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contents no. 3 / wednesday / 5 March 2014 editorials

OTHERWISE OCCUPIED Sarah Barchus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 FARMERS’ MARKETS IN ROME Theresa Potenza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ORVIETO: ANOTHER JEWEL IN UMBRIA Andy Devane. . . . . . . . . . . 9

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EXHIBITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 LIVE MUSIC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 festivals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 DANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ACADEMIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 THEATRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 OPERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 OPERA NOTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Sarah Barchus

OTHERWISE OCCUPIED

Courts sometimes rule in favour of occupation of cultural venues in Rome

ourist itineraries are packed with Rome’s famous historic sites, but they tend to ignore the places where history is currently in the making. While visitors are marvelling at monuments, Rome’s residents are otherwise occupied. Grappling with the economic recession and culture-crippling speculation projects, some are mobilising - by staying put. People are repossessing abandoned buildings, repurposing them into centres for cultural and communal growth, political discourse, and the celebration of the arts. These centri sociali are places where squatters are standing up to change their city. Centri sociali go back to the 1980s, some even earlier, and were a result of political rather than economic protest. They have a long tradition of political protest, such as the “occupation” of the secondary schools every autumn. According to the Rome city council there were around 2,850 occupied buildings in Rome in 2012. This is a surprisingly large number, considering that occupying a space, essentially taking possession of an area or a building without any formal permission, is illegal. Those living or operating in occupied spaces do so with the constant threat of eviction. However, history has proven the centri sociali to be fertile grounds for change, not only in Rome but also in Mi-

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lan, where Leoncavallo has been building a community around various occupied spaces since 1975. And sometimes the law even takes the occupiers’ side. One such example is the Nuovo Cinema Palazzo in Rome’s S. Lorenzo district. In 2011, when local residents learned that the cinema was to be transformed into a casino, they staged what was supposed to be a three-day symbolic protest, which has become an almost three-year occupation. Unhappy with the turn of events, the developers took the matter to court. Defending their actions the occupiers proved that their use of the space, though technically in violation of the law, was in the best interest of the community. The court ruled in their favour, allowing them to continue occupying the cinema.

Top: Nuovo Cinema Palazzo in S. Lorenzo is now a social and cultural centre. Above: Trastevere’s Cinema America has been occupied since 2012.

“This was very important because it created a precedent,” explained Emma Gainsforth, a Roman of American/English heritage, and a participant in the occupation. Not only was the court case a first, but the Nuovo Cinema Palazzo movement is also in itself unique. Gainsforth explained that people of the community have always used the ex-cinema as a space to bring their concerns and problems to the table. After the occupation, that “table” became a little more organised. Tired of inefficiencies and inaction, the neighbourhood drafted a community constitution, and formed “La Libera Repubblica di S. Lorenzo”. “It was kind of a joke, but we were completely serious about it,” Gainsforth said. Organising its initiatives into “tables” – speculation/rent, culture, economy – the ex-cinema invited all, artists, students, lawyers and even some highprofile politicians, to share its ideas on how to fix the problems plaguing the community. “Slowly, slowly things are working out,” Gainsforth said. “Eventually we’ll have our own proposal – we’d like to reach a definition.” Other centres like the 18th-century Teatro Valle Occupato use the arts to inspire change and add to the social wealth of the neighbourhood. Actors and artists initiated the occupation in June 2011 in reaction to a plan to privatise the oldest theatre in Rome. Last

SOCIAL AFFAIRS September, their efforts were rewarded vere was occupied in 2012. Though when the theatre officially became a the cinema continues to screen films, foundation, legitimising the movement. its typically young occupiers are not The occupation garnered interna- content to sit back and watch when it tional support from numerous institu- comes to maintaining and changing tions including the Royal Court in Lon- their community. “Nobody would exdon, Schaubühne Berlin, the French pect us to keep this place so clean and Academy of Villa Medici and the Swiss tidy, and to be able to self-govern it. We Institute of Culture in Rome, and the are young, but responsible. It is poliUnion of the Theatres of Europe. Indi- tics that does not want us to grow up,” viduals also demonstrated their ap- 20-year-old occupier Matteo told an Al proval, such as American director Fran- Jazeera journalist. cis Ford Coppola and British director Occupied space Angelo Mai is a meetPeter Brook, who attended the thea- ing point for “artists fighting for the right tre’s screening of his film The Tightrope to housing and independent spaces for last spring. art and culture.” Born in an abandoned Teatro Valle Occupato also hosts pub- boarding house occupied by 25 families lic discussions in 2004, the with intellectumovement als, professors had to leave and residents in 2006 and to inform and was without a unite the comphysical home munity around for three the issues that years. During affect them. that time, the Placing a heavy group formed focus on selfthe mobile g ove r n a n ce, orchestra “Colthe theatre has lective AnDirector Peter Brook came to Rome worked with gelo Mai” and to stand up for Teatro Valle Occupato. lawyers Ugo “Bluemotion”, Mattei and Stefano Rodotà to restore a performance group of actors and mupeople’s rights and to protect the com- sicians. Angelo Mai found a new home mon good. Like Nuovo Cinema Palazzo, at Viale delle Terme di Caracalla and the movement stresses the “idea of law” opened Angelo Mai Altrove Occupato, over the “rule of law” to restore govern- what looks like a giant warehouse with a ance to its original purpose: to promote stage for music, theatre a nd workshops. and protect the people’s wellbeing. The occupied movements, whether In 2010, after 35 years of screening they are repossessing buildings for films, the former Grauco film club in the arts or to provide basic community Pigneto closed its doors due to lack of needs, belong to a long Italian tradition funds. However, the determination of that goes back to the student revolts of four individuals inspired a group of 60 the 1960s. A number of Rome’s centri volunteers to refurbish the club, and a sociali such as Brancaleone and Forte year later it reopened as Cinema Kino. Prenestino gained such recognition It now shows international and Italian for their music scene in the 1990s that films and hosts exhibitions, book pres- they became mainstream, proving that entations and concerts. sometimes a mixture of community In another take-charge movement, resilience and cultural activity can win Cinema America Occupato in Traste- out against all the odds.

▶ Forte Prenestino. The abandoned space at Via Federico Delpino was occupied in 1986. Now as one of the largest occupied spaces in Rome, it hosts film screenings, workshops, festivals and courses.

Brancaleone. In 1990 occupiers took over the building on Via Levanna which had been abandoned for 10 years. Now one of Rome’s most famous centri sociali, Brancaleone is a go-to scene for electronic music as well as reggae, rock, indie and punk.

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Angelo Mai Altrove Occupato. In 2004, the need for housing incited the movement. After occupying several spaces, the movement evolved into a cultural collaboration. Now located at Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, it hosts musical and theatrical performances as well as artistic and intellectual workshops.

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▶ Cinema Kino. Formerly the Grauco film club, the old cinema in Pigneto was occupied in 2010 and transformed into Cinema Kino which shows Italian and international films. ▶ Nuovo Cinema Palazzo. The resi-

dents of S. Lorenzo occupied the cinema in 2011 to prevent it from being transformed into a casino. Now the old cinema acts as a social gathering space where people face community issues together and host cultural events.

Teatro Valle Occupato. Actors and artists occupied the 18th century theatre in 2011 to protest a plan to privatise the space. The occupation led to the formation of a legitimate foundation in September and now continues to function as a theatre, as well as hosting lectures and discussions.

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Cinema America Occupato. The cinema in Trastevere was going to be torn down and replaced by apartments until locals occupied the space in November 2012. Now the cinema continues to screen films.

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FOOD

Theresa Potenza

FARMERS’ MARKETS IN ROME

The city promotes direct sale of organic produce at farmers’ markets

Mercato Trionfale has a few farm-to-market stalls.

here once was a time when the daily market in Campo de’ Fiori, dating back to the 1800s, was bustling with local vendors. Those days are long gone and what was once a farm-tomarket enterprise has been replaced with souvenir stands and imported and untraceable produce from the mercati generali – once in Ostiense and now near the Grande Raccordo Anulare at Lunghezza. Farm-to-market operations are now few and far between in comparison to past decades. However the trend is rebounding as the city government promotes the “Km zero” programme, which sponsors local farmers’ markets, and demands that produce and products sold at such markets be local and seasonal. The mayor’s office has established a special farmers’ market office within the Promotion of Agriculture unit, which has created a system of agricultural markets for the direct sale of dairy products, fruit and vegetables, and baked goods. The most popular city-sponsored farmers’ market is near Circus Maximus on Via S. Teodoro. It is managed by the Campagna Amica programme of Coldiretti, which supports agriculture and food produced in Italy. The organisation promotes the direct sale of produce to shorten the supply chain from farmer to consumer. At the S. Teodoro market you can find an array of central Italy’s best, wine, olive oil, honey, cheese and cured meats. Due to the market’s popularity, another Campagna Amica market sponsored by the city was transferred from Testaccio’s former slaughterhouse to Garbatella, at the location of the old market on Via Passino. It was a highly 5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

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The popular Campagna Amica market near Circus Maximus.

anticipated comeback for local residents, and was inaugurated last spring. Another Campagna Amica market can be found every first, second and third Sunday of the month from 10.0017.00 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, transforming Renzo Piano’s modern performing complex into a forum and tasting station for Lazio’s most prized delicacies. In the courtyard at the former slaughterhouse in Testaccio is the Biomercato alla Città dell’Altra Economia, held on Sundays from 09.00 to sunset. The market offers organic food from the Lazio region and puts customers in direct contact with over 30 artisans and organic farmers.

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In addition to the city-sponsored farmers’ markets there are a few other options, thanks to the initiatives of farmers’ associations themselves. Near the bygone farmers’ market of Campo de’ Fiori is an infrequent substitute organised by the Organic Producer’s Association of Sana Pianta. This market features organic produce and occurs every last Sunday of the month on a small alley called Vicolo della Moretta. The Terra Terra Association organises five markets a month and has the strictest protocols in Rome for its produce. Each vendor displays a certificate to testify to the ingredients, the technical process used in the production and

the fact that everything on the stand is grown and processed by the farmer. Enrico Gallinaro produces olive oil and wine and belongs to the Terra Terra Association. He stresses the importance of product traceability; a benefit of shopping at smaller farmers’ markets despite minor inconveniences of slightly higher prices and location. Gallinaro points to the purity of his olive oil by contrasting it with the major counterfeit olive oil case recently uncovered in Italy by the daily newspaper La Repubblica. The scam involved Spanish, Greek, Tunisian and Moroccan oil being mixed with beta-carotene and chlorophyll to mask its colour and taste, then being re-bottled and labelled extra vergine. He boasts his oil is freshly squeezed within 24 hours of harvest, and contains no additives. He says the other benefits of shopping at farmers’ markets include the clear difference in the flavour of food, and the protection of the labour market and environment. The Terra Terra Association markets take place in four different locations at Largo Spartaco, Casal Bertone, S. Paolo and Forte Prenestina and are bustling not only with honest and tasty products, but also with live music, art vendors and homemade meals. The Mercato Trionfale, one of the largest markets in Rome located near the Vatican with over 250 stalls, has just a few stands that adhere to the farm-to-market practice. They are easy to find and can be distinguished by a bright sign featuring Albo Produttori Agricoli in Vendita Diretta. By law, every neighbourhood in Rome must have a fresh market or a mercato rionale. However in the face of increasing industrial farming, it is important not to be shy when shopping at your local market and ask the provenance of your produce and how it was harvested if you wish to avoid consuming Chinese chestnuts or Romanian porcini mushrooms.

