Imagine a night at the museum!!!

Still in holiday in Italy???!! Tonight there is a wonderful initiative, promoted by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage...Martedi' in Arte....between 7pm and 11pm the main museums of Italy will be open for free to the public to enjoy the artistic beauty of this country.

So...if you are in Italy in this current moment and you want to spent a different night, go and enjoy!!!

Here the list of the museums that participate to this initiative:

CAMPANIA


- Scavi e Teatro Antico di Ercolano, Corso Resina, 5 - Ercolano (NA)
- Palazzo Reale di Napoli, Piazza del Plebiscito, 1 - Napoli (NA)
- Museo di Capodimonte, Via Miano, 1 - Napoli (NA)
- Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Piazza Museo - Napoli (NA)
- Museo di San Martino, Largo San Martino - Napoli (NA)
- Scavi Vecchi e Nuovi di Pompei, Villa dei Misteri, 2 - Pompei (NA)
- Reggia di Caserta e Complesso Vanvitelliano, Via Douet 2/a - Caserta (CE)




LAZIO


- Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Viale delle Belle Arti, 131 - Roma (RM)
- Terme di Diocleziano, Via Romita, 8 - Roma (RM)
- Crypta Balbi, Via delle Botteghe Oscure, 31 - Roma (RM)
- Museo Nazionale Romano – Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Largo di Villa Peretti, 1 - Roma (RM)
- Palazzo Altemps, Via di S. Apollinare, 44 - Roma (RM)
- Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda - Roma (RM)
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Via Quattro Fontane, 13 - Roma (RM)
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Corsini, Via della Lungara, 10 - Roma (RM)
- Museo e Galleria Borghese, Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5 - Roma (RM)
- Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo, Lungotevere Castello, 50 - Roma (RM)
- Villa d’Este, Piazza Trento, 1 – Tivoli (RM)




LOMBARDIA


- Museo di Palazzo Ducale di Mantova, Piazza Sordello – Mantova (MN)
- Pinacoteca di Brera, Via Brera – Milano (MI)
- Cenacolo Vinciano *, Piazza S. Maria delle Grazie – Milano (MI)
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PUGLIA


- Castello Svevo, Piazza Federico II di Svevia – Bari (BA)




TOSCANA


- Cappelle Medicee, Piazza Madonna degli Aldobrandini - Firenze (FI)
- Galleria degli Uffizi e corridoio Vasariano , Via Della Ninna - Firenze (FI)
- Galleria dell'Accademia, Via Ricasoli - Firenze (FI) il 26 ottobre apertura dalle ore 20.30 alle 0,30
- Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Piazza Pitti - Firenze (FI)
- Galleria Palatina e appartamento Palazzo Pitti, Piazza Pitti - Firenze (FI)
- Museo del Bargello, Via del Proconsolo - Firenze (FI)
- Museo San Marco, Piazza S. Marco - Firenze (FI)
- Palazzo Davanzati, Via Porta Rossa - Firenze (FI)




UMBRIA


- Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Corso Vannucci - Palazzo dei Priori – Perugia (PG) con apertura dalle 20.00 alle 23.00




VENETO


- Galleria "Giorgio Franchetti" alla Ca' d'Oro, Cannaregio, 3932 - Venezia (VE)
- Gallerie dell'Accademia, Dorsoduro Campo della Carità, 1050/a - Venezia (VE)

A castle in Rome: Castel Sant'Angelo

Castel'Angelo has an amazing story behind it. It was originally built as the Mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian. The long and varied history of the building, with its thousands of metamorphosis seems to have unsettled the complicated maze of underground rooms, balconies, stairs and courtyards that constitute the current structure of the castle.

The original structure and subsequent changes within the building overlap and merge, creating a body faceted and complex, laden with symbolic and historical layers.  

this photo was taken when I was on holiday

on the bridge you can see the two angels commissioned to Gianlorenzo Bernini.

Not far from the Vatican, this amazing building should be one of the stop during your Italian journey!!!!

Love and art on Valentine's Day

If you love art and you want to celebrate this event with someone you love, a beautiful initiative has been organized by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture for the following week-end all over Italy, so don't miss this occasion!

Valentine's day is the perfect day to celebrate love and sweetness, so a wonderful experience for all those who love to get together, give flowers, chocolates or sharing moments of love.

For this reason the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, 12 and 13 February decided to give all couples a Valentine's Day alternative, with the opportunity to learn and discover the wonders of Italian cultural heritage by offering two entrances to the price of one in all the museums, monuments and archaeological sites state.

Valentine's Day is the first major event of the year MiBAC offers to all Italian citizens and foreigners to stimulate the knowledge and rediscovery of our artistic and enhance the wealth that the world envies us and that we, first, we enjoy.

For more information on the places that adhere to this initiative, have a look to this link (in Italian):

Giornata di san Valentino - 2011