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Museums and Galleries

ANTIQUARIUM COMUNALE
This is both a museum and an archeological storehouse where marble from architectural and funeral structures, statues, mosaics and frescos, hydraulic elements and instrumentum domesticum from Roman times are kept. The visit comprises an internal and an external itinerary. The itinerary inside the museum begins with an extraordinary example of parietal mosaic decoration, discovered at the end of the last century during the work for the construction of Via Nazionale. The delightful itinerary in the exterrnal garden area addresses three special themes: architectural decorations, the development of funeral customs and the complex problems associated with trade in coloured marble.
V.le Parco del Celio, 22 - tel. 7001569
Summer opening hours. 9a.m.-7p.m.,holiday 9a.m.-1.30p.m. - closed Monday
Winter opening hours. 9a.m.-5p.m., - holiday 9a.m.-1.30p.m. - closed Monday
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CAPITOLINE MUSEUM

The Palazzo Nuovo and the Palzzo dei Conservatori, based on designs by Michelangelo, houses treasures of immense value: masterpieces of ancient sculpture and paintings from the 6th and 7th centuries. The Museo Capitolino, inside the Palazzo Nuovo, contains one of the oldest collections in the world: a rich collection of Roman sculptures.(Galata Morente, group with Amor and Psyche and the Capitoline Venus) and an interesting pinacoteca which houses mastrepieces from the 17th and 18th centuries including "Battesimo di Cristo" by Tiziano, "Ratto di Europa" by Veronese, "Romolo e Remo" by Rubens and other works by Caravaggio, Reni, , Guercino ....
P.zza del Campidoglio
tel. 67103069Opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1.30p.m. - closed: 1 January. - 1 May. - 25 December.
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Museo del Corso
Real art and virtual reality feature in a new museum just opened in the center of Rome. The Museo del Corso in the Colonna Sciarra Palace, former home of the princes of the same name, since 1969 property of the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma bank, is an idea I fusion of past and future.....CONTINUE
ADDRESS Via del Corso, 320 - Rome
VISITING HOURS- 11AM. - 8 PM ; Closed on Mondays
ENTRANCE FEES : Lit. 10.000
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· BAROQUE MUSEUM

The so called "Farnesina ai Baullari", this palace was attributed to Antonio da Sangallo the young. It contains an extensive collection of testimonies of the most ancient Mediterranean civilizations: the Egyptian, the Minoan, the Cretan, the Etruscan, Greek and Roman.
Via dei Baullari, 1 - tel. 68806848
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; sun. 9a.m.-1p.m.; closed Monday
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· MUSEUM OF ROMAN CIVILIZATION
An impressive ammount of reproductions testifie the Roman civilization in all its aspects, room XXXVII contains the famous model of impreial Rome on the scale of 1:250 a work by the architect Italo Gismondi.
P.zza Agnelli, 10 - tel. 5926135
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1p.m.; closed Monday
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· MUSEUM OF VIA OSTIENSE
· MUSEUM OF ROMAN WALLS S. SEBASTIAN'S GATE
A fascinating walk inside the Aurelian Wall where the visitor can reconstruct
the history thanks to the findings and models.The present exhibition , inagurated in 1990, includes exspository panels, plastic models of the various phases of the construction of the walls and plaster casts of some decorative elements still found on the walls. The didactic itinerary, divided into ancient, medieval and modern sections, covers the history and transformations of the fortified walls of the city up untill the present day. Some panels depict the walls at the times of the monarchy and the republic as well as the history of Via Appia.
Via di Porta S. Sebastiano, 18/Q - tel. 70475284
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1.30p.m.; closed Monday
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·SHIP MUSEUM
Repertory of Roman boats which were found during the excavation of the harbour of Claudio.
Via Alessandro Guidoni - Fiumicino - tel. 65010089
opening hours: 9a.m.-1p.m.; Tue. and Thurs. also 2-5p.m.
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·NATIONAL MUSEUM OF VILLA GIULIA
The summer Villa of Giulio III houses now the National Museum of Villa Giulia, its facade and inner rooms are by Vignola, the portico and the courtyard by Ammannati with the beautiful nymphaeum which was erected together with Vasari.
The pre- roman remains come predominantly from the teritory comprised by the Tiber and the border of Tuscany, and represent Etruscan Civilization. Marvelous jewlery, ceramics of every tipe and splendid works in terracotta are on display in this villa, which in itself is an admirable work by Vignola. The sarcophagus, which dates back to the 6 th century b.c. is considered a mastepiece of Etruscan sculpture ( among which is the famous "married coupel's sarcophagus").
P.le di Villa Giulia, 9 - tel. 3201951
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1.30p.m.; closed Monday
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· ROME NATIONAL MUSEUM - Terme di Diocleziano
The 6th century ex- Convent of the Certosini di Santa Maria degli Angeli, built among the ruins of the Diocletian Baths by a probable disciple of Michelangelo, is the original headquarters of the museum that was inaugurated in 1889 to house one of the most important archeological collection in the world. The museum has been under renovation for some time. Coming from the Palazzo Massimo where order reigns, the impression of beauty here is united with confusion: the findings exhibited in the Garden are so numerous that often there is no description.
V.le Enrico De Nicola, 79 - tel. 4880530
opening hours: 9a.m.-2p.m., Sun and holidays 9a.m.-1p.m.; closed Monday
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PALAZZO MASSIMO
It contains the section of ancient art - archaeological findes of Roman age from II century b.C. to IV century a.C.: statuary, bronzes, frescos and mosaics - and the numismatic section - ancient money, medieval and modern, diggins, seals, medals, gems and jewels of classical age - of Museo Nazionale Romano
Piazza dei Cinquecento, 67 - Tel. 06.48903500
opening hours: 9 a.m. - 6.45 p.m.; Sunday and public holidays 9 a.m. - 7.45 p.m.; closed on Monday.