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Farmers’ Markets Biomercato alla Città dell’altra economia Largo Dino Frisullo Campagna Amica Via S.Teodoro at Circo Massimo, Saturday and Sunday Campagna Amica Via Passino, Garbatella, Saturday and Sunday Campagna Amica Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin First, Second and Third Sunday of the Month

Promotion of Agriculture Unit (U.O. Promozione dell’Agricoltura) is a city hall department that promotes agriculture with activities and services related to farmers’ markets, agriculture companies, urban gardens and environmental education programmes.

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▶ Coldiretti (Confederazione Nazionale Coltivatori Diretti), with over half a mil-

lion members, is Italy’s largest trade association of independent farmers, which now also includes agritourism. It promotes sustainable agriculture as a human and environmental resource.

▶ Campagna Amica is a new initiative of Coldiretti. Its aim is to bring the coun-

try to the city by promoting local products and food made in Italy. It protects the quality of products and encourages developments to protect and enhance the environment. It also supervises labelling and advertising.

Terra Terra Association is a programme organised by farmers whose markets are based on the direct relationship between producers and consumers. Their markets consist of about 50 producers and craftsmen from central and southern Italy. Their motto is to respect the land and dignity of those who live and work on it, and promote agriculture without exploitation or chemicals such as pesticides and insecticides. www.terraterra.noblogs.org.

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Mercato Trionfale Via Andrea Doria 3, Monday-Saturday Organic Producers’ Association of Sana Pianta Vicolo della Moretta, last Sunday of the month Terra Terra Association Casal Bertone, last Sunday of the month Terra Terra Association Forte Prenestino, third Sunday of the month Terra Terra Association Largo Spartaco, second and last Saturday each month Terra Terra Association S. Paolo, third Saturday of the month www.mondobio.net/mercatinibiologici-di-roma-e-del-lazio. 5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

TRIPS OUT OF TOWN

Andy Devane

ORVIETO: ANOTHER JEWEL IN UMBRIA

The hilltop city of Orvieto makes a delightful day trip from Rome

ituated in the province of Terni in south-west Umbria, Orvieto stands on the summit of a large outcrop of volcanic tufa rock, roughly halfway between Rome and Florence. A trip to this charming cathedral city is always a pleasure but those arriving by public transport are in for a double treat. A funicular cable railway takes visitors up the 157-m cliff in an exhilarating, threeminute journey. Arrival in the historic Etruscan city is made all the more bizarre in that most first-time visitors immediately make for St Patrick’s Well, retracing their steps by descending its 60-m depths. This murky marvel of engineering was commissioned by Pope Clement VII following his refuge in Orvieto during the sack of Rome in 1527. The Medici pope entrusted fellow Florentine Antonio da Sangallo the Younger with designing the well, to ensure a reliable water supply for this potentially-regular papal retreat. The structure’s two concentric spiral staircases operate independently of each other, one for descending and the other for ascending, and are illuminated by 70 windows carved into the central shaft. Modern-day visitors can still traverse the well’s 248 steps, cut large enough to ac5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

TRIPS OUT OF TOWN commodate the pack donkeys once used to carry water to the surface. However it is worth noting – particularly for those with children – that the majority of the windows are knee-high and bereft of barriers. The well has even lent itself to an Italian proverb that likens its profundity to the bottomless pockets of spendthrifts. As for its name, the Pozzo di S. Patrizio was thought to resemble the chasm used by Ireland’s patron saint at the fifth-century pilgrimage site of St Patrick’s Purgatory in north-west Ireland. Once back in daylight, people can catch their breath while enjoying the wonderful views of Umbrian countryside from the nearby Fortezza Albornoz. Commissioned by Pope Innocent VI, the fortress was built in 1364 by the Spanish cardinal and papal legate Egidio Albornoz. From here it is a 15-minute stroll or five-minute bus trip into town. The virtually traffic-free centro storico is dominated by the enormous 14thcentury cathedral whose very existence is the result of a miracle. In 1263 a Bohemian priest, doubting the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation or the real

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Top: Jolly wooden sculptures enliven Via Michelangeli. Below: Orvieto’s magnificent 14th-century cathedral.

presence of Christ in the Eucharist, set off on a pilgrimage to Rome. While visiting a church in Bolsena, close to Orvieto, he is said to have witnessed blood dripping out of a consecrated host during Mass. The blood-soaked altar cloth (or corporal) is still housed in a silver-gilt reliquary in the cathedral today and venerated each year on the feast of Corpus Christi, which commemorates the institution of the Holy Eucharist. In 1290 the cornerstone of the new duomo was laid but later its design was

radically altered by the Sienese sculptor and architect Lorenzo Maitani, inspired by the so-called Tuscan Gothic style of Siena’s cathedral which had been completed half a century earlier. Construction continued over the subsequent three decades, overseen by multiple architects who each left their mark by incorporating the changing architectural trends. The cathedral’s interior is characterised by black and white-striped walls and columns, and includes an ornate 16thcentury organ case with 5,585 pipes as well as a remarkable Pietà, which local sculptor Ippolito Scalza spent nine years carving from a single block of marble. The frescoes in the vaulted ceiling of the Chapel of the Madonna di S. Bizio were begun by Fra Angelico in the mid15th century. The work was completed some 50 years later by Luca Signorelli, whose apocalyptic scenes feature the damned fleeing flames and being tortured by devils, and the buried bodies of the elect emerging from the ground en route to heaven. The cathedral’s three-gabled façade features a magnificent rose window as well as statues, pilasters and mosaics

TRIPS OUT OF TOWN with gilded backgrounds. The four stone bas-reliefs flanking the doors depict biblical scenes from the Old and New Testament and are rare examples of 14th-century sculpture. On the cathedral’s fifth centenary in 1790, a number of the original mosaics were detached and offered as a tribute to Pope Pius VI. However the only known surviving mosaic is the Natività di Maria preserved in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The central portal is dominated by splendid bronze doors which replaced the 14th-century wooden originals in 1970. The new doors were crafted by celebrated Sicilian sculptor Emilio Greco (1913-1995), whose work is the subject of a museum located in nearby Palazzo Soliano. The building also houses part of the cathedral’s art collection, and is otherwise known as the palace of the popes. Orvieto’s longstanding papal connections date back to the tenth century and the city remained a papal possession

until 1860, when it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. Delving further back into Orvieto’s history, it was first inhabited by Etruscans from the ninth century BC until 264 BC when the territory was conquered by Romans after a two-year assault. The reason the Etruscans managed to hold out so long was due to their intricate system of tunnels, cellars, wells and escape hatches, some of which can still be visited today. Among these is the 36 m-deep Pozzo della Cava, an Etruscan well that was extended in 1527 and dug entirely by hand. However Orvieto is far from being solely the realm of historians.

Activities ▶ Pozzo di S. Patrizio, Viale S. Gallo, tel. 0763343768. ▶ Orvieto Cathedral, Piazza del Duomo.

▶ Pozzo della Cava, Via della Cava 28, tel. 0763342373,

www.pozzodellacava.it.

▶ Teatro Mancinelli, Corso Cavour 122, tel. 0763340493,

www.teatromancinelli.com. ▶ Umbria Winter Jazz (Dec-Jan), www.umbriajazz.com. ▶ Corpus Christi, (the date changes each year, depending on Easter). ▶ Orvieto con Gusto, food festival, April and October, www.orvietocongusto.it. Food ▶ L’Oste del Re, Corso Cavour 58, tel. 0763343846, www.ostedelreorvieto.com.

▶ Ristorante Maurizio, Via del Duomo 78, tel. 0763341114, www.ristorantemaurizio.it. ▶ Cioccolateria Dolceamaro, Corso Cavour 78, www.cioccolateriaorvieto.com.

Getting there car: Orvieto is on the A1 autostrada about half way between Rome and Florence. Lots of parking outside city centre. ▶ By train: There are regular fast trains between Rome and Orvieto Scala. The funicular terminus up to the old hill-top town is just across the road from the station. ▶ By

Although it has only around 21,000 inhabitants the city is alive and vibrant, while its refined sense of culture tends to attract the more discerning visitor. The well-kept streets play host to festivals all year round, including the prestigious Umbria Winter Jazz which has been taking place every December for the last 40 years, and the mediaeval-style Corpus Christi pageant which generates large crowds each summer. The elegant, neoclassical Teatro Mancinelli is particularly active and its 560 seats are regularly filled with lovers of drama, comedy, dance and music. The numerous of shops selling brightly decorated ceramics do a roaring trade, helped by the steady flow of tourists, many of whom are drawn to the colourful wooden sculptures on Via Michelangeli near the duomo. This alley is home to a workshop where five generations of Michelangeli woodworkers have enlivened their environs with a series of jolly, much-photographed timber sculptures. Orvieto surpasses itself in terms of cuisine from its surrounding region, and it regularly hosts food festivals such as Orvieto con gusto. The city is a member of Cittaslow, the slow food movement, and is famed for its wines and local products such as caciotta and pecorino cheeses, truffles, cinghiale (wild boar), tozzetti almond biscuits and the snail shell-shaped lumachelle made from pizza dough with pancetta and cheese. Meanwhile those with a sweet tooth can’t fail to be attracted by the aroma drifting from Cioccolateria Dolceamaro, which offers all manner of artisan chocolate delicacies including trimmings from the unexpected chocolate kebab.

Tourist information ▶ www.orvietoviva.com.

▶ Tourist office, Piazza Duomo 24, tel. 0763341772.

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rome’s major

Museums

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

Below is a list of the major museums and archaeological sites in Rome. 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 behindthe-scene tours in the Vatican Museums.

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. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 06322981, www.gnam.beniculturali.it. 08.30-19.30. Mon closed. 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. Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari Piazza G. Marconi 10, EUR, tel. 060608, www.popolari.arti.beniculturali.it. Traditional Italian tools, crafts, clothing, furniture, musical instruments, jewellery. Tues-Fri 09.00-18.00, Sat-Sun 09.00-20.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian on prior booking. Palazzo Corsini Via della Lungara, 10, tel. 0668802323, www.galleriaborghese.it/corsini/ en. National collection of ancient art, begun by Rome’s Corsini family. Tues-Sun 08.30-19.30. Mon closed. 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. 09.00-14.00. Thurs, Sat, Sun. 09.00-19.30. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian on Sun (11.00 and 17.00). 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.

tel. 060608. Open for temporary exhibitions only 16.00-24.00. Mon closed. Museo Barracco Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 166, tel. 0668806848, www.mdbr.it. A collection of mainly pre-Roman sculpture. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. 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). 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. 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.

