Quatremère de Quincy's letter to defend Roman cultural heritage
More than 200 years ago, in the heat of French Revolution, the art theorist Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy wrote an enlightened letter probably addressed to military ...Writing a monumental history in Ancient Rome
An international colloquium arranged by a scientific committee coming from the CNRS - Aix-Marseille University and dealing with the development of encyclopedism in Ancient Rome ...An extraordinary visit to the majestic remains of the Domus Aurea
The majestic remains of the Domus Aurea, the legendary “golden house” desired by emperor Nero, are a fragile and hidden treasure survived from Ancient Rome. ...Art conversation at the newly opened Palazzo Venezia courtyard
A fascinating series of cultural events is taking place these summer nights until the 16th of September in the context of “Il giardino ritrovato” (The ...A poem on the Colosseum by Edgar Allan Poe
Timeless voices still echo within the ruins of the Flavian Amphitheater: that ones of the people who rejoiced, suffered or gazed there in wonder, and ...Piazza del Popolo: the newly restored Fontana dei Leoni
Started in April 2015 and completed last January, the restoration works performed on the Fontana dei Leoni have enhanced the enchanting heart of the scenographic ...The day Caesar was stabbed to death a few meters away from the Roman Forum
There is a day in the history of Rome when a man turned into an immortal divinity. 2060 years ago and every year since that ...New fragment from dispersed plan of Ancient Rome on view at Ara Pacis
These are the last days to see the recently discovered fragment of the dispersed 1800-year-old marble plan of Ancient Rome, exceptionally on display in the ...Roman civil war: the power against people
At the end of January 81 BC in Rome, Sulla celebrated a triumph for his successes over Mithridates. The power gathered in his hands was ...Pietro Bembo, the humanist cardinal in Rome
The cardinal and humanist Pietro Bembo died on the 18th January 1547 in Rome. Once r of Lucrezia Borgia and influential scholar, he was active ...
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