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The Conservatives Palace houses a large part of the collection of the Capitoline Museums. Here you will see the Capitoline Wolf with babies; original equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius; the famous Capitol Venus and the Boy taking out a splinter; curious fragments of Colossus Constantine; ancient frescoes, mosaics, church and secular utensils, porcelain, magnificent tapestries and a good art gallery, where not only Italians, but also Flemings are represented.
Milan Malpensa Airport is the second largest passenger traffic in Italy, after Rome Fiumicino Airport. Therefore, those who plan to visit Italy, with a high degree of probability from Russia, get right here. If you are "lucky" to be at the Milan airport in the evening or late at night, or if you are expecting an early departure to continue your trip, you should consider where you can spend the night nearby with comfort.
The Bode Museum is visited less frequently than other museums. And this is good. Not crowded here. You are practically alone with antiquity, art and architecture. There are no "hit" exhibits, but there is an excellent collection of medieval "naive" and wooden German Gothic. A beautiful collection of bronze figurines - plastic, “verbose" and bewitching.
Queues in the Vatican, along with the Colosseum, are considered the longest in Rome. Here it is quite possible to lose 3, or even more hours. And it will be even better if this day is lucky with the weather. It is not surprising that many travelers are wondering if there is a way to get around these lines. And the answer to this question is “Yes”: for several years now, how can I buy tickets to the Vatican in advance - via the Internet.
Although higher powers were on the side of Diego Maradona in 1986, but in 2014 Lionel Messi was on the same team with the Pope. The captain of the Argentine national football team Lionel Messi will take part in a charity match, organized by Pope Francis. The official Vatican has confirmed that the game is scheduled for September 1, and it will be held at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Rome.
Italy is a special country where almost every corner is able to fall in love with itself at first sight and for life. But there is one place that captivated the hearts of many prominent creative personalities - this is the small town of Ravello, which is sheltered in the mountains of the Italian province of Salerno, halfway between the sea and the sky.
The Vatican’s Communications and Public Relations Department has posted a photograph on the Pope Francis’s official page on Twitter, showing the pontiff as a superhero in graffiti style. According to the press service of Francis, this creation was found on one of the residential buildings of Rome in the Borgo Pio area, where the head of the Catholic Church is incredibly widespread.
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In one of the most unusual and protracted trials in 2013, a couple of days ago finally came to an end. The Court of Cassation of Italy decided that the unwashed husband has no right to demand that his wife perform marital duties if he is not clean and tidy enough.
If you find yourself in Rome with children and don’t know how to entertain your children who are tired of going to museums and galleries, feel free to go to the amusement park Cinecittà World, the first cinema park in Italy. Despite the fact that Chinechitta, primarily a children's amusement park, adults will not be bored here either.
March in Rome, however, as in other European cities, is considered off-season. Despite the fact that it is already quite warm, especially compared to the winter months, there are few tourists at this time - those who come to Rome in March for some reason cannot travel at other times come to Rome. In early spring, you can hurry up and browse the sights of the Italian capital, visit museums and exhibitions, as well as go shopping - in early March, winter sales are just ending.
Paolo Sorrentino is a movie director and screenwriter from cloudless Italy. On his account about twenty films. According to critics, the characters of the characters in the Sorrentino films differ in emotional depth, and the director himself is credited with the title of follower of the famous Federico Fellini.
The magnificent Genoa, or as the Italians call it Genova la Superba, is one of the largest ports in Europe, a city of shipbuilding and heavy industry, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus and Nicolo Paganini, as well as a popular tourist center, declared in 2004 by the European Capital of Culture. There are many interesting sights in Genoa - the old port, medieval palaces, houses of famous personalities, as well as museums, the number of which the city can be proud of.
Today, Pope Francis elevated 19 clergymen to the rank of Cardinals, 9 of whom come from South America, Africa and Asia. The Pope’s choice demonstrates the pontiff’s desire to dispel the bias in choosing the new “princes of the Church,” as well as bring a new perspective on the church within the Catholic hierarchy.
The ancient city of Padova, which is today the administrative center of the province of Venice (also known as Veneto), was founded in the 11th – 10th centuries BC and is considered one of the most attractive places for tourists in Italy. the color of national culture, ancient streets and picturesque canals, masterpieces of architecture, sculpture and painting, magnificent squares, interesting museums - all this attracts travelers with extraordinary power.