Museo Napoleonico Piazza di Ponte Umberto 1, tel. 060608, www.museonapoleonico. it. Paintings, sculptures and jewellery related to Napoleon and the Bonaparte family. 09.0019.00. Mon closed. Guided tours in Italian and English. 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. Palazzo delle Esposizioni Via Nazionale 194, tel. 0639967500, www.palazzoesposizioni. it. Large space which hosts several travelling exhibitions each year. Tues, Wed, Thurs 10.0020.00. Fri and Sat 10.00-22.30. Sun 10.00-20.00. Mon closed. Scuderie del Quirinale Via XXIV Maggio 16, tel. 0639967500, www.scuderiequirinale.it. The museum opposite the residence of Italy’s president stages major exhibitions. Sun-Thurs 10.00-20.00, Fri-Sat 10.00-22.30.

a sculpture by Bernini, plus works by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio. 10.00-17.00. 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 09.0013.00 only. Private group tours are available seven days a week on request. For wheelchair access con-

tact the gallery to arrange alternative entrance. 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.

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. 09.00-19.45. Mon closed. 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. Mon closed. 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. 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.

Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico L. Pigorini Piazza G. Marconi 14, EUR, tel. 06549521, www.pigorini.beniculturali.it. Prehistoric Italian artefacts and ethnological material from various cultures. 10.00-18.00. 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. 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. 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. Vittoriano Piazza Aracoeli, tel. 066991718, www.museiincomuneroma.it. Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II and Italian unity. Also Museo Centrale del Risorgimento. 10.00-16.00. Mon closed. Entry free.

city museums Centrale 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. 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. 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,

private museums Casa di Goethe Via del Corso 18, tel. 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it. Museum dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 10.00-18.00. Mon closed. 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,

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The Kiss by Rodin at Terme di Diocleziano.

exhibitions The Meal by Paul Gauguin at the Musée D’Orsay show at the Vittoriano.

Frida Kahlo’s Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns at the Scuderie del Quirinale.

Jannis Kounellis with Mario Mafai’s Self Portrait with Umbrella at Museo Carlo Bilotti.

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FRIDA KAHLO 20 March-13 July This exhibition dedicated to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is likely to be among the biggest shows in Rome this year. Arguably the world’s most famous female artist of the first half of the 20th century, and the greatest exponent of Latin American art, Kahlo’s life was marked by colour but marred by tragedy, both of which she incorporated into her work. Regarded as a forerunner of the feminist movement, Kahlo was linked to influential men such as Leon Trotsky and André Breton, later marrying revolutionary artist Diego Rivera. This major exhibition explores her paintings as well as her relationship with the artistic movements of the time, from Mexican Modernism to international Surrealism. The exhibition comprises some of her most celebrated works, on loan from Mexico, Europe and the US, and also includes a selection of photographic portraits of the artist. Scuderie del Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio 16, tel. 639967500, www. scuderiequirinale.it. MUSÉE D’ORSAY CAPOLAVORI 22 Feb-8 June This exhibition showcases the work of late 19th-century French masters from 1848 to 1914. The exhibition begins with the advent of Impressionism at the Salon de Paris, leading up to the Nabis and the Symbolists at the turn of the 20th century. The 70 paintings on show include works by Corot, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Pissarro, Seurat, Sisley and Van Gogh. Complesso del Vittoriano, Via S. Pietro in Carcere, tel. 06678664.

RODIN IL MARMO, LA VITA 18 Feb-25 May A major exhibition of 60 marble works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The Rome show follows its successful presentation at Palazzo Reale in Milan. The exhibition was created with the Musée Rodin in Paris and takes place in parallel with the Rodin exhibition at GNAM. Terme di Diocleziano, Viale Enrico de Nicola 79, tel. 0639967700. ATTRAVERSO RODIN SCULTURA ITALIANA DEL PRIMO NOVECENTO 11 Feb-30 May The influence of Auguste Rodin on early 20th-century Italian sculpture began with the acclaim he achieved at the Venice Biennale in 1901 and continued over subsequent decades. The exhibition includes works by Italian sculptors in the collection of GNAM, including Medardo Rosso, who both admired and clashed with Rodin, as well as a selection of works from public and private collections. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (GNAM), Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 06322981, www.gnam.beniculturali.it. MAFAI-KOUNELLIS LA LIBERTÀ DEL PITTORE 21 Feb-1 June The works of Roman painter Mario Mafai (1902-1965) alongside an installation by Rome-based Greek artist Jannis Kounellis, who reinterprets Mafai’s later paintings. The exhibition centres around the dramatic change in style in Mafai’s work during the last decade of his life, something the artist referred to as the “radical reduction of the essentials” in his painting. The Kounellis in-

stallation is on show with 40 of Mafai’s paintings from 1928-1964, along with archive material and the screening of the documentary Mafai mio padre, directed by the artist’s daughter Giulia. Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera, Viale Fiorello La Guardia 4, tel. 060608, www. museocarlobilotti.it. ALMA-TADEMA E I PITTORI DELL’800 INGLESE 16 Feb-5 June Sensual scenes of nymphs and nudes, romantic imagery, mythology, sorcery and fairytales are depicted in the 50 paintings at the Chiostro del Bramante. On show are paintings by well-known Pre-Raphaelite painters Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John William Waterhouse, as well as works by Lawrence AlmaTadema, Frederic Leighton, Edward Burne-Jones and Albert J. Moore. The works are from the Pérez Simón collection and the exhibition comes to Rome in between showings in Paris and Madrid. Chiostro del Bramante, Via della Pace, tel. 06916508451, www.chiostrodelbramante.it.

The Roses of Heliogabalus by Alma Tadema at Chiostro del Bramante.

LO SPINARIO 5 Feb-25 May The exhibition comprises 45 works inspired by the Spinario, the Greco-Roman bronze which is one of the most admired pieces in the Capitoline Museums’ collection. The Hellenistic sculpture of a boy pulling a thorn from the sole of his foot was part of a donation to the people of Rome by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471. Bronzes, paintings and numerous replicas are on loan from European museums. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums, Piazza del Campidoglio, tel. 060608, www.museicapitolini.org.

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Giuochi by Giuseppe Capogrossi at Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna.

GIACOMETTI LA SCULTURA 4 Feb-15 June Billed as the largest exhibition of works by Alberto Giacometti ever held in Italy. Among the works are Femme qui marche II (Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice), Buste de Diego (Centre Pompidou, Paris) and Femme de Venise V (private collection). Galleria Borghese, Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5, tel. 068413979, www.galleriaborghese.it.

now in the city’s permanent art collection. Here are some 40 works by artists supported by de Libero when he was head of the small art gallery in Rome called La Cometa. The show features paintings, drawings and sculpture by artists associated with La Cometa in the 1930s, including Afro, Capogrossi, Levi, Manzù, Melli, Pirandello and Severini. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Via Francesco Crispi 24, tel. 060608.

LIBERO DE LIBERO E GLI ARTISTI DELLA COMETA 29 Jan-27 April Rome’s municipal modern art gallery pays tribute to the poet, writer and art promoter Libero de Libero (19031981). He launched the careers of numerous Rome artists whose works are

MOSTRI. CREATURE FANTASTICHE DELLA PAURA E DEL MITO 20 Dec-1 June This exhibition is dedicated to monsters, with over 100 archaeological objects such as statues, pottery, weapons, frescoes and mosaics. The mythological beasts depicted include griffins, chi-

meras, centaurs, sirens, satyrs, harpies, minotaurs, as well as representations of Triton, Gorgon, Pegasus, the Sphinx, and the Hydra of Lerna. The exhibition explores the myths of the classical tradition that influenced modern and contemporary art, and cinema in particular. The show comprises loans from international museums in Athens, Berlin, Basel, Vienna, Los Angeles and New York, in addition to artefacts on loan from Italian institutions. Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo, Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel. 063996770, www. archeoroma.beniculturali.it. NOMACHI LE VIE DEL SACRO 14 Dec-4 May The exhibition Le Vie del Sacro is de5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

Showing at MACRO VITTORIO MESSINA 27 Feb-4 May MACRO Testaccio presents an exhibition entitled Postbabel e dintorni by Sicilian artist Vittorio Messina. Curated by Bruno Cora, the exhibition comprises a dozen large works and installations recently created by the Rome-based artist. MACRO Testaccio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani, tel. 065742647. TOSHIKO HORIUCHI MACADAM 8 Dec-31 Jan Japanese artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam has created a giant site-specific work entitled Harmonic Motion / Rete dei draghi for MACRO as part of the seventh edition of Enel Contemporanea. The hugely colourful woollen installation was woven entirely by hand and is designed as an interactive playground where both adults and children can jump, roll, climb, crawl, hang and move through the piece’s various stages. Enel Contemporanea highlights international contemporary art in Rome and was behind the Big Bambú installation at MACRO Testaccio over the last year. MACRO, Via Nizza 138, tel. 068548274, www.museomacro.org.

Palazzo Cipolla after successful shows in Paris and Milan. These artists lived and worked in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. Businessman Jonas Netter (1867-1946) was both a patron of the arts and an astute buyer who assembled a stellar collection of works by then-unknown, and often impoverished, artists. The works have not been shown publicly for over 70 years. Palazzo Cipolla, Fondazione Roma Museo, Via del Corso 320, tel. 066786209, www.fondazioneromamuseo.it.

Elvira with a white collar by Amedeo Modigliani at Palazzo Cipolla.

scribed as the largest retrospective devoted to Kazuyoshi Nomachi and it is the first time that the work of the Japanese photographer has been exhibited in the west. There are about 200 images in the exhibition, which is divided into seven sections spanning the photographer’s 40-year career. Nomachi has documented various peoples and ancient traditions in some of the world’s most remote places, always obtaining a level of discretion, even sacredness in his work. La Pelanda – Centro di Produzione Culturale, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, tel. 060608. MODIGLIANI, SOUTINE AND THE DAMNED ARTISTS 14 Nov-6 April The Netter collection of more than 120 works by Modigliani, Soutine, Utrillo, Valadon and Kisling is on display at

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Showing at MAXXI

association with Basilico, who photographed the construction of the MAXXI itself. The exhibition acts as both a history of the museum and a biography of Basilico who features in a new documentary film also on show. MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 4, tel. 0639967350,www.fondazionemaxxi.it. For more exhibition listings see www.wantedinrome.com.

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ERASMUS EFFECT: ITALIAN ARCHITECTS ABROAD 6 Dec-6 April This exhibition follows the migratory paths of some of Italy’s architects who gained success and recognition abroad in recent decades. Among the architects it examines are Giacomo Quarenghi in St Petersburg, Lina Bo Bardi in Brazil, Pietro Belluschi in the US and Romaldo Giugola in Australia, as well as Renzo Piano who has designed major buildings all over the world.

