065413971

Cinema Lux

Piazza­Barberini­24-26,­tel.­0686391361

St Paul’s within-the-Walls (Anglican Episcopal)

International Women’s Club of Rome

Nuovo Sacher

Irish Club of Rome

irishclubofrome@gmail.com­–­www.irishclubofrome.com

St Patrick’s Church (Roman Catholic) Via­Boncompagni­31,­tel.­064203121 Sunday­service­10.00

Multisala Barberini Nuovo Olimpia

tel.­0633267490­–­www.pwarome.org

St Isidore's College (Roman Catholic)

Via­Massaciuccoli­31,­tel.­0686391361

Commonwealth Club of Rome ccrome08@gmail.com

Piazza­S.­Silvestro­1,­tel.­066977121 Sunday­service­10.00­and­17.30

Alcazar

Caledonian Society

info@caledoniansocietyofrome.org

Via­del­Caravita­7­–­www.caravita.org

Via­in­Lucina­16/g,­tel.­066861068 Largo­Ascianghi­1,­tel.­065818116 in­original­language­on­Mon­when­available

Via­Nazionale,­corner­Via­Napoli,­tel.­064883339 Sunday­service­08.30,10.30­(English),­13.00­(Spanish)

Venerable English College (Roman Catholic) Via­di­Monserrato­45,­tel.­066868546.­ Sunday­service­10.00.

EMERGENCY­NUMBERS

SUPPORT­GROUPS Alcoholics Anonymous

United Nations Women’s Guild

•­Ambulance tel.­118 •­Carabinieri tel.­112 •­Electricity and water faults (Acea)­tel.­800130336 •­Fire brigade tel.­115 •­Gas leaks (Italgas-Eni)­tel.­800900999 •­Police tel.­113 •­Rubbish (Ama)­tel.­8008670355

Welcome Neighbor

RELIGIOUS

Associazione Ryder Italia

Luncheon Club of Rome tel.­0636307249

Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums tel.­0669881814,­www.vatican-patrons.org.­

Professional Women’s Association www.pwarome.org

tel.­0657053628­–­unwg@fao.org www.unwgrome.multiply.com

tel.­347­/­9313040­–­dearprome@tele2.it www.wnrome-homepage.blogspot.com

All Saints’ Anglican Church

tel.­064742913­–­www.aarome.info

Archè

(HIV+­children­and­their­families) tel.­0677250350­–­www.arche.it

Associazione Centro Astalli

(Jesuit­refugee­centre)­Via­degli­Astalli­14/a tel.­0669700306 (Support­for­cancer­patients­and­their­families) tel.­065349622/0658204580­www.ryderitalia.it

Astra (Anti-stalking risk assessment)

BOOKS

Via­del­Babuino­153/b,­tel.­0636001881 Sunday­service­08.30­and­10.30 Kids­Rock­children’s­service­every­2nd­and­4th­ Sunday­of­the­month­at­midday.

The­following­bookshops­and­libraries­have­books in­English­and­other­languages­as­specified.

Piazza­del­Collegio­Romano­2,­tel.­066780302 www.anglicancentreinrome.com

Caritas foreigners’ support centre

Bibliothèque Centre Culturel Saint-Louis de France (French) Largo­Toniolo­20-22,­tel.­066802637 www.saintlouisdefrance.it

Anglican Centre

Christian Science Services

Caritas legal assistance

Via­A.­Beroloni­1/e,­tel.­068080474 Sunday­service­11.15­(Swedish)

Celebrate Recovery Christian group

South­Rome,­tel.­0650917621­–­333­/­2284093 North­Rome,­tel.­0630894371, akfsmes.styles@tiscali.it

Piazza­di­S.­Egidio­3/a,­tel.­068992234

La Librairie Française de Rome La Procure (French)

Via­V.­E.­Orlando­84,­tel.­064827878,­ www.lafeltrinelli.it

The Almost Corner Bookshop Via­del­Moro­45,­tel.­065836942

Jesus Cares Ministries Jewish Community

Tempio­Maggiore,­Lungotevere­Cenci,­tel.­066840061

Jewish Reform Group in Rome

Congregation­Lev­Chadash,­Piazza­della­Libertà­10 tel.­339­/­3824815,­Shabbat­services­at­10.00, Friday­night­service­once­a­month

Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas

Largo­della­Sanità­Militare­60,­tel.­067726761

Lutheran Church

The Anglo American Bookshop

Via­Toscana­7,­corner­Via­Sicilia­70 tel.­064817519,­Sunday­service­10.00­(German)

The Open Door Bookshop (second hand books – English, French, German, Italian)

Piazza­Ponte­S.­Angelo,­tel.­066868314 Sunday­service­10.30

Via­della­Vite­102,­tel.­066795222

Via­della­Lungaretta­23,­tel.­065896478 www.books-in-italy.com

Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church Pontifical Irish College

(Roman­Catholic)­Via­dei­Santi­Quattro­1, tel.­06772631.­Sunday­service­10.00

Rome Baptist Church

CHIAMAROMA 24-hour,­multilingual­information­line­for­services in­Rome,­run­by­the­city­council.Tel.­060606.

