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We are in...
The area is well served
by public transport, bars, bakeries, restaurants,
pubs, cinemas, discos, banks, shops, embassies,
city university La Sapienza, and other comfort
yet.
The Bed and Breakfast is
located next to District Coppedè,
distinctive and original district, built
during the'30s, still architecture and the
name of the designer Tuscan: the architect
Coppedè, which put together floral
motifs typical of Art Nouveau. The district,
for its particularity and tranquillity,
was often chosen as a setting for commercials
and films Italians and foreigners.
In the immediate vicinity
is Villa Borghese, Rome's
main park. The design of the Villa began
in early 1600 when Pope Paul V Borghese
got his pontifical mandate. At Villa Borghese,
entering from Porta Pinciana, has the huge
statue recalls and commemorates the German
poet and writer Wolfgang Goethe. One of
the most beautiful of the villa is the Garden
of Lake, fenced by a deleted that underlines
its irregular shape. At the center, on an
island artificial, was erected a temple
dedicated to Aesculapius. Famous is the
square of Siena, scene of horse competitions,
which since its implementation has always
hosted horseracing and carousels. At the
terrace of the Pincio, your long walk in
the park will be rewarded by a beautiful
landscape on the city of Rome, not let this
opportunity escape!
One can not forget Galleria
Borghese located inside dell'omonima
Villa, this gallery puts on display the
queen of private collections in the world,
and not wrongly: here are exposed famous
works as Paolina Borghese Canova or the
marvelous statue of Apollo and Dafne by
Bernini. Among the paintings on display
are paintings by Raphael known as the Deposition
of Christ, six famous paintings by Caravaggio
including the Boy with a Basket of Fruit
and ltri important masterpieces by great
artists who gave life to the Roman Baroque,
then imitated throughout Europe.
In addition, next to Villa
Borghese is the Bioparco,
where once there was the zoo, a place that
puts agree the animals and visitors. There
were small cages, only for those animals
that could not be a problem, and in general
has tried to create environments similar
to their natural habitat.
In a tram you will find
yourself at the Galleria Nazionale
d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Belle
Arti. Born in 1883 with the task
of documenting contemporary art of united,
initially was housed in the Palazzo delle
Esposizioni, undertaken by Pius Piacentini,
important today when temporary exhibitions.
Since 1915 is housed in the Palace of Belle
Arti built by Cesare Bazzani. It includes
more than 5,000 works of painting and sculpture
over 12,000 drawings and prints, almost
all purchased by the Italian State, while
a small portion comes from private donations
and bequests of artists.
A nice walk will lead you
to Villa Ada, a park with
large meadows to run and to relax. There
are tracks for bikes and skate and here
lovers of sport are to practice their favorite
disciplines and to train. Going to the lake,
built recently, you can attend or participate
in races boats radio.
On the Via Salaria near
Villa Ada are the Catacombe di Priscilla
where popes were buried seven victims of
persecution of the Emperor Diocletian, many
saints and three hundred presumed martyrs.
These are the Benedictine nuns to act as
guides for the visit. The funerary monument
is the most important Greek Chapel so called
because of two registrations in greek sull'intonaco
painted a niche. This place is completely
frescoed with images taken from the Old
and New Testaments.
It does not end here!
With buses number
63 or 630 will arrive in a few
minutes to Via Veneto, Piazza Barberini,
Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Piazza Venezia-Altare
della Patria, Quartiere Trastevere.
At Piazza Buenos Aires
there is a stop Tram: number
3 for the Basilica di San
Giovanni in Laterano, the Colosseum, the
Circo Massimo, the number
19 for the Bioparco, the Galleria
Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea-Belle
Arti, and Vatican City.
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