This is a short list of the classical concerts in Rome. For a detailed list of concerts visit the musical associations’ websites. Accademia di S. Cecilia www. santacecilia.it, Accademia Filarmonica di Roma www.filarmonicaromana.org, Auditorium Conciliazione www.auditoriumconciliazione.it, Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti www.concertiiuc.it, Auditorium Parco della Musica, www. auditorium.com.

GABRIELE BASILICO PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MAXXI COLLECTIONS 28 Nov-30 March The MAXXI pays tribute to the late Milanese photographer Gabriele Basilico (1944-2013), one of Italy’s greatest exponents of architectural photography. The more than 70 photographs from the MAXXI Arte and MAXXI Architettura collections document the museum’s

Via Flaminia 118, tel. 063201752, www. filarmonicaromana.org (see different venues for performances)

ACCADEMIA FILARMONICA ROMANA

ALEXANDER KNIAZEV 20 March This is the Rome debut of the Russian cellist (who is also an organist) He plays with Katia Skanavi piano. Music by Brahms, Shostakovich, Rachmaninov. The concert is at Teatro Argentina.

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Mahler’s Sixth at S. Cecilia.

IAN BOSTRIDGE 27 March Lieder tenor Ian Bostridge sings music by Schubert (Winterreise) Charles Ives and Benjamin Britten (Winter Words) with Julius Drake piano. Bostridge sings in a recently released centennial recording of Britten’s War Requiem with Anna Netrebko, Thomas Hampson, conducted by Antonio Pappano. Teatro Argentina.

ACCADEMIA S. CECILIA

S. Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Music, Viale P De Coubertin 30, tel. 6802411, www.santacecilia.it.

Leonora Armelline plays Chopin at the IUC.

GRIGORY SOKOLOV 12 March Sokolov, one of the world’s great pianists, now prefers solo performances rather than work with symphonic orchestras. Here, in his only concert in Rome, he plays a Chopin sonata and 10 mazurkas, his set repertoire for the next six months as he tours extensively in Europe. CONTEMPORANEA DAVID LANG AND ARVO PART 21 March This is part of the S. Cecilia programme of contemporary music. The orchestra and chorus perform David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion, based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen in the format of Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion, which won the Pulitzer prize in 2008. It is followed by Avro Pärt’s De Profundis and Miserere.

Alexander Kniazev debuts in Rome for the Filharmonica.

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DANIIL TRIFONOV 22-25 MARCH This young Russian pianist, who has carried off most of the major international piano prizes before his 25th birthday, plays Strauss’ Macbeth, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme

of Paganini and the Elgar Variations. Here Trifonov is conducted by Mark Elder, music director of the Manchester based Halle Orchestra. ANDSNES interprets Beethoven 28 March This concert comes only weeks after the release of Leif Ove Andsnes’ second CD in his Beethoven Journey, which was recorded in London with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra after the birth of his twins last year. After only one concert in Rome Andsnes goes to Florence before flying to Tokyo, then London, Sweden and back to Italy in May for concerts in Turin and Reggio. His performance in Rome is an all-Beethoven recital. VLADIMIR JUROWSKI 29 March-1 April Vladimir Jurowski conducts Mahler’s Sixth Symphony (Tragic) one of the composer’s less popular symphonies. Born in Russia, Jurowski relocated to Germany in 1990 where he finished his studies in Dresden and then Berlin. He made his international debut at the Royal Opera House with Nabucco in 1995. He has been the music director of the Glynborne Festival Opera since 2001 and became the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007. A recent review in The Guardian of his conducting this symphony with the LPO said that Jurowski was too interested in the technicalities of the music to give it the punch it needs.

ISTITUZIONE UNIVERSITARIA DEI CONCERTI

Lungotevere Flaminio 50, tel 063610051, www.concertiiuc.it (Concerts are in the Aula Magna of La Sapienza University)

DOMENICA IN MUSICA Jan-June A series of concerts every Sunday organised by S. Cecilia at the Tor Bella Monaca theatre. The series will cover solo concerts to symphony orchestras, classical music to jazz, opera to film music. The project is designed to bring music to an often-neglected suburb of Rome as well as to make S. Cecilia better known throughout the city. The lively Tor Bella Monaca theatre is part of a group of six local theatres in Rome (Teatro Villa Pamphilj, Teatro Lido di Ostia, Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo, Teatro Elsa Morante and Teatro Villa Torlonia), which offer the public a choice of new productions almost every night. Called Casa Dei Teatri e della Drammaturgia Contemporanea the theatres are rooted in their local communities, providing not only theatre, music and dance productions but also opportunities for local performers and playwrights as well as workshops and educational projects. The latest to join the group is the recently restored Teatro Villa Torlonia, which was officially inaugurated in December last year. Teatro Tor Bella Monaca, Via Bruno Cirini, off Via Casilina, www.casadeiteatri.roma.it. GABRIELA MONTERO DEBUT A ROMA 11 March Montero is an American Venezuelan pianist known for her improvisations of complex musical compositions. She was first encouraged to improvise by pianist Martha Argerich and now often asks the audience for their spontaneous suggestions, which builds up enormous sympathy and admiration among her followers. She appears at the Argerich festival in Lugano every year and has also performed with Loren Maazel conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with the Philharmonia at London’s Festival Hall as well as in Berlin, Vienna and other European cities. In her debut in Rome she plays music by Brahms and Schumann.

formed of the soloists and leaders of the Royal Concertgebouw symphony orchestra, which was founded in 1888 and is still based in Amsterdam. The chamber orchestra plays music by Strauss, Mozart, Dvorak and Wagner. MAXXI MUSIC LIVE 8 Feb-12 April A series of 10 concerts dedicated to contemporary music in all its forms organised by Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo (MAXXI) and Accademia Nazionale S. Cecilia. The three streams are jazz, modern classical and acoustic music. Concerts are on Saturday evenings at MAXXI and the price is covered by the admission ticket to the museum. 8 March a jazz concert of bebop, hardbop and cool jazz. 15 March music by Italian composers Luciano Berio, Giacinto Scelsi, Salvatore Sciarrino and Japanese Ryo Noda. 22 March a jazz concert with two up-and-coming groups Les Fleurs du Chant and Il Trio Minimal. 29 March music by American greats Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Frederic Rzewski. MAXXI, Via Guido Reni 4/A, www.fondazionemaxxi.it. ROMA SINFONIETTA PER L’UNIVERSITÀ DI TOR VERGATA 18 Feb-21 May The University of Tor Vergata season of ten concerts includes music from the 18th century to the present, opera, jazz and contemporary, as well as meetings with composers and musicians. The programme, which has been organised by the music director Luigi Lanzillotta, is divided into four symphony concerts, two chamber concerts, one lyric

concert, three jazz concerts as well as a concert for peace with Ana Oxa on 11 April. Most of the concerts are on Wednesdays at the Auditorium Ennio Morricone at 18.00, www.romasinfonietta.com.

live music SKUNK ANANSIE 19 March English alternative rock band Skunk Anansie play a concert in Rome’s Gran Teatro. Fronted by the shaven-headed Skin (Deborah Dyer) the group is in Rome as part of its first-ever acoustic tour of Europe. Gran Teatro, Viale Tor Di Quinto 13, for tickets see www.ticketone.it. BEN HARPER 11 May The award-winning American singersongwriter and musician Ben Harper returns two years after his last concert in Rome. Harper is known for his eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music, as well as his energetic live shows. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin, tel. 892982, www. auditorium.com. JOHNNY WINTER 19 May Veteran blues guitarist, singer and producer Johnny Winter performs at the Cross Roads. The American musician is best known for his blues-rock albums and live performances. Cross Roads, Via Braccianese 771, Osteria Nuova, tel. 063046645, www.crossroadsliveclub.it.

LEONORA ARMELLINI 15 March This young Italian pianist graduated from of the Accademia S. Cecilia in 2009 at the age of 17. She is the only woman to have won the Janina Nawrocka award in the Chopin piano competition in Warsaw (2010). She plays an allChopin programme. CAMERATA ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW 29 March The Netherlands chamber orchestra is

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bread, salmon and jams displayed alongside Italian delicacies, and a novelty this year will see Scottish whisky offered with Indian cuisine. Visitors can enjoy a Scottish beer or two while listening to bagpipe music provided by the City of Rome Pipe Band. Aranciera di S. Sisto, Via delle Camene 11, www. spiritofscotland.it.

Will Forte and Maxine Peake in Run and Jump at the IrishFilmFesta.

John Grisham is a guest at Libri Come.

festivals CINEMA AL MAXXI 5 Feb-5 April Cinema al MAXXI features a programme of previews, documentaries, classic films, conversations with writers and directors, family films, and a course on film criticism. Organised by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma and MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, the programme is curated by Mario Sesti and is divided into three sections: Extra, Classic and Family, based at the MAXXI auditorium each Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. English-language films will be screened in their original version, with Italian subtitles. See website for full programme. MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 4, tel. 0639967350, www.romacinemafest.it. LIBRI COME 13-16 March The theme of Rome’s fifth annual festival devoted to books and reading is Work. Among the many guests this year are American author of best-selling legal thrillers John Grisham; the Sicilian author of the Montalbano detective series, Andrea Camilleri; and Irish novelist John Banville who also writes as Benjamin Black. Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale P. de Coubertin. For booking and information tel. 0680241281, www.auditorium.com.

The Spirit of Scotland whisky festival returns to Rome.

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ROME WHISKY FESTIVAL SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND 15-17 March The three-day event showcases a vast range of Scotland’s whisky, from wellknown to rare, and includes tastings and masterclasses. The festival involves traditional Scottish fare such as short-

IRISHFILMFESTA 27-30 March The IrishFilmFesta has moved from its previous November schedule and now takes place in March, ten days after St Patrick’s Day. The seventh edition of the increasingly popular festival takes place at the Casa del Cinema in Villa Borghese, and showcases features films, documentaries and short films, and provides acting masterclasses, conferences and public interviews with special guests. This year the competition section includes 15 short films, not the usual ten, and there will be a special day dedicated to Belfast with the screening of Good Vibrations and Made in Belfast. Highlights of the festival include Run & Jump by Steph Green; Black Ice by Johnny Gogan; The Stag by John Butler, and Neil Jordan’s film Byzantium. All films screened in their original versions with Italian subtitles. Entry is free but it is advisable to arrive early due to high demand for seats. For full details see website. Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, Villa Borghese, www.irishfilmfesta.org.

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JEWELS 9-4 April Emeralds (music by Faure), Rubies (Stravinsky) and Diamonds (Tchaikovsky). Balachine was inspired to create these three separate choreographies by the jewellery designer Claude Arpels. Each choreography is set to music by a different composer and with a different style so they can be performed separately. Teatro alla Scala, Via Filodrammatico 2, www.teatroallascala.org.