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Comunità di S. Egidio

Comunità di S. Egidio soup kitchen

tel.­800271027

Libreria Spagnola Sorgente (Spanish) S. Susanna Lending Library

tel.­338­/­1675680

International Christian Fellowship

Via­xx­Settembre­88,­tel.­0655282695

jesus.cares@usa.net

Via­xx­Settembre­15,­tel.­064827510 Opening­times:­Sat­&­Sun­10.00-12.30 Tues­10.00-13.00,­Wed­15.00-18.00, Fri­13.00-16.00

Piazza­S.­Giovanni­in­Laterano­6/a,­tel.­0669886369

Via­Dandolo­10,­tel­065894327 17.00-19.30­Wed,­Fri,­Sat

Libreria Quattro Fontane (international) Piazza­Navona­90,­tel.­0668806950 www.libreriaspagnola.it

Via­Marsala­109,­tel.­064457235

International Central Gospel Church Via­Guido­Castelnuovo­28,­tel.­065594266 Sunday­service­11.00

Via­delle­Quattro­Fontane­20/a,­tel.­064814484

Via­Zoccolette­19,­tel.­066875228­–­066861554

Lungotevere­Michelangelo­7,­tel.­069870464

Footsteps Inter-Denominational Christian

Libreria Feltrinelli International

(Mensa­Giovanni­Paolo­II)­Via­delle­Sette­Sale­30 tel.­0647821098.­11.00-13.30­daily

Caritas hostel

Church of All Nations Church of Sweden

Piazza­S.­Luigi­dei­Francesi­23,­tel.­0668307598 www.librairiefrancaiserome.com

Caritas soup kitchen

Via­Stresa­41,­tel.­063014425

Herder International Book Center (German) Piazza­di­Montecitorio­117-120,­tel.­066794628 bookcentre@herder.it­–­www.herder.it

tel.­066535499­–­www.differenzadonna.it

Piazza­S.­Lorenzo­in­Lucina­35,­ tel.­066876652­–­066876211,­Sunday­service 10.30,­13.00­(Filipino),­16.00­(Chinese)

Rome Buddhist Centre Vihara Via­Mandas­2,­tel.­0622460091

Rome Mosque (Centro Islamico)

Via­della­Moschea,­tel.­068082167­–­068082258

Information line for the disabled Joel Nafuma Refugee Centre

St­Paul’s­within-the-Walls Via­Nazionale,­corner­Via­Napoli,­tel.­064883339

Mason Perkins Deafness Fund

(Support­for­deaf­and­deaf-blind­children) tel.­0644234511­–­masonperkins@gmail.com www.mpds.it

Overeaters Anonymous tel.­064743772

Salvation Army (Esercito­della­Salvezza) Centro­Sociale­di­Roma­“Virgilio­Paglieri” Via­degli­Apuli­41,­tel.­064451351

Support for elderly victims of crime

(Italian­only)­Largo­E.­Fioritto­2,­tel.­0657305104

The Samaritans Onlus

(Confidential­telephone­helpline­for­the­distressed) tel.­800860022

TRANSPORT •­Atac (Rome­bus,­metro­and­tram) tel.­800431784,­www.atac.roma.it •­Ciampino airport tel.­06794941,­www.adr.it •­Fiumicino airport tel.­0665951,­www.adr.it •­Taxi­tel.­060609­–­065551­–­063570­–­068822­064157­–­066645­–­064994 •­Traffic info tel.­1518 •­Trenitalia (national­railways)­tel.­892021 www.trenitalia.it

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ai maRmi Viale Trastevere 53, tel. 065800919

€ This pizzeria is also nicknamed “L’Obitorio” (the morgue in English) because its tables are covered with slabs of marble. The pizza is thin, Roman style, and good. Even fried appetisers (fiori di zucca and supplì) are not bad. Prices are very reasonable in relation to the quality and quantity of food. The atmosphere is chaotic, but it can also be fun. The only real drawback is the queue if you arrive at rush hour (around 21.00) especially on weekends.

Benito e GilBeRto Via del Falco 19, tel. 066867769, www.dabenitoegilberto.com €€€

Vicolo88 RestauRant Via dell’Orso, 88 / tel. 0645652075

The restaurant was opened in 1976 by Benito and his son Gilberto and after 30 years it still maintains the same welcoming and homely environment. Just a few steps from St Peter’s, the restaurant has room for 30 and offers an excellent variety of fresh fish dishes as well as an excellent wine list. It is well known by many celebrities and ideal for every occasion. Reservation is recommended.

€€

Vicolo88 opened a few weeks ago in the heart of Rome, just a few steps away from Piazza Navona, in a charming 17thcentury building with 15th-and 16th-century elements, on the ground floor of the Relais Orso hotel. This small restaurant is a well-kept "secret" for only 36 diners, cosmopolitan globetrotters and enlightened lovers of genuine Italian cuisine - simple and at the same time refined. Fish, meat and an excellent wine list. A feast for quality food lovers.

Closed on Sundays.

Gusto RistoRante and PizzeRia Piazza Augusto Imperatore 9 / tel. 063226273 / www.gusto.it

€€

The restaurant is on the first floor, but you can also dine outside under the portico designed by the famous architect of the fascist period Pio Piacentini (of Via della Conciliazione fame) and look across at the contemporary Museum of the Ara Pacis by American architect, Richard Meier.

The architecture of the restaurant is very simple and cosy. The menu is creative and focuses on the quality of its Mediterranean products. There is also a pizzeria on the ground floor.

indian RestauRant Himalaya Palace Circonvallazione Gianicolense 277-279 tel. 065826001 / www.himalayapalace.com €€

Bla KonGo Via Ofanto 6/8, tel. 068546705

Established in 1993, Himalaya Palace is an authentic Indian restaurant nestled in Monteverde Nuovo close to Villa Pamphilj, Rome’s largest park. To the background of Indian music you can choose from a variety of genuine dishes, (Tandori and Tikka Masala chicken and lamb Korma) which include homemade Indian yoghurt and cheese. This is a special and affordable experience.