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· MODERN COMUNAL GALLERY
It is housed in a former convent of the discalced Carmelites, here we can admire works of art of the last two centuries; among others: Rodin, Balla, De Pisis, Prampolini, Carrà.
Via F. Crispi, 24 - tel. 4742848
opening hours: 9a.m.-6.30p.m.; Sun and holidays 9a.m.-1.30p.m. - closed Monday
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Museo della Casina delle Civette
In addition to the work making up the furnishings of the Casina delle Civette ( or the Swiss Cottage of the Owls), the municipal superintendency has, over the years, acquired numerous other stain glass windows by the same artists and even greater number of designs and sketches, of which some have been used for the windows of the Casina delle Civette.
Via Nomentana, 70 - 00161 (Villa Torlonia) - tel. 06.44250072
opening hours:
From 1 april to 30 september
from 9 am. to 7 pm. Closed on mondays
From 1 0ctober to 31 march
from 9 am. to 5 pm. Closed on mondays
Pubblic Transport: 36, 36b,37, 60, 62, 136, 137 ; Metro B (Bologna)

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· GALLERY OF THE NATIONAL ACCADEMY OF ST. LUCA
One of Rome's most prestigious galleries, in Rome, housed in an art academy that dates back to 1478.It displays works of classic art by Raffaello, Canova , Van Dyck, Tiziano, il Guercino, il Sassoferrato, Reni and Pietro da Cortona. Of particular note is the large white decoration by the courtyard's portico, which was conceived by Borromini.
Via dell'Accademia di S. Luca, 77 - tel. 06.6798904
opening hours: Mon.-Wed.-Fri. 10a.m.-12.30a.m. From Sept. 15 until June 30.
How to arrive: Bus 62, 492, 204, 116, 119, 61, 56, 95, 52, 60, 58, 71, 53, 81, 58b.

· DORIA PAMPHILI GALLERY
Inside the majestic residence that was constructed between the 16th and 19th centuries is one of the most distinguished private collections of art, including works by Caravaggio, Tiziano, Raffaello, Velázquez, Lippi, Lotto, Rubens, Guercino, Reni, Parmigianino and Brueghel. The Galleria was reopend in December 1996 after a complete renovation, from the structure, to the exspository settings, to the furnishing.
Piazza del Collegio Romano, 2 - tel. 06.6797323
opening hours 10a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Thursday private apartments opening hours: 10.30 - 12.00
Entrance:
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· NATIONAL GALLERY OF ANTIQUE ART IN PALAZZO BARBERINI
An extensive collection of works of art dating back to the XV up to the XIX century ( Raffaello, Tiziano, Lotto and Caravaggio).
Palazzo Barberini, Via IV Fontane, 13 - tel. 4814430
opening hours: 9a.m.-2p.m.; closed Monday

· MODERN NATIONAL GALLERY

It houses the most important collection of Italian paintings and scuptures of the XIX and XX century.We can admire the masterpieces of the artists belonging to the most famous modern and contemporary cultural and artistic movements. There you can admire artists such as Courbet, Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, Cezanne and Klimt. The 19th century is covered by works ranging from neo-classical period to purist and historical Romanticism, from the "paesaggismo" of the early Neapolitan School to late Romanticism and Realism. Works in the Tuscan Macchiaoli style, Divisionism and end of century Electicism are also on display.
The 20th century is represented by works of the italian and foreign historical avant - garde, the great 19th century masters, the second Futurism, the Roman School and the "Forma 1" group as well as contemporary artists of the second half of the century.