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EVOLUTION DANCE THEATER ELECTRICITY 14-15 March The new choreography of Anthony Heinl for the eVolution Dance Theater represents a large electric panel which generates various stimuli and sensations in the human body. American choreographer Heinl has a background with Momix, which he joined in 2001,

before moving to Italy in 2006 where he started to work with Emiliano Pelissari and later with Daniel Ezralow. He formed the AH Dance Theater Illusion in 2008, which then became eVolution Dance Theater. In 2009 he was commissioned to create Firefly a new production for Maggio Danza. eVolution Dance Theater uses dance in conjunction with video art, illusionism, surprising lighting and special effects. Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione. OPEN 10-12 April Choreography by Daniel Ezralow, with the Spellbound Contemporary Ballet, Italy’s top contemporary dance company directed by Mauro Astolfi. Open fuses classical music with contemporary dance. Ezralow’s creations combine entertainment, surprise and audience participation. He uses television, film, theatre and advertising techniques, together with advanced technologies and lighting. Ezralow is always provocative, questioning the very concept of dance. Teatro Vascello, Via Giacinto Carini 78, www. teatrovascello.it.

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SETTIMANA INTERNAZIONALE DELLA DANZA 7-12 April The 24th edition is directed by Irina Kashkova and dedicated to choreographer Aurelio Milloss, the founder of modern Italian ballet, on the 25th anniversary of his death. About 100 dancers from professional dance schools compete in four sections; classical, pas de deux, modern and contemporary and choreography. The week’s programme also includes new productions, film and workshops. Kashkova, who has been director of the festival since 2010, EQUILIBRIO WINNERS The two Equilibrio Nuova Danza prizes went to Manfredi Perego for his choreography and Irene Russolillo for her performance. Perego’s choregraphy Grafiche del Silenzio is his first work and will have its debut at the festival in February next year at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. The February dance festival, directed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and sponsored by Fondation BNP Paribas, is designed to discover and encourage young contemporary dancers and choreographers. The Premio Equilibrio for choreography is €20,000 and Premio Speciale Equilibrio for the best performance is €10,000.

Daniel Ezralow’s choreography Open at Teatro Vascello.

moved from Russia to Italy to teach dance in 1989. One of her pupils was the young Eleonora Abbagnato, now one of the principal dancers at the Paris Opera Ballet. Teatro Nuovo Giancarlo Menotti, Spoleto, www.settimanainternazionaledelladanza.it.

ElectriCity is the new choreography by Anthony Heinl.

Academies AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME 11-20 March A series of Fellow Shoptalks begins with Considering Context: Greek Vases from Athens to Etruria by Sheramy Bundrick (11 March), followed by Death and Value in Orientalizing Central Italy by Jessica Nowlin (18 March) and Look Now! by Thomas Kelley (20 March). All talks begin at 18.30. American Academy in Rome, Via Angelo Masina 5, tel. 065852151, www.aarome.org. BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME 12 March G.E. Street in Rome: Some Notes on British Victorian Architecture Beyond Britain. Alex Bremner examines the two churches in Rome designed by the English architect of the Victorian period, George Edmund Street (1824-81): St Paul’s Within-the-Walls on Via Nazionale, and All Saints’ on Via del Babuino. Due to their Victorian architecture both churches are often considered somewhat out of place in Rome. Bremner argues that this was not out of any ignorance but rather a considered political and artistic response to the context. 18.00 14-22 March The artists in the BSR Fine Arts Mostra are Ursula Burke, Amanda Davies, Archie Franks, Daniele Genadry, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Ana Rewakowicz, Dan-

iele Sambo and Edward Simpson. MonSat 16.30-19.00. British School at Rome, Via Gramsci 61, tel. 063264939, www.bsr.ac.uk. CASA DI GOETHE 21 March-18 May Casa di Goethe presents ©Isolde Ohlbaum. Foto 1975-2014, an exhibition of photographs by German photographer Isolde Ohlbaum. The exhibition features portraits of German and Italian writers such as Peter Handke and Roberto Saviano, as well as authors affiliated with the Casa di Goethe, both past and future. It also includes portraits of celebrities such as David Bowie and Andy Warhol, and stars of German cinema such as Werner Fassbinder and Klaus Kinski. The Munich-based photographer will be in attendance at the vernissage on 20 March at 19.30. Casa di Goethe, Via del Corso 18, tel. 0632650412, www.casadigoethe.it. 5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE 8 Feb-15 March Entitled Struggling Cities: from Japanese Urban Projects in the 1960s this exhibition is built around three key words: architecture, Japan, city. Using scale models, photographs and animation the exhibition examines Japanese urban development in the 1960s, a time when architecture flourished, particularly in the capital Tokyo. Istituto Giapponese di Cultura, Via Antonio Gramsci 74, tel. 063224754, www.jfroma.it.

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Andy Warhol by Isolde Ohlbaum at Casa di Goethe. ©Isolde Ohlbaum.

Mariale by Simon Hantaï at the French Academy.

FRENCH ACADEMY 12 Feb-11 May The French Academy at Villa Medici presents the first important Italian retrospective dedicated to Hungarian abstract artist Simon Hantaï (1922-2008). Curated by the academy’s director Éric de Chassey, the exhibition has been devised in cooperation with the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Hantaï lived in Italy for one year, in 1948, before settling to France which he represented at the 1982 Venice Biennale. The exhibition includes around 40 paintings created between 1958 and 2004, as well as works from his “writing” period. Accademia di Francia a Roma - Villa Medici, Viale Trinità dei Monti 1, tel. 0667611, www.villamedici.it.

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ENGLISH THEATRE OF ROME 8, 15, 16 March Women Who Write, two one-act plays written by contemporary female playwrights, staged in celebration of the English Theatre of Rome’s recent 50/50 Applause Award from the International Centre for Women Playwrights for producing plays by female writers at least 50 per cent of the time. Both plays are in English. Will O’Neill directs Patricia Gaborik’s Down the Aisle, starring Gabrielle Chiararo, Joanna Kohorst, Andrew Park and Jim Schiebler. Join Katie on her wedding day as she remembers her relationships with her family, especially her father. Eve Atkinson and Don Carroll codirect The Kitchen Table Plays by Erin Breznitsky. Fresh from the New York International Fringe Festival, this series of vignettes centres around the vital role played by the kitchen table in life’s ups and downs. Starring Natalie Accornero, Lee Archer, Angelo Carotenuto, Bill Guion, Anna Madden and Aman Sidhu. 8 March 17.00, 20.00. 15-16 March 17.00, 20.00. Bookings tel. 066879419 or email rometheatre@yahoo.com. Teatro l’Arciliuto, Piazza Montevecchio 5. ROMEO E GIULIETTA AMA E CAMBIA IL MONDO 11-16 March This blockbuster musical inspired by Shakespeare’s masterpiece returns by popular demand following the success of its 78 runs in Rome before Christmas. The lead roles are played by Davide Merlini and Giulia Luzi who are joined on stage by 45 actors and 30 dancers and acrobats. Producer David Zard has invested €5million in the lavish production which merges opera music with rock and techno. Directed by Giuliano Peparini with music and libretto by French composer Gérard Presgurvic. Gran Teatro, Viale Tor Di Quinto 13, for booking information tel. 0644258270, www.romeoegiulietta.it.

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LA SPOSA DELLO ZAR BY NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV 2 March-14 March This is Rimsky-Korsakov’s tenth opera and although it is standard repertoire in Russia it is seldom performed in Europe. This co-production with Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden is the first performance at La Scala. It is conducted by Daniel Barenboim directed by Dmitri Tchemiakov whose controversial modern staging of La Traviata opened the season in December. With German bass Anatoly Kotscherga, Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko, German baritone Johannes Martin Kränzle and Czech tenor Pavel Černoch. Already well known in Germany and at Gynbourne his first appearance at La Scala is a big step up for Černoch. Teatro alla Scala, Viale Filodrammatici 2, www. teatroallascala.org.

La Sposa dello Zar at La Scala. Photo Monika Rittershaus, Staatsoper Berlin.

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MANON LESCAUT BY PUCCINI 27 Feb-8 March This new production of Puccini’s opera is arousing interest partly because Riccardo Muti is conducting and his daughter Chiara is directing. This is her biggest test in one of the top Italian opera houses and with a major operatic work. The occasion is made even more exciting for opera lovers because it marks the Rome debut of Russian-Austrian soprano Anna Netrebko in the lead role. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 7, www.operaroma.it.

MAOMETTO II BY GIOACHINO ROSSINI 28 March-8 April This production from La Fenice in Venice, staged there in 2005, is by Roberto Abbado and directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi. The cast includes Dmitry Korchak, Marina Rebeka, Alisa Kolosova and Alex Esposito. This two-act opera which was commissioned for the S. Carlo opera theatre in Naples in 1820 is considered one of Rossini’s most ambitious but least successful works. It was never popular in Naples and was then rarely performed until the second half of the 20th century. Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Piazza Beniamino Gigli 7, www. operaroma.it.

books The Pike: Gabriele D’ Annunzio. Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War by Lucy Hughes-Hallett In this biography of Gabriele D’Annunzio, Lucy Hughes-Hallett retraces the life of one of the central figures of Italian history at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Rake, seducer, dandy, debtor, poet, novelist, soldier, ardent nationalist, D’Annunzio dominated the Italian scene for the best part of three decades before relinquishing the limelight to Mussolini. Although he was unquestionably a model for Il Duce, HughesHallett points out that D’Annunzio never officially endorsed Mussolini’s policies and retired into his flamboyant house, the Vittoriale, on the edge of Lake Garda just before Mussolini took power. D’Annunzio was in many ways instrumental in Italy’s entry into world war one, he was a scourge of Italy’s fractious politicians, he was proud of his country and he was undoubtedly brave. He was extremely attractive to women, even though his unprepossessing appearance makes this difficult to comprehend. Not much remains of his legacy and today his tragic novels are little read, although at the time his literary talent was praised by heavy-weights such as Henry James. Now he is remembered as a minor and often comic character. He is the shadowy partner in the Eleonora DuseD’Annunzio romance although this was not so at the time; he is now marginally associated with the Futurist painters although he was then central to their inspiration; his bizarre occupation of

