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As every year enthusiasts from all over the world will visit the Eternal City to enjoy its unique atmosphere and follow their favorite tennis players: a perfect plan to get the most of the first weeks of spring!
The defending champions are the Spanish Rafael Nadal, who will try to go home with the trophy for the seventh time and for the women’s tournament Maria Sharapova.
The tournament will start on May the 11th with the final being played on Sunday the 19th. As every year the venue will be the magnificent Foro Italico, that can be easily reached from Scott House Hotel conveniently located in the center of Rome.

In Short:
What: BNL Internazionali d’Italia (Tennis)
Where: Foro Italico, Rome
When: 11 -19 May, 2013
How to get there: From Termini Take te red subway line, get off at Flaminio station and then take tram 2 and get off at Piazza Mancini

The international descent of the Tiber-DIT2012 is a guided canoeing sports purposes, promotion of tourism and sports in contact with nature and with respect for the environment. You are in Group 9 stages. Participate in Italian and foreign athletes, even non-experts. You sleep, along the River with their tents, gyms, hotels, caravans. You can also participate only in some stages and you can take advantage of the event to do sightseeing in famous places of Umbria and Lazio. The dinners are shared and organized by local associations.
There are courses of introduction to canoeing for beginners and you can rent equipment. It is compulsory the use of canoes and inaffondabili the use of life jackets and helmet; It is also required, under penalty of exclusion from the descent, comply with safety instructions given by the organizers.
www.discesadeltevere.org scrivi@discesadeltevere.org – Tel: 347 2439715

Organized by: stages
asd Canoe Club Città di Castello
24/4: pre-Sansepolcro-Città di Castello
25/4: Città di Castello-Umbertide
26/4: Umbertide-Perugia, Pretola
Carlo 338.8333411
asd International descent of the Tiber
27/4: Pretola-Deruta, Sant’Angelo di Celle
28/4: Sant’Angelo di Celle-Monte Castello di Vibio, Madonna del Piano
Andrea 339.8808312
asd Polisportiva UISP Sherwood
29/4: Attigliano-Otricoli
30/4: Magliano Sabina-Ponzano Romano
Sergio 328.1858517
asd Group Canoes Rome
1/5: Castel Giubileo-Rome: Ponte Milvio, Dopolavoro ATAC
At the same time: departure from the river Aniene
6/5: post-Roma-Ostia
Giuseppe 348.3583434

It will be the first and possibly only time in history that will cross the confines of Vatican City. And they do so to be welcomed and exposed in the beautiful halls of the Capitoline museums in Rome. It is original and 100 documents chosen among the priceless treasures that the Vatican Secret Archives preserve and protect for centuries.
The exhibition organized on the occasion of the fourth centenary from the foundation of the Vatican Secret Archives to explain and tell what is and how does the Archive of the Popes and, at the same time, make the invisible visible and allow access to some wonders so far kept in approximately 85 km linear shelves of the Vatican Secret Archives; will be exhibited extraordinary historical value documents, covering a time span ranging from the 8th century AD until the 20th century.
The title “Lux in arcana” communicates the main objective of the exhibition: the light that filters into the recesses of the archive illuminates a reality out of a superficial knowledge, but accessible only through direct contact and concrete with sources, which for the first time opens its doors to discover the history, sometimes unpublished, narrated in the documents. The exhibition will be enriched with multimedia productions, led by a strict as engaging historical narrative, to allow the visitor to enjoy some famous events of the past and “revive” documents, which you will with the tale of the background and the characters involved.

The document-chosen from among 100 codes and scrolls, files and records and manuscripts-will remain on display for about seven months, from March 1 to September 2012, at the Capitoline museums.

A prestigious venue, chosen to host this memorable event that underscores the deep connection between the city of Rome and the papacy since the medieval age; the sensitivity for the arts of Sixtus IV bind the origins of both institutions involved in the event, but at the same time the history kept in the Vatican Secret Archives is intertwined with the history of Italy, Europe and the whole world.

The Vatican Secret Archives constitutes a cultural heritage that has as its epicenter the city of Rome. That is why the exhibition was organized in collaboration with the capital Rome, Department of Policies and Culture, Historical Center – Superitendence of Cultural Heritage of Rome and Zètema Culture Project.
This memorable exhibition is already creating a huge expectation, nourished by the mysterious charm that the Vatican Secret Archives raises in the collective imagination.
All this will do Lux arcana-in the Vatican Secret Archives revealed a scientific value and unprecedented media.