Viale delle Belle Arti, 131 - tel. 06.322981
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; Sun and holidays 9a.m.-1p.m. - closed Mondays.

PALAZZO CORSINI

Paintings of XIV - XVII centuries. Among the most important artists there are Beato Angelico, Rubens, Poussin.

Via della Lungara, 10 - Tel. 06.32810
Hours: 9a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sat. 9a.m - 2p.m.; public holidays 9a.m. - 1p.m.; closed on monday.

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Museo dell' Immagine Fotografica e delle Arti Visuali (MIFAV)
More than 150 photographers exhibit their works. The Museum does not have a permanent collection. Works can be seen free by recquest and by appointement. In addition, the museum provides an information service about the museum itself and photography in general, distributes the tri-monthly review F&D electronically, and has Internet connections with other Museums and Galleries throughout the world.
Università di Roma
Tor Vergata - Via Della Ricerca Scientifica
Tel: 06.72594524 - 4470
hOW TO ARRIVE: bUS 500, METRO A (Anagnina)

· MUSEUM OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
A museum of national interest for its richness and variety of archeological findings:
precious kits found in Longobard tombs, building material, marble furnishings, pottery, cloths and also imported jewels.
Via Lincoln, 3 - tel. 5915656
opening hours: 9a.m.-2p.m.; Sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1p.m.
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Museo Mario Praz
Named after a famous contemporary scholar of English literature, the House-Museum is a permanent exhibition, in which collection of approximately 1,400 works ( sculptures, paintings, miniatures, and highly refined objects d'art) are on display.
Palazzo Primoli, Via Zanardeli, 1 (Center)
Tel. 06.6861089
Bus: 70, 87, 90, 186, 492
Visiting Hours: 9 am - 1 pm / 2.30 pm- 6.30 pm; Mon 2.30 - 6.30 pm
Guided Tours are required and are offered every hour; reservations recommended; Entrance: 4.000 L.


· National Museum of Palazzo Venezia
This Museum was once the majestic papal residence of the Venetian Pope Paul II (Pietro Barbo ) (1464 - 1471), an avid collector and ideal initiator of the building's museumm and artistic destiny. Founded in 1921, the museum focuses its interests on the so-called "applied arts". Its collections were formed starting from an initial core group of sculptures and other art works coming from Castel Sant'Angelo, the National Gallery of Ancient Art, and the Collections of the nearby Museo del Collegio Romano, founded in the 17th century by the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher. The Artistic Material of the original collection consisted mainly of Medieval and Renaissance works, specimens from particular sectors of decorative art such as small bronzes, enamel work, and ceramics produced in Italy. Following sizeable bequests and numerous public and private donations, the Museum of Palazzo Venezia gradually came to distinguish itself as a major museum of applied arts.
opening hours: 9a.m.-2p.m.; Sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1p.m. -closed Monday
Free: less than 18 and over 60 years old
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· NAPOLEONIC MUSEUM
After the restoration and embellishment works it was recently reopened to the public.Museum displays Napoleonic relics, family keepsakes and works of art collected by Count Giuseppe Primoli, a descedent on the female side of the Bonaparte family. The museum holds a particulary important collection of graphic works (designs, water colours and prints), old books from private libraries of Bonaparte and manuscripts.
Piazza di Ponte Umberto Primo - tel. 68806286
opening hours: 9a.m -7p.m.; Sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1.30p.m. - closed Monday
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· Palazzo delle Esposizioni
The history of the exhibitions presented by the Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a nutshel account of the vicissitudes and problems of Italian art in this century. The Palazzo delle Esposizioni was inaugurated with the Esposizione Internazionale di Belle Arti ( 21 January - 1 July 1883) the first exhibition in Italy.The Palazzo delle Esposizioni was closed for restoration and re-opened in 1990.
Via Nazionale,194
opening hours: Wednesdays to Sundays 10 am. to 9 pm. closed on Tuesdays
Public Transport: Buses: 57, 64, 65, 70, 71, 75, 81, 170, 117 Metro: A (Reppublica), B (Cavour))
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Museum del Purgatorio
One of the smallest and most anomalous Italian museums is comprised of a few glass showcases attached to the wall , in a corner near the sacrisity of the Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio. Surrounded by buildings that seem to want to suffocate it, the church is easily distinguisable by its neogothic style. The collection includes testimony to the existence of relationship between the living and the dead: various objects were collected throughout Europe by the French missionary Father Jouet with the aim of recalling the devotion of the faithful to their holy spirit.
Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio
Lungotevere Prati 12, Tel. 06.6865261
Buses: 34, 49, 70, 87, 186, 280, 492, 913, 926, 990,
Hours:7.30 am - 10 am; 5pm-7pm. Free Admission.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ORIENTAL ART
Accomodated inside Palazzo Brancaccio, and recentely took back at its original magnificent appearance, Museum is today the most important Italian collection of oriental art.
VIA MERULANA 248, TEL. 06.4874415
HOURS: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Tue. and Thu. 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.; public holidays 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.; closed the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month.