Opera Notes La Fenice stages Elegy for young lovers only a year after the death of Hans Werner Henze. The opera was awarded the Abbiati Italian critics’ award after its first staging at Ancona in 2005. The production, which has the feeling of a film, is by director Luigi Pizzi and is conducted by Jonathan Webb. In Rome the opera theatre is producing Rossini’s Maometto II. It was not a success when it was first performed in 1820 in Naples, probably because it was too ambitious for the times. Rossini then modified it for its performance in Venice in 1823, completely re-writing it for Paris in 1826, transforming it into Le Siège de Corinthe. Al Teatro La Fenice di Venezia va in scena Elegy for young lovers di Hans Werner Henze (27 marzo-6 aprile) con Jonathan Webb direttore d’orchestra e Pier Luigi Pizzi regista, costumista e scenografo. È il dovuto omaggio a un grande compositore ad appena un anno dalla morte, affidato a uno spettacolo già visto al Teatro delle Muse di Ancona nel 2005 e che vinse il premio Abbiati della critica italiana, perché apprezzabile esempio del “miglior teatro” di Henze e di una “programmazione impegnata a documentare il repertorio meno scontato”. Elegy for young lovers racconta la storia di Hilda che da quarant’anni aspetta il ritorno del marito (che si scoprirà essere morto) e di Elizabeth e Toni, che periranno per una tempesta scoppiata durante un’escursione in montagna; il tutto visto e raccontato (ma anche provocato) dal poeta Mittenhofer. Gli interpretati principali sono Gladys Rossi (Hilda), Zuzana Markova (Elisabeth), John Bellemer (Toni) e Giuseppe Altomare (Mittenhofer), e inoltre Roberto Abbondanza e Olga Zhuravel che impersoneranno rispettivamente il dottore privato e la segreteria del poeta. Il ritmo della drammaturgia e la continuità discorsiva della musica fanno di Elegy for young lovers di Henze un’opera dal sapore cinematografico. Il Teatro dell’Opera di Roma propone un’opera seria di Gioachino Rossini: Maometto II (28 marzo-8 aprile). Andò in scena al S. Carlo di Napoli nel 1820 ma fu un insuccesso, perché il pesarese si lanciava ben oltre le regole e le convenzioni che il pubblico dell’epoca era in grado di comprendere e accettare: superava la classica divisione in numeri chiusi (arie, cabalette, concertati, etc..) creando grandi architetture dove la musica fluiva in maniera continua senza stacchi e dove l’azione procedeva senza battute d’arresto, così come scriveva un’orchestrazione dalle sonorità ricche e raffinate che assumeva un ruolo importante nel caratterizzare al meglio le psicologie dei personaggi e le situazioni drammatiche. Per Rossini Maometto II doveva essere una significativa composizione del proprio catalogo se apportò sostanziali modifiche alla partitura per le rappresentazioni veneziane del 1823 e se addirittura arrivò a riscrivere l’opera in francese per le scene parigine nel 1826, trasformandola in Le Siège de Corinthe. I cantanti che si esibiranno nell’allestimento romano sono specialisti del “belcanto rossiniano”: Dmitry Korchak, Marina Rebeka, Alisa Kolosova e Alex Esposito; dirigerà Roberto Abbado mentre la regia, come le scene e i costumi, saranno di Pier Luigi Pizzi. Paolo Di Nicola Fiume (now Rijeka in Croatia) in September 1919 is looked on as laughable rather than a major protest against what many Italians considered was an unfair deal in the carve-up of Europe at the end of world war one. Hughes-Hallett’s sets her biography firmly against the background of both Italy and Europe of the period, catching the atmosphere of late 19th-century Rome, the muddle-headedness of Italian politicians, the attractions of empire, the power of that new invention the aeroplane, the evacuation of warbeleaguered Paris in 1914, the Venice of the war years not far from Italy’s northern border with Austria, the desperate conditions of the troops in the Carso north of Gorizia and the devastation of the defeat at Caporetto (now Kobarid in Slovenia) in 1917. Her description of the patronising treatment of Italy at the Versailles peace conference by the

United States, Britain and France is also a convincing explanation for much of what happened in the country in subsequent decades. Hughes-Hallett’s long and thoroughly researched book not only captures D’Annunzio the man but it is also an important contribution to the understanding of Italy’s role in world war one on the 100th anniversary of the start of that devastating conflict. Mary Wilsey Published by Fourth Estate, London 5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

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MONTI BRIGHT APART TERRACE 2 METROSTOPS FAO. Delightful terrace bright for family or 2 singles to share rental lease, dining room, living room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen 4th floor, no elevator Fully furnished washing machine dishwasher internet cleaning service. €2.400 +393356326980 jlouiswr@gmail.com.

EUR - VIA NEPAL. Enchanting apartment in villa, recently remodeled, two levels with beautiful garden and pool. €6.500. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

GARBATELLA. Bright semi-furnished 80 sqm, 4th floor, Open-plan living room with kitchen area, 2 bedrooms, bathroom and balcony, completely refurbished. Doorman. Monthly rent €1.000 neg. including condominium. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International tel. 065743170.

MONTI PARIOLI. Prestigious, redecorated, 300 sqm apartment, overlooking Villa Borghese, 3 bedrooms, (2 with private bathrooms), 3rd bathroom, ample livingdining room, study or 4th bedroom, furnished kitchen, maid’s quarters. Rent: €3.500. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@ gmail.com.

EUR SIC ‘GHIBLI’. Concierge service, 1st floor, living room with kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom, terrace, air conditioning

HISTORIC CENTRE. 175 sqm, 3rd floor, lift, parquet floors, beamed ceilings, semifurnished, living room, dining room, 3

MONTI. Bright renovated elegant 300 sqm. Entrance, double living, dining, furnished kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

EUR - FONTE MERAVIGLIOSA. Fonte Meravigliosa, 120 sqm, elegantly furnished, living room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, terrace. €1.400. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare. it. EUR - LAURENTINA. 1st floor, 115 sqm, empty hall, living kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, terraces. €1.700. Tel. 065919125, info@penthouseimmobiliare.it.

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€5.000. Tel. 3357253390, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it. MONTI. Furnished bright apartment sqm 60, second floor, sitting room with bedroom area, kitchen, bathroom, air conditioning, tel. 0654211074, www. Internationalpoint.it. MOVING TO ROME? Moving to Rome? Check our listings, we offer assistance during your stay in English and German. www.casaitaly.it, find us on Facebook, tel. 068419827. NEAR ISOLA TIBERINA. Trastevere, near Isola Tiberina, unique townhouse, 3 levels, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, semi furnished, small terrace. Country atmosphere. €1.900. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. NEAR METRO MANZONI - S. GIOVANNI. A comfortable top floor apartment of 100 sqm, fully furnished (including linens, if needed), double exposure, lot of light, in an elegant building with a porter, situated near Metro Manzoni, recently renovated, with A/C in all rooms. The apartment has 2 terraces and a panoramic view of S. Giovanni and comprises a spacious open space living area with a fold out sofa (2 persons), 2 large bedrooms, the first with a double bed and the second with 2 single beds that can be made into a double bed, 2 full baths and a well equipped kitchen. Minimum 3 months stay, better more and different price fi linger contract. No agency please, For more information, photos and eventually to arrange a viewing please tel. 3474011221 or send an email to primanna@alice.it. PARIOLI - VIA ARCHIMEDE. 160 sqm unfurnished penthouse. Magnificent terraces. Air conditioning. Parking. Other availabilities in Parioli area. €3.500. Studio_elle@tin.it. Tel. 3358434722. PARIOLI. Elegant 140-sqm apartment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living- dining room, terrace, furnished kitchen, car-port. Rent €2.300. Tel. 068610871, imm.edwards@gmail.com. PARIOLI. Beautiful, 200 sqm. apartment, air-conditioned, living room, dining room, terrace, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, built-in closets, maid’s quarters, fully-equipped kitchen, garage-box, storage-room. €3.800. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@ gmail.com. PARIOLI. Charming 140 sqm with 90 sqm terrace, living, dining, furnished kitchen, two bedroom, two bathroom. €2.200. Tel. 3357253390. www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it. PARIOLI. Charming 180 sqm penthouse w/4 terraces - double living room w/ fireplace, study, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, maid’s room, cellar, €2.500. Immobiliare Zanni, tel. 474009753, http:// www.immobiliare.it/agenzie_immobiliari/ Zanni_Roma.html. PENTHOUSE TRASTEVERE. Elegant build-

ing, bright with magnificent view. Recently redecorated and tastefully furnished. Air con, large living area and bedroom, exposed beams, bathroom and kitchen €1.400 mbl. 328 / 1088080 no agencies. PIAZZA DI SPAGNA. Piazza di Spagna area, unique, cottage-like, with garden, on 2 floors, 1 bedroom, quiet, lovely street. €1.800. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio. it. [ EVIDENCED ] PIAZZA GIOVENALE. Metro Cipro area, bright furnished apartment, 4th floor, with lift, entrance, bedroom, living room, eat-in kitchen, bathroom, small balcony. Available for short lets as well. Max 6 months. Tel. 347 7723459, rcorradi7@gmail.com. PIAZZA NAVONA. Furnished apartment, 50 sqm, third floor, sitting room, double bedroom, bathroom, kitchen. €1.100, tel. 0654211074, www.internationalpoint.it. PIAZZA NAVONA. Piazza Navona area, charming cottage-like, living room, fireplace, 1 bedroom, bathroom / tub. €1.200. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. PRATI. Near metro, bright semi-furnished 140 sqm, 5th floor, lift, nicely renovated, living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen, narrow balcony. Monthly rent €2.200. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International tel. 065743170. R APT. Completely renovated, elegantly furbished, spacious and bright, 62 sqm., A/C, hardwood floors, marble bathroom, built-in kitchen with top line appliances, dish washer, LCD TV, high wood ceilings, elegant condominium with doorman, elevator, €1.600 + common charges, short term or 4 yrs contract, ideal for managers or students, fully equipped with linen and kitchenware, weekly cleaning and/or parking available on request call Margie 335 102 47 47. RENT CLOSE TO THE MODERN ART MUSEUM MAXXI. Flaminio, 92 sqm, recently renovated 4rd floor apartment.Two large bedrooms, one with with fitted wardrobe, 2 bathrooms, living room, very nice eat-in kitchen with appliances. Parquet floors and air conditioning. €1.450 plus expenses. No agency. 3332981297 marcovalentini1979@virgilio.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.travelbusinessapartments.it, info@romesweethome.it. Tel. 0669924091, 335 / 7713580. ROOM FOR LET NEAR S. GIOVANNI. Single room and mini apartment, near S. Maria Maggiore, metro A/B. Share the bathroom. Kitchen and washing machine. Tel. 334 / 2804284, 338 / 7911289. S. GIOVANNI. Newly restored, semi-fur-