€€€

– starting from €30 per person

Wanted in Rome 3 April 2013

€€

Bla Kongo is a sophisticated bistro that mixes Scandinavian culture with the Mediterranean and Indian cuisine. The menu is creative and exciting, ranging from savarin of basmati rice with shrimps and Swedish salmon to meatballs with brie.

Desserts are excellent. Interesting wine list, friendly and efficient service, good value for money.

€€

– starting from €20 per person

€

– starting from €15 per person

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1st-floor: living room with kitchenette, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, balcony, A/C, double-glass windows, €1.300, R.E. Agent - Marco Zanni, tel. 335 / 8418861, immobiliare.zanni@gmail.com.

Centre - via Q. sella - Fidia immOBiliare. Renovated, empty, living room-study, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, €1.350, Fidia Immobiliare, tel. 0639736426.

Centre aventinO - PentHOUse immOBiliare. Extremely bright, remodeled, furnished flat in quiet and green area: living room w/kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom, balcony, €1.450, tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

Centre, via PO, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Elegant flat in Liberty building: living room, kitchenette, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, A/C, terraces, €2.400. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

Centre, vittOria - PentHOUse immOBiliare. Splendid, elegantly furnished, remodeled flat: living and dining rooms, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, balcony. €4.000. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

COrsO trieste - immOBiliare edWards. Elegant 160-sqm apartment, air-conditioned, living-dining room, large balcony, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, furnished kitchen, garagebox. imm.edwards@gmail.com. eleGant 3 BedrOOm aPt in via arnO. Our apartment is located in Via Arno, near Via Po, and Villa Ada park, on the mezzanine level of an elegant period building. Approx. 85 sqm, with a balcony overlooking the Coppede villas nearby, the apartment has 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, plus study (or guest bedroom). The kitchen/ living room is fully equipped, and the bedrooms are quiet and facing the internal communal garden. Both bathrooms are in good conditions one with tub, one with shower. Additional info: A/C, wooden floors, utilities (telephone, internet, electricity, gas, water) are all connected. mario.debilio@gmail.com. esQUilinO - PrOPertY internatiOnal. Semi-furnished,

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100-sqm, 3rd floor, quiet: large living room, eat-in kitchen, 2 spacious bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, long balcony. €1.650. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. English, French, German mother-tongue assistance.

Property International, tel. 065743170. eUr - ardiGÒ - via adOlFO ravÀ - mld. In prestigious condominium, refurbished, 150-sqm: entrance, livingdining room, furnished eat-in kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large balconies, €2.200. Tel. + 39 065916760, mld.customercare@gmail.com. eUr - internatiOnal POint GrOUP. New building: furnished apartment, 2nd floor, sitting room, 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, terrace, parking, €1.600, tel. 0654211074, info@internationalpointgroup.com. eUr - near iFad - PentHOUse immOBiliare. 6th floor w/huge terrace, living room, eat-in kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, parking, €1.600, tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr - near metrO. Quiet, bright, comfortable, 3 bedrooms, sitting room, dining room, 2 bathrooms, completely furnished kitchen, balcony, parking, €2.000, tel. 339 / 3421012, 065037468. eUr - seraFiCO - mld Via Lilio: elegant condominium: finely refurbished, large entrance, living-dining room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, 2 terraces, garage, cellar. €2.200. Tel. +39 065916760, mld.customercare@gmail.com. eUr - tOrrinO - internatiOnal POint GrOUP. Furnished apartment, fifth floor: living room, 3 bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, terraces, balcony, parking, €1.400, tel. 0654211074, info@internationalpointgroup.com. eUr astri - PentHOUse immOBiliare. Bright, furnished, remodeled flat: living room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terrace with wonderful view, parking, €1.600, tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr BartOli - PentHOUse immOBiliare. Furnished flat, quiet, green neighbourhood: living room, eat-in kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large terrace, parking, €1.500, tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr Centre - laKe - eUrOCenter immOBiliare. Panoramic penthouse, renovated, three bedroom, luxury living room with kitchenette, studio, bathroom, balcony, terrace, basement, parking. Semi furnished. €3.500, tel. 0652205391,

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immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. eUr Centre - laKe - viale teCniCa. Prestigious elegantly refurbished: entrance, living-dining room, 2 bedrooms plus single bedroom, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, storage, 2 balconies and terrace, garage, cellar. € 2.500, tel. 065916760, email: mld.customercare@gmail.com. eUr mOstaCCianO - PentHOUse immOBiliare. Furnished townhouse in residential neighbourhood: living room, kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, terrace, parking. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr mOstaCCianO, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Elegant, remodeled apartment: double living room w/fireplace, eat-in kitchen, study, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, garden, parking, €2.000. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr tOrrinO PentHOUse immOBiliare. New, stunning end townhouse w/large garden and parking, living room, kitchen, study, 2 bedrooms, family room, €2.000, Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr, matteO BartOli, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Large 3-bedroom flat immersed in trees and park with eat-in kitchen, 2 bathrooms, terrace, parking €1.500. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr, mOnteverde nUOvO, PentHOUse immOBiliare.