Local History

CANONICA MUSEUM
The room of the Museum houses numerous works by the sculptor Canonica. It is also possible to visit the beautifully decorated apartment in which the artist lived, nineteenth-century Piedmontese paintings and Flemish tapestries, as well as the studio of the sculptor with his working tools, which has remained untouched since his death.
The 17th- century - building of the "Gallinaro", better known as Fortezuola, was garanted by the city of Rome to the sculptor Pietro Canonica in the early decades of this century, following the restructuring work carried out by Asprucci in the eighteenth century. Before his death , the artist donated his works to the city, so that they could be held in a museum dedicated to him
Canonica Museum
Viale Pietro Canonica, 2 (Piazza di Siena) - tel.06.8842279
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 9am - 7pm. Holidays 9am - 1.30 pm. Closed Mondays
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MUSEUM OF THE JEWISH COMUNITY OF ROME
The "Permanent Exhibition of The Jewish Comunity of Rome" is worth a visit, especially if you are accompanied by the explanations given by a museum guide. Very small, located inside the Synagogue, and divided into sections, the museum starts with 1555 bill with which Pope Paul IV instituted the sealing of the Jews into the "ghetto". Texsts, illustrations, ceremonial silver , furnishing and ancient fabrics bear witness to this historical tragedy as well as other salient stages in the lifes of the Jewish People in Rome. Completed in 1904 with Assyrian - Babylonian features, the Synagouge can be visited only via the Museum..
Lungotevere de' Cenci (Center) Tel. 06.6875051.
Buses: 15, 23, 713, 95, 57
Opening Hours: 9.30 am - 1.30 pm.; 2pm- 5 pm.; Friday until 2 pm.; Sun. until 12.30 pm. closed Sat. and Jewish holidays.
Guided tours for groups and schools by appointment
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· MUSEUM OF MUSIC INSTRUMENTS
About three thousand different instruments which help us to reconstruct the history from the first antique instruments to those of our century.
Odd sections dedicated to exotic and portable instruments.
P.zza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 9/a - tel. 7014796
opening hours: 9a.m -7p.m.; closed Monday
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· MUSEUM OF FOLKLOR AND ROMAN POETS
Characteristic and unique, we can admire paintings with scenes off Roman daily life and the reconstruction of tipical popular houses dating back to the XVIII and XIX century. Aquarelle by E. Roasler Franz.
P.zza S. Egidio, 1/B - tel.5816563
opening hours: 9a.m.-1p.m.; Tue. and Thurs also from 5p.m.-7.30p.m.;Sun. and holiday 9a.m.-12.30a.m. closed Monday
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· MUSEUM OF POPULAR ART AND CUSTOMS
It is the only museum which collects dates, documents and objects belonging to the material, ritual and ceremonial culture of the Italian popular world.
P.zza Marconi, 10 - tel. 5816563
opening hours: 9a.m. -2p.m.; Sun. and holiday 9a.m.- 1p.m.
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· WAXWORKS
A funny museum where you can admire 250 statues of famous
people and the reconstruction of historic scenes.
P.zza SS. Apostoli, 67 - tel. 6796482
opening hours: 9a.m. - 8p.m.
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· MUSEUM OF CRIMINOLOGY
Evidences of the history of punishment and imprisonment from
the ancient times up to nowadays: guillotine, torture instruments.
Via del Gonfalone, 29 - tel. 6868849
Tue.-Wed.-Fri.-Sat.: 9a.m.-1p.m.; Tue. and Thu. also 2.30p.m.-630p.m. - closed Sun. and Mon.
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· MUSEUM OF ROME
Collection of paintings, sculptures and different objects of the Roman
Medieval and modern history.
P.zza San Pantaleo - tel. 68802713
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; Sun and holiday 9a.m.-1p.m. - closed Monday