nished 220 sqm, 2nd floor, high ceilings, living room, dining room, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, eat-in furnished kitchen, balconies. Doorman in building. Monthly rent €3.000- Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. English, French, German mother tongue assistance. Property International tel. 065743170. S. GIOVANNI. Semi-furnished 220 sqm, 2nd floor, high ceilings, newly restored, living room, dining room, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, eat-in kitchen, balconies. Doorman in building. Monthly rent €2.900. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. Property International, tel. 065743170. S. SABA. 75 sqm, 5th floor with 2 great terraces, newly restored, semi-furnished, living room, dining room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen. Monthly rent €1.900 neg. Other excellent properties on www. propertyint.net. English, French, German mother tongue assistance. Property International, tel. 065743170. S. SABA. Annia Faustina. Entrance hall kitchen two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Furnished. €1.600 more other available. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. SHOP / OFFICE for rent, 6 plus 6 years, C1 / 50 sqm facing street. Tel. 3408150614. Available March. lunettamia@hotmail. com. SPAGNA. Piazza Spagna, charming studio, €800. Barberini, open space on 2 levels, quiet, €900. Trastevere, sudio, €950. Balduina, bright, new, one bedroom apartment, balcony. €1.000. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@ virgilio.it. STUDIO IN MONTEVERDE. Monteverde Vecchio. Very nice furnished studio flat. Tel. 00390658127420. Answering machine. Please leave your contacts. TESTACCIO. Testaccio, renovated, furnished, bright apartment. Living room with large sofa bed, equipped kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, doorman. €1.200 monthly. Tel. 333 / 4553398, t.santangelo@ tiscali.it. TESTACCIO. Via Panfilo Castaldi, silent, furnished, living room, two bedrooms, kitchen and two bathrooms. €1.100. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. TORRINO NORD. Viale Città d’Europa, top floor, bright living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, balcony terrace and garage. €1.500 Classe E, tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. TORRINO NORD. Torrino Nord we rent furnished apartments varying in size starting from €800. Classe C. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. TRASTEVERE. Nicely furnished, 3rd floor, sunny, entrance, living room, 1 bedroom, 5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

live-in kitchen, bathroom with shower, independent heating, air conditioning, internet with all appliances, available monthly. €1.350 plus expenses. Tel. 333 / 2843762, delpinto@hotmail.it. TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, lovely townhouse, country atmosphere, 3 floors, 2 bedrooms, quiet. €2.000. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TRASTEVERE. Bright, nicely renovated 80-sqm apartment on 7th floor, semifurnished, living room, spacious furnished kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 small balconies. Doorman in building. Monthly rent €1.300. Other excellent properties on www.propertyint.net. English, French, German mother tongue assistance. Property International, tel. 065743170. TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, spacious, lovely building, characteristic, living room, 2 bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, balcony. €1.550. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. TRASTEVERE. Trastevere, semi-furnished renovated loft 100 sqm with terrace 30 sqm. Living / dining, kitchenette, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. €2.550. Tel. 3357253390, www. enricavereniimmobiliare.it. VALLERANO. Apartment detached villa in large size. Garden of 1.600 sqm. Basement and garage. Starting from €2.000. Classe C, tel. 0652205391 immobiliare@ eurocenterweb. VATICAN - CASTEL S. ANGELO. Interesting cottage, open space, 3 levels, fireplace, kitchen, 2 bathrooms. Excellent neighbourhood. Quiet. €1.300. jbalsano@ virgilio.it. VATICAN AREA - GIULIANA. Fullyfurnished, 3 bedrooms, open living room, kitchen, bathroom, balcony. €1.700 all included. Vatican area, Metro Line A. Ottaviano. Mary3.jp@gmail.com. VATICAN AREA _ PRATI. Furnished apartment, 3 bedrooms, open living, kitchen, bathroom balcony, elevator Wi-Fi, 10 min by walk Ottaviano Station. marinairone777@yahoo.it. VATICAN AREA. Vatican area. Bright and spacious apartment furnished with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, kitchen, 2 balconies, very close to Metro A line Cipro Station. Tel. +393463066626. padmadima@gmail.com. VATICAN. Furnished open space 45 sqm,. Living area, kitchenette, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, nice terrace 25 sqm. €1.350. Tel. 3357253390, www.enricavereniimmobiliare.it. VIA ARDEATINA WITH GARDEN. Via Ardeatina, wonderful ground floor with garden 230 sqm, fully equipped and beautifully furnished, 2 terraces. doubble living room, liveable kitchen, bathroom with hydro massage. Basement 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, ironing-storage room, closets

room, box for car. 150 meters from to supermarket, post office, bar and restorant. Well connected. €2.300 / monthly expenses including maintenance garden. Are excluded condominium fees and utilities. elenabarcaioli@gmail.com. VIA DELLE CARROZZE. Old Town, Via delle Carrozze in a residential complex, apartment renovated, furnished, prestigious, entrance hall, living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms. €2.300. Classe G. Tel. 0652205391, immobiliare@eurocenterweb.it. VILLA PAMPHILI. Villa Pamphili park, Via Foa, elegant 3 bedrooms, furnished kitchen, large balcony, garage, quiet. €1.600. Tel. 065813452, jbalsano@virgilio.it. VILLA TORLONIA - METRO B. Libertystyle building, remodeled, bright, high decorative ceilings, living room, new kitchen, 2-bedroom, bath. €1.700 Immobiliare Zanni, tel. 3474009753, immobiliare.zanni@gmail.com. http://www.immobiliare.it/ agenzie_immobiliari/Zanni_Roma.html. VILLA TORLONIA. Elegant 150 sqm apartment, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living- dining room, furnished kitchen, den, 80 sqm. private garden, car-port. Rent: €2.600. Tel. 068610871. imm.edwards@ gmail.com.

Accommodation vacant out of town BALDUINA. Single room, with private bathroom, in apartment to share with landlady. Use of kitchen, washing machine, dining corner with TV. Near bus stop, train station, metro A. Monthly, including internet connection, room clearing and weekly change of linen and towels. Rosetta tel. 0635346098, 338 / 3666356. BRACCIANO LAKE NEAR ROME. Rent for short periods, min. 1 week (€250), max 6 months (€500 monthly). Nice apartment in the medieval village, a stone’s throw from the sixteenth century near Odescalchi with beautiful lake views, living room with fireplace, double bedroom, fully equipped kitchen, bathroom with bathtub and shower, small entrance and walkway in front of the door with plants, ideal for a relaxing stay. Tel 339 / 3406573. TIVOLI - MANDELA. 50 km from Rome, apartment in old castle: living room, bathroom, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, unfurnished, €450 + €40 condominium, tel. 066786400.

Bed & Breakfast CASA VIVANTI B&B. Silent, comfortable, non-smoking rooms with a view, private bathrooms and all the amenities, steps away from St. Peters! Languages spoken! 388-2475226.

JOB VACANT BABYSITTER / TUTOR. Mothertongue, drive licence Mon-Fr 16.00-20.00 for 7 and 11 old from Sept for min 1 year. associazione.castellinaria@yahoo.it. BRITISH SCHOOL FLEMING. British School Fleming urgently requires qualified and experienced EFL teachers, native speakers only. fleming@britishschoolroma.it, tel. 0633220960, www.britishschoolroma.it. CARER NEEDED. Live-in carer for 83 yr old woman with dementia. Own room, Spinaceto Area, Italian contract. Only for workers with legal soggiorno. Please call 065258329. ENGLISH MOTHER-TONGUE OR FLUENT SPEAKING. Established Nanny & Babysitting agency based in Rome is hiring, English mother-tongue / teachers or fluent speaking, live-in au pairs, nannies, and babysitters for part-time, full time or livein jobs in Italian families. For any further information please contact 3801720880 or email info@mayagency.it. ENGLISH MOTHER-TONGUE TEACHER. Private bilingual Catholic school in EUR is currently looking for mother-tongue English kindergarten teachers. An ideal candidate will have relevant teaching experience; EU work permit is necessary. Candidates should send a CV and cover letter to kree999@alice.it. ESTABLISHED PRESTIGIOUS LANGUAGE school Rome seeks mother-tongue English teachers. Offering good weekly wage, professional environment, immediate start. Tel. 063611508, newbritishcentres@ gmail.com. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. Executive Secretary needed for General Council of religious congregation. This is a busy international office, located in Rome (Trastevere area). Significant qualifications and experience in all aspects of office administration and managing a team are essential. You will also need some demonstrable prior experience of analysis, data collection and archiving of important documents. We will not consider candidates without both the above criteria. The ability to communicate at a high oral and written level in English is essential. A good level of either French or Spanish is desirable. Salary commensurate with experience. Italian nationality or permesso di soggiorno. Send CV (in English) and a comprehensive letter describing your experience (in English) to romaeconomato@gmail.com. GROOM WANTED IN TUSCANY. A farm located in Arezzo, in the heart of Tuscany, is looking for a groom full time job. We have 10 horses in a private stable specialized in dressage. The man/woman must have a good experience as groom. The position is a stable groom but there is the possibility to travel for competitions. The 5 March 2014 | Wanted in Rome

salary is €2.000 gross (about €1.000 net) with regular agreement plus temporary accommodation. It is required driver license. Please send CV or request to francescapasquini@yahoo.it

Monday 17 February 2014. Should you not hear from the Embassy within three months, please regard your application as unsuccessful. D’anconaV @ dirco.gov.za

LOOKING FOR DYNAMIC HAIRSTYLIST. Looking for dynamic hairstylist with clientele to work on percentage or booth rent in a new American Salon opening in the centre of Rome. Contact: info@elementsalon.it, tel. 3313839142.

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LOOKING FOR OFFICE SECRETARY. Mother-Tongue English perfectly fluent in Italian language, to be employed as Secretary for Law Office with “Contratto di Formazione”, for a full time position starting February 2014. Organisational skills, strong sense of responsibility, writing abilities, required. CV to cfmp@ cfmplegal.com. PARTNERSHIP IN AN IMPORTANT LANGUAGE SCHOOL OFFERED. A well established private language shool (running since 1976) aiming to expand its activity seeks partners with experience. Good opportunity. fulvioscalercio@gmail.com. PERSON OR COUPLE NEEDED TO HOUSE SIT IN TUSCANY. Responsible person or couple needed to house sit stone farmhouse in Tuscany nearby Monte Amiata, Grosseto province. Horse and pets to feed and light housework including upkeep of the garden. No smoker. Must love country and animals. Offer free room and full boards plus a small salary to be agreed. Contact Paolo tel. 3387816022, info@ terranera.it. www.terranera.it. TEACHING POSITION 2014-15. Ostia International School are looking for a qualified primary school teacher for the 2014-15 academic year. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree in education, a Post Graduate Certificate of Education or equivalent and minimally 3 years of teaching experience is preferred. info@ ostiainternationalschool.it. TEFL TEACHERS REQUIRED. Qualified, experienced freelance Tefl teachers required for company courses in Castelli Romani and Rome areas as from March. Applicants must have valid soggiorno. Please send CV to info@trainingclub.com. THE SOUTH AFRICAN EMBASSY IN ROME SEEKS to fill the position of assistant consular clerk. Requirements: Minimum of 12 years schooling plus minimum of 3 years experience working in a foreign service environment and fully bilingual (Italian-English). The candidate should be able to translate documents from Italian to English and viceversa and have a sense of urgency and ability to work under pressure. Appointment subject to security clearance. Comprehensive CV and certified copies of qualifications to be forwarded by email to D’anconaV @ dirco.gov.za. Applications close on