Bright, spacious flat: living room w/fireplace, kitchen, breakfast room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terrace, parking, €1.900. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr, mOnti, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Metro Cavour & Manzoni: large, extremely bright 2bedroom flat with kitchen, 2 bathrooms no lift €1.600. Tel 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr, mOstaCCianO, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Very pleasant 3-floor townhouse living room, 5 bedrooms, kitchen, dining room w/fireplace 4 bathrooms terrace €1.900. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr, tOrrinO, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Bright, 4th-floor flat: 3 bedrooms, kitchen, 2 bathrooms, terraces, boxauto, €1.600. Tel.065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr, via GHetaldi. Extremely bright, remodeled penthouse, 7th floor w/lift: living room, w/kitchenette, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, A/C, 70-sqm terrace, €1.300, R.E. Agent:

Marco Zanni, tel. 335 / 8418861, immobiliare.zanni@gmail.com. eUr, viGOlO, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Stunning, elegant, bright furnished flat: living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terraces, parking, outdoor Jacuzzi, security €2.000. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. eUr. Outstanding luxuriously furnished apartment, suitable top-ranking personality: large salon, dining room, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, all comforts, terraces, garage, €3.000. Also other similar: large semi-furnished with garden, tel. 339 / 3421012 - 065037468.

FaO - s. saBa. Brand new, air-conditioned, elegant 70-sqm office space to let: 2 bathrooms, 12-sqm terrace. €1.650. Tel. 065783698.

Flat FOr rent. Parioli, in front of LUISS University, 36-sqm furnished flat for rent: living-bedroom + kitchen + bathroom. Independent entrance. €900, tel. 068549154- email mariameneghelli@fastwenet.it GarBatella - PrOPertY internatiOnal. Semi-furnished, 80-sqm attic with 40-sqm terrace, view, living room, furnished eat-in kitchen, bedroom, bathroom with shower and walk-in closet. €1.300. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net.

English, French, German mother tongue assistance. Property International tel. 065743170.

Great attiCO W / terraCe - 3 Bdr + BOX. Top floor, unfurnished, nice building w/portiere, lift, A/C and independent gas heating. 150 sqm, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, dining room and live-in kitchen (fully quipped) + terrace (50 sqm) with nice views + garage and cellar.

Rental €1.700/month + garage. Great area. For viewing please contact: nicola.beretta@gmail.com, tel.

3473311850 HistOriC Centre - internatiOnal POint GrOUP. Completely

furnished studio with bathroom and kitchen, first floor. €1.400, utilities and cleaning included, tel. 0654211074, info@internationalpointgroup.com.

HistOriC Centre - PrOPertY internatiOnal. Semi-furnished 150 sqm, 2nd floor, quiet, renovated, beamed ceilings, living room, dining room, kitchen, 2 large bedrooms, bathrooms, terrace. Monthly rent €2.800neg. Other excellent properties on: www.propertyint.net. English, French, German mother tongue assistance.

Property International tel. 065743170. inFernettO - internatiOnal POint GrOUP. Semi-furnished villa, 220-sqm: living rooms, 6 bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, studio, patio, garden, parking, €1.600, tel. 0654211074, info@internationalpointgroup.com. inFernettO - internatiOnal POint GrOUP. Furnished villa, 160 sqm: living room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, air conditioning, garden, €1.400, tel. 0654211074, info@internationalpointgroup.com. mOnteverde - CasalettO. immOBiliare edWards. In compound, redecorated 160-sqm apartment: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living-dining room, terrace overlooking park, furnished kitchen, carport. €2.300 monthly. Photos available. imm.edwards@gmail.com. mOnteverde veCCHiO PamPHili - Fidia immOBiliare.

Living-room, 2 bedrooms, single bedroom, 2 bathrooms, equipped kitchen, 2 balconies, empty, €1.500, Fidia Immobiliare, tel. 0639736426. mOnteverde veCCHiO PrOPertY internatiOnal. Semifurnished 90 sqm, 3rd floor, no lift, bright, large living room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, eat-in furnished kitchen.

Monthly rent €1.350. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net.

English, French, German mother tongue assistance. Property International tel. 065743170.

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mOnteverde veCCHiO POeriO GianiCOlO Delightful cottage, silent pedestrian road, refined furniture, sunny garden, 40 m2, fully equipped. valeria.sassanelli@gmail.com. mOnteverde veCCHiO. Nicely furnished, 90-sqm: 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom, wardrobe, fully equipped, TV, cable, phone and linen included. €1.300 monthly plus expenses. Please contact: tel. 333 / 2843762 or delpinto@hotmail.it. mOnti - CrOFt rOme PrOPerties inC. Restored, furnished: 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, terrace. Silent. Ref. 1266. €1.800, tel.

063212341. mOnti - near via naZiOnale.

Bright apartment, 2 double bedrooms, dining room, kitchen, living room, bathroom / shower, A/C, washing machine, dishwasher. monti35@fastwebnet.it, 339 / 5381750. mOnti and trastevere. Monti: Beautiful, modern apartment in quiet street, 3rd floor, elevator, living-room, kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom, furnished, A/C, €1.600, all costs and cleaning included. Trastevere: charming quiet apartment near Piscinula, 100 sqm furnished or unfurnished, new kitchen, independent heating, €1.700 monthly including condo fees.

Tel. 328 / 7697516, meerundsonne@libero.it. mOnti PariOli - immOBiliare edWards. Beautiful 130 sqm apartment, luxuriously furnished, living room, dining room, long terrace, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fullyequipped kitchen, box. Photos available. imm.edwards@gmail.com. mOstaCCianO - mld. Elegant condominium with swimming pool and doorman: entrance-living room and eat-in kitchen-dining room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, balcony, garage, €900. Tel 065916760, mld@customercare@gmail.com. nOmentana - adJaCent asmara - Fidia immOBiliare.