"PIGORINI" NATIONAL PREHISTORIC AND ETHNOLOGIC MUSEUM
Numerous legacies coming from private collections characterize these rooms
At the first floor we can admire the ethnografic section, divided per continent. At the second floor we find the prehistoric and the protohistoric section. These sections are constantly brought up to date thanks to findings coming from all over Italy.
Piazza Marconi, 14 - tel. 5910702/5923057
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; Sun and holiday 9a.m.-1p.m. - closed Monday
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· NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF SPAGHETTI AND PASTA
A unique museum in the world, it shows a rich patrimony of the history
of pasta with its relative machinery, objects and documents.
P.zza Scanderberg, 117 - tel. 6991119
opening hours: 9.30a.m.-12.30p.m. / 6p.m.-7p.m. every day.
Earphones with guide in 6 languages, every visitor will receive a little
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ROMAN CIVILIZATION MUSEUM - MUSEO DELLA CIVILTA' ROMANA

The approximately 4.000 items on view in the museum of Roman civilisation comprise chalk casts of statues, busts, bas - reliefs and inscriptions as well as plastic model reconstructions of Roman buildings and urban settings in Rome and provinces of the empire and reproductionsa of objects of everyday use.
P.zza Agnelli, 10 - tel. 5926135
opening hours: 9a.m.-7p.m.; sun. and holidays 9a.m.-1p.m.; closed Monday
Free: less than 18 and over 60 years old

- Civic Museum of Zoology
Situated inside the Zoological Gardens, the Civic Museum of Zoology has a collection of over four million exhibits shown in 18 different rooms.
Especialy noteworthy are its rich collections from the Roman countryside, molluscs, birds and insects, as well as palaentology collection,
The museum also houses one of the most important vertebrate osteology collections in Europe, including spectacular exhibits such as a blue whale over 15 meters in length and an African elephant. Two standing exhibitions are prepared called "Bestial loves" and "Boundary living".
Civic Museum of Zoology
Via Aldrovandi, 18 - Tel. 06.3216586
Opening Hours: 9am-5 pm, Sundays and Holidays 9 am - 2 pm; Closed Mondays
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EGYPTIAN MUSEUM: epigraphic collection of documents about the Egyptian funerary customs; sculptures coming from Hadrian's villa in Tivoli.
CHIARAMONTI GALLERY: Greek and Roman art. Divided in three parts: the Chiaramonti, the Lapidary Gallery and the New Whing which preserves, among others, Eros who draws the bow, a copy of the original by Lisippo.
PIUS-CLEMENTINE MUSEUM: one of the most important collections of Roman-Greek sculptures; it preserves, among others, Apoxyomenos, a copy of the bronze original by Lisippo (IV century. b.C.); Apollo by Belvedere, a copy of the bronze original of the IV century b. C.; Laocoon, a copy of the Greek original of the I century and Torso by Belvedere, a copy of the original by the Athenian Apollonios Nestor, who had lived in Rome during the I century b.C.
ETRUSCAN MUSEUM: a collection of objects which belonged to the old pre-Roman civilizations which lived in Rome and Latium, it is one of the most important of the world.
VATICAN PICTURE GALLERY: a huge collection of paintings from the late Middle Ages to the XVII century. Here you can admire some of the most important works of the western art, among others the politician Stefaneschi, Giotto's unique painting in Rome; Christ in front of Pilatus, St. John the Baptist, St. Peter by Pietro Lorenzetti; histories of St. Nicholas from Bari by Gentile da Fabriano; parts of the fresco that decorated the apse of the church Ss. Apostoli di Melozzo da Forlì; Transfiguration and Madonna of Foligno by Raffaello; St. Jerome by Leonardo da Vinci; Deposition by Caravaggio.

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COOPERATIVA "IL SOGNO"
Viale Regina Margherita, 192 - 00198 ROMA
Tel. +39/06/85.30.17.58 - Fax +39/06/85.30.17.56
Email : ilsogno@romeguide.it