JACOPO ROBUSTI, who is better known as TINTORETTO (1519-1594), is the only Italian 16th century painter not to have had a major monographic exhibition devoted to his work.

This exhibition focuses on the three main themes that distinguish Tintoretto’s work: religion, mythology and portraiture. It is strictly monographic and will be divided into sections comprising a handful of carefully selected and unquestioned masterpieces, beginning and ending with his two celebrated self-portraits of himself as a young man, from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and as an old man, from the Louvre.

This exhibition is composed of some 40 paintings (accompanied by a section devoted to the artistic environment contemporary with the Venetian master), all of the highest quality and on loan from leading international museums and collections, offering visitors a tight but extremely significant overview of the artistic career of Jacopo Tintoretto.

Where: Scuderie del Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio 16, Roma

Hours: Sunday to Thursday 10:00am to 8:00pm

Friday and Saturday 10:00am to 10:30pm

(Last admission one hour before closing time)

How to reach the Scuderie del Quirinale: by bus n. 40-60-64-70-117-170-H – Nazionale/Quirinale Stop; Metro A (P.za della Repubblica station) metro B (Cavour station)

Rome is a top Italian city to visit during the Christmas holiday season and the place where the celebration of Christmas originated. The first Christmas mass was said at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore and the earliest known permanent nativity was created for the Rome Jubilee in 1300.

Highlights of the season are the Papal Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, and the Pope reading his Christmas message in the piazza in front of St. Peter’s at noon on Christmas Day. In St. Peter’s Square there is also a famous life-size nativity scene.

As well as the grand display outside St Peter’s, and a smaller effort in Piazza Navona, other nativity scenes (presepi) can be seen in most of Rome’s churches. These are important destinations for Italian visitors, and it’s worth inspecting one or two. Some have fascinating details, and even feature day-into-night lighting effects. There is also a large exhibition of presepi in the Sala del Bramante by Piazza del Popolo (admission charge).

At the Christmas Market in Piazza Navona you can buy the components for your own nativity scene, as well as sweets, wooden toys and all sorts of Christmas-related ornaments and goodies. Shoppers can marvel at the elaborate additions to nativity scenes, from working waterfalls to moving bakery scenes (in which the bakers look suspiciously like pizza chefs).

Those interested in Christmas shopping will find the main shopping streets sparkling with festive lights and packed with shoppers. Groups of busking musicians, often dressed as Santas, play cheerful seasonal tunes. Many shops lay down red carpeting on the pavements and the last few years have seen an invasion of large inflatable Santa Clauses. As well as the Christmas lights, a giant Christmas tree appears in the centre of town, in Piazza Venezia or by the Colosseum.

Rome is full of good places to buy presents: hundreds of little food shops are packed with goodies to take home. Other good Roman gifts include gloves and accessories (try the shops around the Spanish Steps) and kitsch souvenirs (anywhere near the Vatican).

An unforgettable Christmas begins with Scott House Hotel!
Located in the centre of Rome, Hotel Scott House a 3 star hotel, enjoys a privileged location from which to explore the city and its best attractions and monuments: Colosseo, Fori Imperiali, Piazza Venezia, Fontana di Trevi …
Hotel Scott House offers plenty of attractive rooms deals and packages!
Click here to find out more about our Christmas Promotion!

More than 33 million people have seen this fascinating exhibition. Making its Italian premiere in Rome, BODY WORLDS Vital celebrates the potential of the human body and the body in motion. This blockbuster exhibit is designed to show visitors a contrasting view of the reality between healthy and unhealthy lifestyle choices. Discover the contrast between healthy bodies and those in medical distress.

Gunther von Hagens’ is an anatomist and the original inventor of the process of plastination. All anatomical specimens on display are authentic and belonged to donors who legally allowed the scientific process to gain unique insights into the human body.

Located in the centre of Rome, Hotel Scott House a 3 star hotel, enjoys a privileged location from which to explore the city and its best attractions and monuments: Colosseo, Fori Imperiali, Piazza Venezia, Fontana di Trevi …

Hotel Scott House offers plenty of attractive rooms deals and packages!

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Still asking yourself these various questions regarding the evolution theory: when and where did we evolve? How have human societes spread across the continets? How have cultural innovations affected the growth and spread of population? What is the connection between genes and languages … Cavalli-Sforza and others have answered these questions.