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AMERICAN ENGLISH MOTHER TONGUE TEACHER. Experienced, certified, provides private lessons at your home. Passionate, fun, enthusiastic. Visible results. €24/hour (can divide between 2 students/lesson if desired). impariamolinglese@yahoo.com. ENGLISH LADY, OXFORD GRADUATE English lady, Oxford University graduate, long experience, offers English lessons/conversation (adults only). Tel 068105213/3405161007. ENGLISH LESSONS. Qualified uk university. Female teacher teaches English €25 hourly. p bologna, trieste, center rome. Tel. 3396675270. ITALIAN CLASSES. Italian teacher gives Italian lessons as well as cooking ones at very cheap prices. Colosseo area. Tel. 3807148447, nicoletta.capita@gmail.com. ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES a) Part time evening classes (18.00-19.30 twice a week)b) Authorized examination center for the CILS certification (University for Foreigners of Siena ) and the “Diploma di Lingua Italiana” Firenze (Accademia Italiana di Lingua). Specific Preparation Courses. rome@scuolaleonardo.com ITALIAN LESSONS. Highly qualified Italian teacher, English and French speaking, offers Italian lessons, compact private courses and conversation practice in general, technical and business areas, one-to-one and small groups. 10+ years of experience. Tel. 393-9077567 robertafornari@gmail.com.

office to rent OFFICE TO RENT. Highly representational office, very prestigious location. Sqm 550, 3 entrance, 4 internal parking, liberty building. Tel. 3398197482, studio.genesi@ tiscali.it. www.immobiliaregenesi.it

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Property for sale in town ARCO DEGLI ACETARI. Our apartment is in the most beautiful courtyard in Rome in the Arco degli Acetari, just off the Campo de’ Fiori. It is a spacious basement apartment. We have owned it for 12 years and enjoyed using it as our second home. We’ve successfully rented it out to help pay the bills.

Property for sale out of town ELEGANT VILLA NEAR MARINO. Elegant Villa in residential complex, double entrance, 2 living rooms, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, kitchen, garage, terraces, large garden. €690.000, tel. 065757294.

Rooms and flat shares PIAZZA BOLOGNA - CENTRAL AREA. Metro B - Piazza Bologna near Piazzale delle Province and La Sapienza Univeristy: furnished room, internet, wifi, TV, in apartment to share with owner. Use of kitchen and washing-machine. _450 (expenses and condominium fees included). Females preferred. Tel. 333 / 3848224, ziba.ajdari@gmail.com. Also short lets. TRASTEVERE - VIA DELLA LUNGARA. Large bright room with private bathroom, comfortable and well equipped including internet. Tel. 339 / 7857565. As from May 2014.

Short lets 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. MATILDE’S HOUSE. A wonderful accommodation for medium/short lets in the heart of Rome. Cozy studio just in front of the Vatican Museums. Tel. +393273855362, gaiacrognale1988@live. it, www.matildeshouse.it. PANTHEON. Nice studios, period building, new and well decorated, fully equipped kitchen corner, double / triple bedroom, bathroom, A/C or fan, internet, TV. Longterm 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.

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numbers ASSOCIATIONS American International Club of Rome 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 Caledonian Society info@caledoniansocietyofrome.org Canadian Club of Rome canadarome@gmail.com Circolo di Cultura Mario Mieli Gay and lesbian international contact group tel. 065413985 – fax 065413971 Commonwealth Club of Rome ccrome08@gmail.com International Women’s Club of Rome tel. 0633267490 – www.pwarome.org Irish Club of Rome

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Luncheon Club of Rome tel. 3385094448 Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums tel. 0669881814, www.vatican-patrons.org. Professional Women’s Association www.pwarome.org United Nations Women’s Guild tel. 0657053628 – unwg@fao.org www.unwgrome.multiply.com Welcome Neighbor tel. 347 / 9313040 – dearprome@tele2.it www.wnrome-homepage.blogspot.com

books The following bookshops and libraries have books in English and other languages as specified. Bibliothèque Centre Culturel Saint-Louis de France (French) Largo Toniolo 20-22, tel. 066802637 www.saintlouisdefrance.it Herder International Book Center (German) Piazza di Montecitorio 117-120, tel. 066794628 bookcentre@herder.it – www.herder.it La Librairie Française de Rome La Procure (French) Piazza S. Luigi dei Francesi 23, tel. 0668307598 www.librairiefrancaiserome.com Libreria Feltrinelli International Via V. E. Orlando 84, tel. 064827878 www.lafeltrinelli.it Libreria Quattro Fontane (international) Via delle Quattro Fontane 20/a, tel. 064814484 Libreria Spagnola Sorgente (Spanish) Piazza Navona 90, tel. 0668806950 www.libreriaspagnola.it S. Susanna Lending Library Via XX Settembre 15, tel. 064827510 Opening times: Sat & Sun 10.00-12.30 Tues 10.00-13.00, Wed 15.00-18.00, Fri 13.00-16.00 The Almost Corner Bookshop Via del Moro 45, tel. 065836942 The Anglo American Bookshop Via della Vite 102, tel. 066795222 The Open Door Bookshop (second hand books – English, French, German, Italian) Via della Lungaretta 23, tel. 065896478 www.books-in-italy.com

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Atac (Rome bus, metro and tram) tel. 800431784, www.atac.roma.it Ciampino airport tel. 06794941, www.adr.it Fiumicino airport tel. 0665951, www.adr.it Taxi tel. 060609 – 065551 – 063570 – 068822 064157 – 066645 – 064994 Traffic info tel. 1518 Trenitalia (national railways) tel. 892021 www.trenitalia.it

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cinemas The following cinemas show films in English or original language when available – see daily press for programme details. Alcazar Via Merry del Val 14, tel. 065880099 in original language on Mon Fiamma Multisala Via Bissolati 47, tel. 06485526 Filmstudio Via degli Orti d’Alibert 1/c, tel. 334/1780632 www.filmstudioroma.com Greenwich Via G. Bodoni 59, tel. 065745825 Cinema Lux Via Massaciuccoli 31, tel. 0686391361 Multisala Barberini Piazza Barberini 24-26, tel. 0686391361 Nuovo Olimpia Via in Lucina 16/g, tel. 066861068 Nuovo Sacher Largo Ascianghi 1, tel. 065818116 in original language on Mon when available

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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

religious All Saints’ Anglican Church Via del Babuino 153/b, tel. 0636001881 Sunday service 08.30 and 10.30 Kids Rock children’s service every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at midday Anglican Centre Piazza del Collegio Romano 2, tel. 066780302 www.anglicancentreinrome.com Bible Baptist Church Via di Castel di Leva 326, tel. 3342934593 www.bbcroma.org. Sunday 11.00 Christian Science Services Via Stresa 41, tel. 063014425 Church of All Nations Lungotevere Michelangelo 7, tel. 069870464 Church of Sweden Via A. Beroloni 1/e, tel. 068080474 Sunday service 11.15 (Swedish) Footsteps Inter-Denominational Christian South Rome, tel. 0650917621 – 333 / 2284093 North Rome, tel. 0630894371 akfsmes.styles@tiscali.it International Central Gospel Church Via XX Settembre 88, tel. 0655282695 International Christian Fellowship Via Guido Castelnuovo 28, tel. 065594266 Sunday service 11.00 Jewish Community

Tempio Maggiore, Lungotevere Cenci, tel. 066840061

Jewish Reform Group in Rome Congregation Lev Chadash, Piazza della Libertà 10 tel. 339 / 3824815, Shabbat services at 10.00, Friday night service once a month Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas Largo della Sanità Militare 60, tel. 067726761 Lutheran Church Via Toscana 7, corner Via Sicilia 70 tel. 064817519, Sunday service 10.00 (German) Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church Piazza Ponte S. Angelo, tel. 066868314 Sunday service 10.30 Pontifical Irish College (Roman Catholic) Via dei Santi Quattro 1, tel. 06772631. Sunday service 10.00 Rome Baptist Church Piazza S. Lorenzo in Lucina 35, tel. 066876652 – 066876211, Sunday service

10.30, 13.00 (Filipino), 16.00 (Chinese) Rome Buddhist Centre Vihara Via Mandas 2, tel. 0622460091 Rome Mosque (Centro Islamico) Via della Moschea, tel. 068082167 – 068082258 St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Via XX Settembre 7, tel. 064827627 Sunday service 11.00 St Francis Xavier del Caravita (Roman Catholic) Via del Caravita 7 – www.caravita.org St Isidore’s College (Roman Catholic) Via degli Artisti 41, tel. 064885359 Sunday service 10.00 St Patrick’s Church (Roman Catholic) Via Boncompagni 31, tel. 0642903787 Sunday service 10.00 St Paul’s within-the-Walls (Anglican Episcopal)

Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli, tel. 064883339 Sunday service 08.30,10.30 (English), 13.00 (Spanish)

St Silvestro Church (Roman Catholic) Piazza S. Silvestro 1, tel. 066977121 Sunday service 10.00 and 17.30 St Susanna Church (Roman Catholic) Via XX Settembre 15, tel. 0642014554, Saturday service 18.00. Sunday service 09.00 and 10.30 Venerable English College (Roman Catholic) Via di Monserrato 45, tel. 066868546 Sunday service 10.00

support groups Alcoholics Anonymous tel. 064742913 – www.aarome.info Archè (HIV+ children and their families) tel. 0677250350 – www.arche.it Associazione Centro Astalli (Jesuit refugee centre) Via degli Astalli 14/a tel. 0669700306 Associazione Ryder Italia (Support for cancer patients and their families) tel. 065349622/0658204580 www.ryderitalia.it Astra (Anti-stalking risk assessment) tel. 066535499 – www.differenzadonna.it Caritas soup kitchen (Mensa Giovanni Paolo II) Via delle Sette Sale 30 tel. 0647821098. 11.00-13.30 daily Caritas foreigners’ support centre Via Zoccolette 19, tel. 066875228 – 066861554 Caritas hostel Via Marsala 109, tel. 064457235 Caritas legal assistance Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano 6/a, tel. 0669886369 Celebrate Recovery Christian group tel. 338 / 1675680 Comunità di S. Egidio Piazza di S. Egidio 3/a, tel. 068992234 Comunità di S. Egidio soup kitchen Via Dandolo 10, tel 065894327 17.00-19.30 Wed, Fri, Sat Information line for the disabled tel. 800271027 Joel Nafuma Refugee Centre St Paul’s within-the-Walls Via Nazionale, corner Via Napoli, tel. 064883339 Mason Perkins Deafness Fund (Support for deaf and deaf-blind children) tel. 0644234511 – masonperkins@gmail.com www.mpds.it Overeaters Anonymous tel. 064743772 Salvation Army (Esercito della Salvezza) Centro Sociale di Roma “Virgilio Paglieri” Via degli Apuli 41, tel. 064451351 Support for elderly victims of crime (Italian only) Largo E. Fioritto 2, tel. 0657305104 The Samaritans Onlus (Confidential telephone helpline for the distressed) tel. 800860022

chiamaroma 24-hour, multilingual information line for services in Rome, run by the city council, tel. 060606