Semi-furnished, living room, studio, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, eat-in kitchen, garage, € 2.300, Fidia Immobiliare, tel. 0639736426. nOmentana - tOrlOnia - Fidia immOBiliare. 3rd floor, no lift, living room, 2 bedrooms, equipped kitchen, 2 bathrooms, €1.250. Fidia Immobiliare, tel. 0639736426.

Old tOWn - adJaCent PantHeOn - eUrOCentre immOBiliare. Furnished, spacious: entrance, hall, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, terrace 20 sqm. tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

On tHe sea-side, 30 Km FrOm rOme. Marina di S. Nicola and Posta Vecchia, see on the web. Cottage with garden and apartment with garden and Olympic swimming pool plus one for children. Completely refurbished with 2 private parkings. Tel. 347 / 3740481.

Ostia - BOrGO dei PesCatOri. Absolutely charming, overlooking the sea, rare opportunity: eat-in kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, balconies,

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PinCianO - Fidia immOBiliare.

Semi furnished, characteristic: entrance, living room with beautiful large windows, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, equipped kitchen, €3.800, Fidia Immobiliare, tel. 0639736426.

Prati - enriCa vereni immOBiliare. Third floor, 90 sqm: entrance, living-dining, fitted kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terrace, box, €1.800, tel. 0669941681, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it.

Prati - enriCa vereni immOBiliare. Semi-furnished, 65-sqm penthouse with terrace, living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, beautiful view, €2.200, tel. 0669941681, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it.

Prati - viale CarsO - Fidia immOBiliare. Characteristic, empty: entrance, living room, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, eat-in kitchen, 2 balconies, €2.300, Fidia Immobiliare, tel.

0639736426.

Prati - PiaZZa della liBertÀ.

60-sqm, bright, furnished penthouse: living room with kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom. References required, €1.400, tel. 347 / 9000584, 349 / 2854748. rOme sWeet HOme - HistOriC Centre. Lets to companies and private individuals. Exclusive locations. Apartments, 1 - 2 - 3 bedrooms, completely furnished, maid service, utilities included, special rates for monthly lets. www.travelbusinessapartments.it, info@romesweethome.it. Tel. 0669924091, 335 / 7713580.

A/C, €1.500, R.E. Agent - Marco Zanni tel. 335 / 8418861, immobiliare.zanni@gmail.com.

PantHeOn - internatiOnal POint GrOUP. Historical building, furnished apartment: 3rd floor, beautiful view, large sitting room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, €2.000, tel. 0654211074, info@internationalpointgroup.com.

PantHeOn. Elegant penthouse, spacious terrace: living room, dining room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, excellent kitchen. A/C, €2.300.

Available for medium periods. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

PariOli - internatiOnal POint GrOUP. Restructured, furnished penthouse, fifth floor: 80 sqm, living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, balcony, €2.200, tel. 0654211074, info@internationalpointgroup.com.

PariOli, adJaCent lUiss - eUrOCenter immOBiliare. Elegant, high floor, bright, renovated, large size balconies, box. €2.800, tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

PariOli, arCHimede - PentHOUse immOBiliare. Bright, spacious, flat: large living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, maid’s room, 3 bathrooms, 3 balconies, parking, €2.500. Tel. 065919125 info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

PiaZZa di sPaGna. Very special, private garden, 2 levels, living room, fireplace, 1 bedroom, quiet, €1.800. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it.

PiaZZa FiUme. Spacious, renovated semi-furnished apartment in period building, 5th floor, large living room, study, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, equipped kitchen, large balcony, cellar, built-in wardrobes and bookshelves, fireplace, air conditioning. Monthly rent €2.400, tel. 066874464, email: ione.c@tiscali.it.

rOOm FOr rent in COnCa d’OrO. Big double bedroom for rent, flat share with one female. Price per month is €500, excluding bills. The flat is 10 mins walk from Piazza Conca d’Oro tube station. For information: snerpiti@yahoo.co.uk. s. GiOvanni - CasaitalY.it. Porta Metronia, in private street, apartment on the first floor, living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, two bathrooms, balcony, storage room, A/C, €1.350, for photos www.casaitaly.it. Find us on Facebook, tel. 068419827. s. GiOvanni - villa FiOrelli.

Restored, furnished, bright apartment: bedroom, small living room, kitchen, bathroom, balcony, cupboard, 4th floor in elegant building near Metro, quiet, lovely view, references requested, €900 monthly, tel. 328 / 0561408, tel. 067012673.

PariOli, via BarnaBa Oriani.

Large, sunny, unfurnished apartment: living-dining room, eat-in furnished kitchen, 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, maids quarter and bathroom, terrace, garage, €3.500 monthly plus expenses, quiet, green, meerundsonne@libero.it, tel. 328 / 7697516.

PariOli, via PO - PentHOUse immOBiliare. Elegantly furnished flat: living room w/kitchenette, dining room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terrace, transitory contract, €2.400. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

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sHOrt lets - sinGle - dOUBle rOOms - B&B Central & COmFOrt. €35-€70 per night, €150-250 weekly, €450 monthly, all bills + wi-fi + laundry included. Bathroom and kitchen sharing, near P. Bologna, available 23 March 2013, non-smokers, E.U. USA, Japan, Australian citizens only. Tel. 3336201765. sPaGna, navOna, COlOsseUm, s. GiOvanni, esQUilinO, vatiCan. Piazza Spagna, studio: €800.

Piazza Navona: living room, 1 bedroom, €1.200. Colosseum: interesting open space, 75 sqm, €1.100. S. Giovanni: studio, terrace, €900.