Two hundred thousand years ago Homo sapiens began the journey from a small valley in what is today’s Ethiopia that led him to colonize the entire planet and to live with other human species, forming the great variety of peoples and cultures that we know. For the first time, an international group of scientists from different disciplines and coordinated by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, has reconstructed the roots and routes of human settlement. Geneticists, linguists, anthropologists and paleo-anthropologists have combined the results of their research into a wonderful fresco of the history of human evolution.
The result is Homo sapiens.The great history of human diversity, an international interactive and multimedia exhibition made up of six sections telling the stories of the adventures and extraordinary travels, largely unknown, which generated the mosaic of human diversity.

At Palazzo delle Esposizioni from November 11 2011
How to arrive: Underground metro A (get off at Repubblica) metro B (get off at Cavour) / Bus 40 – 64 – 70 – 71 – 117 – 101 – H (BUS STOP Nazionale/Palazzo Esposizioni)

Located in the centre of Rome, Hotel Scott House a 3 star hotel, enjoys a privileged location from which to explore the city and its best attractions and monuments: Colosseo, Fori Imperiali, Piazza Venezia, Fontana di Trevi …
Hotel Scott House offers plenty of attractive rooms deals and packages!
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We recommend the exibition at “Complesso del Vittoriano” from next October 7th to January 29 2012 of Piet Mondrian, which will celebrate the artist with a major exibition entitled “The Perfect Harmony”, that will explain his obsession with the idea of progress.
Mondrian like many avant-garde artists, was not satisfied with the art depicting the appearance of reality but the search of truth deeper that the exterior.

Fascinated by the Cubism, his paintings evolved to give birth to the current knows as Neoplasticism.

To experience this event, book your stay at our Hotel Scott House located in Rome city center near the exibition at “Vittoriano”  taking advantage of our special offers.

Date: from October 7, 2011 to January 29, 2012

INFORMATIONS

Complesso del Vittoriano

Via di San Pietro in Carcere (Foro Romano – Piazza Venezia)

CONTACTS

Telephone: + 39 06 6780664 – 6780363

Email: museo.vittoriano1@tiscali.it

OPENING TIMES

Monday-Thursday: 9.30 am – 7.30 pm;
Friday-Saturday: 9.30 am – 11.30 pm;
Sunday: 9.30 am – 8.30 pm;
Last admission 1 hour before closing time.

Elton John and his Band – Live in Rome at Auditorium Parco della Musica

Singer and composer, five-time Grammy winner and recipient of the coveted Grammy Legend Award in 2001. He has sold over 250 million records worldwide, and is also the man behind the best selling single of all time. That song was ‘Candle in the Wind’ and the man in question is of course, Elton John. Right here at Eventful is where you’ll find all the latest news on Elton John tour dates 2011, including those much-sought after Elton John Las Vegas shows which will mark the beginning of the star’s three-year residency at the famous Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace.

Wednesday  13 July 2011
Cavea, h 21

Information
Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy
Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30 – 00196
Rome, RM – Italy
http://www.auditorium.com/
e-mail: info@musicaperroma.it

Tickets
from 50 to 220 Euro
Telephone: +39 06 892982

Located in the centre of Rome, Hotel Scott House a 3 star hotel, enjoys a privileged location from which to explore the city and its best attractions and monuments: Colosseo, Fori Imperiali, Piazza Venezia, Fontana di Trevi …
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Rome Opera: Summer Season 2011 at the Terme di Caracalla

Since 1937, the prestigious Rome Opera Theatre has held its summer season in the grand archaeological complex of the Terme di Caracalla. It is uniquely well-preserved among the great Roman baths, allowing visitors to appreciate its striking architecture in all its detail.

Schedule Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème

(16-17-18-19-21-22-23-24-25-26 June 2011)

Richard Strauss: Elektra

(30 September – 02-04-06-08 October 2011)

Information Piazza Beniamino Gigli, 1 – 00184 Roma

Telephone: +39 06 48160255 – 06 4817003

Fax: +39 06 4881755

e-mail: ufficio.biglietteria@operaroma.it

Hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sunday Closed Monday.

Located in the centre of Rome, Hotel Scott House a 3 star hotel, enjoys a privileged location from which to explore the city and its best attractions and monuments: Colosseo, Fori Imperiali, Piazza Venezia, Fontana di Trevi …

Hotel Scott House offers plenty of attractive rooms deals and packages! Click here to find out more!