Esquilino: living room, 1 bedroom, €1.200. Vatican area: studio, view, balcony, all included, €950. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. st Peter’s - COnClave terraCe FOr rent. Amazing 300 sqm terrace with St Peter’s and Vatican museum for rent. stefania.grippo@libero.it. trastevere - CrOFt rOme PrOPerties inC. Attic, 1 bedroom, living room, fireplace, bedroom, little study, charming terrace. Ref. 1122. €1.500, tel. 063212341. trastevere - enriCa vereni immOBiliare. Delightful, furnished, 60-sqm apartment: entrance, livingdining room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathroom. €1.150, tel. 0669941681, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it. trastevere - enriCa vereni immOBiliare. Nice semi-furnished 65-sqm apartment: living-dining room, kitchen, bedroom, study, bathroom, A/C, €1.280, tel. 0669941681, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it. trastevere - enriCa vereni immOBiliare. Characteristic 160-sqm apartment on 3 levels, beamed ceilings, parquet floor, €2.900, tel. 0669941681, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it.

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trastevere - enriCa vereni immOBiliare. In the heart of Trastevere: beautiful 90-sqm loft with terrace, designers’ furniture, quality details. €3.000, tel. 0669941681, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it. trastevere - OverlOOKinG sQUare. Delightful, characteristic studio apartment with mezzanine, bathroom, kitchen, on ground floor, overlooking square. Free from May, €950 monthly. Tel 066879323, lorenzamazzetti@gmail.com. trastevere - s. maria. Spacious penthouse, large terrace, living room, fireplace, 1 bedroom, sunny, quiet, view, €1.550. Also Trastevere: living room, 2 bedrooms, balcony €1.650.

Also Trastevere: quiet, elegant, living room, 1 bedroom, romantic condominium, €1.350. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. trastevere - s. maria. Elegant, charming studio apartment, fully furnished and equipped: wifi, washingmachine, 2nd floor, elevator, suitable for 2 people. Available June, July, August, €1.000 monthly plus utilities, no agencies, tel. 338 /2006664, francadib@gmail.com. trastevere statiOn - marCOni ñ s. PaOlO. Furnished apartment: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, €1.200 monthly, all included.

Cavallaro_andrea@hotmail.com. Tel. 349 / 0861468, 393 / 9112757. trastevere, natale Grande PentHOUse immOBiliare.

Rare opportunity: loft w/high ceilings, large open space w/living room , kitchen, bedroom, 2 bathrooms, terrace, € 2.950. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. trastevere, PentHOUse immOBiliare. Fascinating & bright loft in Trastevere w/terrace: large open space w/open kitchen, bedroom, 2 bathrooms, €2.950. Tel. 065919125,

info@penthouseimmobiliare.it. trastevere. Very special townhouse on 2 levels, private garden, living room, fireplace, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, romantic atmosphere, quiet, €2.000. Also 2 bedrooms, balcony, €1.550. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. vatiCan - PiaZZa risOrGimentO. High floor, lift, 100 sqm, spacious living room 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, furnished, €1.700. Tel. 065813452. jbalsano@virgilio.it. via Cassia - mld. Villa on 2 levels.

Ground floor: independent entrance, living-dining room, kitchen, bathroom, terrace. 1st floor: 5 bedrooms bathroom, terrace, attic, €2.800. Tel 065916760, mld.customercare@gmail.com. via della mendOla immOBilare edWards.

Vicinity Marymount School, in private park: elegant 140-sqm apartment, living-dining room, small terrace, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, maid’s quarters, furnished kitchen, large box. imm.edwards@gmail.com. via sistina and PiaZZa Farnese. Centre, near Via Sistina, Via degli Artisti: sunny apartment in building with elevator and small garden, 3rd floor, entrance, living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, parquet floor, A/C, €1.850. Piazza Farnese, Via Montoro: 75 sqm apartment: 1 bedroom, study, €1.500 monthly, meerundsonne@libero.it, 328 / 7697516. viGna Clara - immOBiliare edWards. Vicinity Marymount School: in compound, tennis, pool, luxurious 280-sqm apartment, unfurnished-furnished, lovely garden-terrace, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, furnished kitchen, maid’s quarters, car-port. Photos available. imm.edwards@gmail.com. viGna Clara - PrOPertY internatiOnal. Bright, 140 sqm, 1st floor, quiet, furnished or semi-furnished, large living room, dining area, eat-in kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, maid’s quarters, balconies. Monthly rent €2.300 neg.

Other excellent properties on: www.propertyint.net. English, French, German mother tongue assistance.

Property International tel. 065743170. villa tOrlOnia - immOBiliare edWards. Vicinity Piazza Bologna: lovely, redecorated, 130-sqm apartment: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living-dining room, balcony, newly-furnished kitchen.

€1.800 monthly. Photos available. imm.edwards@gmail.com.

accommodation vacant out of town BraCCianO. For rent furnished independent apartment in central Bracciano, near train station and shops. First floor: living room, small kitchen, second floor: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. For long term €650, for short lets please contact 329 / 6326340.

FOndi - seaside. Six-bed villa in guarded complex, A/C, heating, one mile from beach, weekly-weekends, tel. 340 / 8058522. mld - FrasCati - via enriCO Fermi. Detached villa: representation-living-dining room, eat-in kitchen, bathroom, 3 bedrooms.

1st floor: studio, bedroom, bathroom, €2.000, tel. 065916760, mld.customercare@gmail.com. sCandriGlia - 35 Km FrOm rOme. In noble period palace, 225sqm apartment: 2 bedrooms plus a double sofa-bed, 4 bathrooms, entrance, 2 living-dining rooms with fireplace, eat-in kitchen, terrace. Close and well connected to Rome. For short or long periods. Call. 348 / 7264863. valleranO - eUrOCenter immOBiliare. Surrounded by green: finished, large size, two-level single family house with swimming pool, patio, garden, €8.000. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. valleranO - eUrOCenter immOBiliare. Apartment in renovated cottage: living room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, patio, 250-sqm garden, parking, €1.500. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it.

events liPs. The cut of your mouth is like the cut of the knife. The difference is which doesn't bleed. Destroy. Marco Sernicoli.

holiday accommodation seGGianO - GrOssetO tUsCanY. Characteristic Tuscan house, close to Vignoni Spa: bedroom, kitchen, living room, €600/monthly, €400 for 2 weeks, all included, cavallaro_andrea70@hotmail.com.

Tel. 349 / 0861468, 393 / 9112757.

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strOmBOli - PisCita. Lovely house with stunning view: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, 2 terraces and garden. Suitable for 8. €1.300 weekly May and June. €1.500 weekly July. €2.000 weekly August.

Cleaning service not included. email: nathalie.duvillier@wanadoo.fr. villa in tUsCanY. Near Florence: 18th-century villa with pool: week rentals, from €600, quiet and romantic among olive and fruit trees. accommodation 4 to 6. Paola +39 338 / 1250199, paola.gori@libero.it.

jobs vacant aCCOUntant FOr mFO. Accountant. The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), an International Peacekeeping Organization, is seeking an Accountant for its Rome Headquarters, to support the HQ Finance Office in maintaining the general ledger, preparing budgets, compiling financial reports, accounts payable and treasury. The ideal candidate should be a University graduate or have at least 3 years’ experience in accountancy and knowledge of ERP systems, preferably SAP and of MS Office applications. Italian working papers/EU citizenship required, as well as fluency in English some Italian useful. A two-year renewable contract with full benefits will be offered. Send full resume, including citizenship and salary history, by fax or e-mail to: Office of Personnel, fax: 0657119444, email@mfo.org. MFO regrets it cannot respond to all applicants. eFl Part-time teaCHers. Urgently required for children and adults. Celta or equivalent plus some experience preferable. fleming@britishschoolroma.it, tel.

0633220960, www.britishschoolroma.it. enGlisH teaCHer Mothertongue English teacher needed in Rome from 1-9 pm Monday to Friday. No experience needed but must have a good knowledge of Italian. Email cv: newyorkpiero[at]live.it. enGlisH teaCHers needed.

Established English School currently seeking full / part-time English mother-tongue teachers for adult and children courses. Full training provided. Contact us on 0647823253 or send your CV to teachers@angloamerican.it. estaBlisHed PrestiGiOUs lanGUaGe School Rome seeks mother-

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tongue English teachers. Offering good weekly wage, professional environment, immediate start. Tel. 063611508, newbritishcentres@gmail.com.

GeOrGesOn - WOrldWide leader in listed COmPanies’ sHareHOlder COmmUniCatiOn - enGlisH mOtHertOnGUe. Georgeson - Worldwide Leader in Listed Companies’ Shareholder Communication.

Shareholder Communication Worldwide Leader is searching for an English Mother Tongue candidate to support the Identification and Proxy Department International Team for mandates from international clients. Availability: immediate. Remuneration: fixed. Office: Rome-centre. Basic Requisites: • Degree in Economics, Law or similar. • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and Power Point. • Strong attention to details, proactive attitude, capacity to work under pressure and with short-time deadlines. • Italian Resident. Preferable Requisites: • Experience in Banking and Financial Markets. • Fluent in either French or Italian. Candidates can send their curricula by either email: m.fracassi@georgeson.com or fax: 06-45239053, or call the number 06-42171405.

Art History program and lead in the development of the curriculum and extra-curricular activities in Art History. S/he will teach an average of three courses per semester, advise and monitor the progress of students and carry out the full range of duties required to manage and develop the program, including ensuring high quality outcomes assessment procedures. The Program Leader will play an important role in the recruitment of students to Art History and in promoting the program and will also serve the University through membership of committees and other functions as directed by the Dean of Undergraduate Programs, the Provost or President. The person appointed will report to the Provost.

This young program currently consists of a BA in Art History, with a Concentration in the Business of Art, and the person appointed will contribute to its continued development by raising its academic profile through an active program of scholarship and building upon a reputation for excellence in teaching. Interested candidates should send a letter of application, a CV, and three reference letters to facultyrecruitment@aur.edu (Ref. PROV 1/2013 and candidate’s full name in the subject field). The letter of application should include a reasoned statement of why the candidate wishes to be in Rome.

Applications without this statement will not be considered. Further Details Salary: €40,000 - €45,000 depending on qualifications and experience.

Start Date: September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Main Duties: Teach six courses per academic year, including undergraduate upper level courses in the area of specialization and lower-level courses on the broader span of western art; Carry out the duties associated with the position of Program Leader; Maintain and pursue an active research agenda; Ensure high quality outcomes assessment for the program; Advise up to fifteen students; Provide institutional service through, for example, service on universitywide committees; Assist with recruitment and promotion of Art History; Such other duties as may be assigned. Procedure Review of applications will begin immediately. The deadline for receipt of applications is 30th April 2013. Candidates on the long shortlist will be interviewed by phone or skype. Shortlisted candi-

dates will be called to interview in Rome in Spring 2013. Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit samples of their recent work (in English, not more than 10,000 words). seCretarY FOr tOUrist BUsiness. Tourist business requires secretary with good knowledge, spoken-written, of English, Italian and Spanish. Computer and organizational skills required. Please call afternoons: tel. 335 / 8193359 or 0692592178. www.walksinsiderome.com. teaCHer mOtHer tOnGUe. The “Maisonette” check for a new home to Eur Torrino native English, highly motivated, with flexibility and preparation for opening in September 2013. lamaisonette.eru.torrino@gmail.com.

WOrld OF tOUrism. Looking to hire enthusiastic people to work in the world of tourism. Positive environment and flexible schedule. Experience is welcome though not necessary as training will be provided to the right people. You can contact Deborah at deborahawolf@gmail.com, tel. 349 / 1485230.

lessons anGlO-ameriCan enGlisH teaCHer. Mother-tongue, long experience, offers lessons and conversation to adults only, andydepaoli@gmail.com, tel. 328 / 6684710. eXPerienCed enGlisH mOtHertOnGUe teaCHer offers lessons at €15 per hour. Call 331 / 5630203 or email: thomasbevan62@yahoo.com.

property for sale in town s. lOrenZO - UniversitÀ. Newly built loft in house style, in residential complex: 2 bedrooms with possibility of third, large eat-in kitchen-dining room, 3 terraces. 3 bathrooms. On 3 levels, €660.000. Tel. 065783698, studio@momarch.it. viGna Clara - via maFFeO PantaleOni. Attic apartment with fantastic view of Parco di Veio, 165sqm: three bedrooms, three full baths, laundry room, open-space kitchen, great room with gas fireplace, 30 sqm dining terrace. A/C, electric-door garage, doorman. €1.650.000, tel. 339 / 5757019 or 339 / 5920777.

PrOdUCtiOn assistant.

Production company based in Rome is looking for experienced associate producer English mother-tongue. Working time from 14.00 to 20.00. To be available from April 1st. Please send CV to: brando_quilici@brandoquilici.com.

PrOGram leader FOr art HistOrY (FUll time) - aUr. The American University of Rome invites applications for the position of Associate Professor and Program Leader for Art History. The position is full time for two years, beginning in September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will have a PhD in Art History, will demonstrate international excellence in research, and will have a strong commitment to teaching Art History at undergraduate level across a range of areas from Medieval to Modern. A specialization in Renaissance or Baroque art may be an advantage. Recent experience within the American university system may also be an advantage. The successful candidate will coordinate the

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wireless adsl connection and local calls. Shared kitchen and bathroom, 25 sqm terrace. Pictures on request.

Tel. 333 / 7490206, retablo@tiscali.it. st Peter’s - FeW metres. Large room in apartment with independent entrance, quiet, shared kitchen and bathroom. Females only. €520 monthly, also short lets €200 weekly.

Tel. 327 / 4541214, giomontanaro@hotmail.it. trastevere - mOnteverde. In beautiful large apartment. Renting a large double room in great apartment, perfectly located for FAO or WFP Offices. €600 all included monthly. Call James: 388 / 1741148. trastevere - via della lUnGara. Large bright room with private bathroom, comfortable and well equipped including internet. €700 utilities included, tel. 339 / 7857565. trastevere - via della lUnGara. Large bright room with private bathroom, comfortable and well equipped including internet. €700 utilities included, tel. 339 / 7857565.

short lets rooms and flats shares ClOse tO FaO and HistOriC Centre. Single furnished room available in 125 sqm apartment with 3 single bedrooms, A/C, shared living room.

Only females. €500/monthly, all included.

Email: malfimarialuisa@gmail.com, tel. 338 / 4657292, photos available on request.

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PiaZZa BOlOGna, Central area. Metro B, Piazzale delle Province: room furnished with wardrobe, desk, TV, in 2-room apartment. Use of kitchen, internet, wifi. €530 (expenses and condominium fees included). Females preferred.

Tel. 333 / 3848224. s. GiOvanni - near metrO. Panoramic top-floor, view of S. Giovanni statues, bright, comfortable, restored room, €550 monthly, including bills, linen, maid service. Free

aPartments - HOUses. Linen service, minimum deposit. Tel. 0648930557, tel. / fax 0648976525 office hours, info@flatinrome.com, www.flatinrome.com.

CamPO de’ FiOri - sPaGna navOna. Pantheon, Trastevere, Prati. Fully-furnished apartments, 1 week minimum. Many other possibilities. Tel. / fax 0648905897, info@shortletsassistance.com, www.shortletsassistance.com.

navOna sQUare. Delightful penthouse: large double bedroom, living room with kitchen corner, bathroom with shower, beautiful terrace, A/C, TV, internet, 339 / 3998083; 066868107.

PantHeOn and POnte milviO. Nice studios, period building, new and well decorated, fully equipped kitchen corner, double/triple bedroom, bathroom, A/C or fan, internet, TV. Long-term too. Tel. 348 / 9792106, inroma@libero.it. rOme sWeet HOme HistOriC Centre.

Lets to companies and private individuals. Exclusive locations.

Apartments, 1 - 2 - 3 bedrooms, completely furnished, maid service, utilities included, special rates for monthly lets. www.romesweethome.com, info@romesweethome.it.

Tel. 0669924091 - 335 / 7713580. st Peter’s. Furnished studio apartment: bathroom, kitchen corner, TV, A/C, wifi, garden. Renting daily, weekly, monthly, €700 - €900, tel. 329 / 8041115, 340 / 3106079, email: clotilde.salustri@libero.it

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