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17/04/2019
Borghese Gallery works: masterpieces you can’t miss

BORGHESE GALLERY WORKS: THE MASTERPIECES YOU MUST SEE Borghese Gallery works and marvels of one of the most fascinating museums in Italy. Surrounded by the largest park in Rome, it houses the works of the stunning art collection of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, favourite nephew of Pope Paul V, and patron of many artists from the […]

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13/04/2019
Tower of Pisa tickets: how to book and skip the line

TOWER OF PISA TICKETS: HOW TO BOOK AND SKIP THE LINE What do you need to know about Tower of Pisa, tickets, reservations and a visit to the most famous leaning tower in the world? I wrote this post to answer this question that anyone asks before going to Pisa and to help you plan your visit with […]

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03/04/2019
The Uffizi Gallery: works, tickets, history and everything you should know

Index Tickets History of the museum Works THE UFFIZI GALLERY: WORKS, TICKETS, HISTORY AND EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW Which work of art does come into your mind first if you think of the Uffizi Gallery? Do you think of Botticelli’s Venus or of Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo or a masterpiece by Titian? I believe that the […]

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20/03/2019
Prado tickets: how to buy your ticket to skip the line

PRADO TICKETS: WHERE AND HOW TO BUY YOUR TICKET TO SKIP THE LINE Prado tickets. Visiting the Prado Museum means taking a trip into Spanish history and art. The works of art, in fact, come from the collections of the sovereigns of the Spaniards who, over the centuries, have bought or commissioned some of the most […]

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08/03/2019
Small museums in Paris you can’t miss: artist’s studios

SMALL MUSEUMS IN PARIS YOU MUST SEE TO DISCOVER THE PLACES WHERE GREAT ARTISTS CREATED THEIR WORKS OF ART Small museums in Paris are not crowded and are little known, but in most cases are pervaded by the unique atmosphere of a city that for a long time was the point of reference for the […]

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06/03/2019
Prado works: what you must see

PRADO WORKS: WHAT YOU MUST SEE Prado works and masterpieces of one of Spain’s most important museums and the unmissable destination for anyone who wants to visit Madrid. I’ve already written a post about the Prado Museum where I defined this museum the expression of the taste and personality of the various sovereigns of Spain and now I want […]

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27/02/2019
Centre Pompidou tickets: how to buy your ticket to skip the line

CENTRE POMPIDOU TICKETS: WHERE AND HOW TO BUY YOUR TICKET TO SKIP THE LINE Pompidou tickets. To visit the Center Pompidou you need to prepare for a total immersion in the art and culture of our time. In fact, it is not just a museum, but a cultural center where the visits to the permanent collection […]

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13/02/2019
Centre Pompidou works: what you must see

CENTRE POMPIDOU WORKS: WHAT YOU MUST SEE This post is dedicated to those who are going to visit Paris, and here you’ll find everything about the Centre Pompidou, works to see and how to arrange your visit to one of the most important collections of European modern and contemporary art in the world. In this post […]

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06/02/2019
Louvre works: what you must see

LOUVRE WORKS: WHAT YOU MUST SEE Louvre works and masterpiece of one of the world’s most famous and visited museums, an unmissable destination for art lovers. I’ve already told you how this wonderful museum was born in the post Louvre Museum: brief history of a museum and now I’ll make you discover the works you can’t miss before […]

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23/01/2019
St. Peter’s Basilica tickets: skip the line and what to see

ST. PETER’S BASILICA TICKETS: TICKETS AND WORKS St. Peter’s Basilica tickets. To visit St. Peter’s Basilica, it is necessary to know some important details that will allow you to plan a visit to the largest church in the world. The last time I visited St. Peter’s Basilica (a year ago) I was struck by the […]

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03/01/2019
Uffizi tickets: how to buy your ticket to skip the line

UFFIZI TICKETS: WHERE AND HOW TO BUY YOUR TICKET TO SKIP THE LINE Uffizi tickets: To visit the Uffizi Gallery organization is what you need, and if you buy in advance the tickets in order to avoid the endless line at the entrance, your visit will start off on the right foot. The advantage of booking tickets […]

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20/12/2018
Olivetti Showroom, a dip into nineteenth-century Venice

Water and light: symbols of Venice. This is the very reason we find them inside the Olivetti Showroom, a vintage dream in the historical heart of Piazza San Marco. There’s a rare gem in the middle of Piazza San Marco in Venice, which deserves to get more attention. A true architectural beauty built in the […]

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23/11/2018
Genoa, where to go: the best museums

GENOA WHERE TO GO: THE BEST MUSEUMS Genoa is full of history, traditions as well as museums. After telling you which museums you can’t miss in Genoa, in this post I want to give you some advice on the least known and unusual museums. To make this 24-hour tour, I bought the Genoa Museum Card, […]

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17/10/2018
Free museums in Madrid

FREE MUSEUMS IN MADRID Spain is a culturally rich country nation and not everybody knows that there are many free museums in Madrid. The museums have created this opportunity to allow Spanish citizens or regular tourists to admire their huge collections in many ways. In fact, the admission is free on specific days or at […]

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16/09/2018
Galleria Vittoria, Rome: an interview with Tiziano M. Todi

GALLERIA VITTORIA, ROME: AN INTERVIEW WITH TIZIANO M. TODI The Galleria Vittoria located in Via Margutta in Rome is one of those places which have livened up the Roman cultural environment since the 1970s. The first exhibition was that of Pericle Fazzini, author of the bronze sculpture depicting the “Resurrection of Christ” (1977) which is […]

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25/08/2018
Contini ART Gallery: an interview with Stefano Contini

CONTINI ART GALLERY: AN INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO CONTINI Contini Art Gallery in Venice. Just imagine … you’re entering an art gallery for the first time and you can’t help but be fascinated. Soon your astonishment at the works and artists on display, that you may know or not, will be replaced by an insatiable curiosity about […]

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09/08/2018
Art and communication: let’s give the floor to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

ART AND COMMUNICATION: LET’S GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM This interview with Elena Benarroch Vila, marketing manager at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, marks the beginning of a series of appointments dedicated to the theme Art and communication, aimed at examining the relationship that institutions dealing with culture have with their public. I tried to […]

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08/08/2018
Unmissable museums in Genoa

UNMISSABLE MUSEUMS IN GENOA YOU MUST VISIT AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME Art and history are the legs of a journey discovering the museums in Genoa I consider unmissable. Old and modern, between the sea and the mountains, Genoa is a city full of art, breathless landscapes and museums housing  the history of the […]

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01/08/2018
The Galata museo del mare in Genoa: the largest maritime museum in the mediterranean area

THE GALATA MUSEO DEL MARE IN GENOA: MY VISIT TO THE GALATA MUSEUM, THE LARGEST MARITIME MUSEUM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA If there’s a museum I go to every time I visit the coast of the Liguria region, that’s the Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa (The Galata Sea Museum). Here you can breathe the […]

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18/07/2018
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: works, tickets and opening times

RIJKSMUSEUM AMSTERDAM: WORKS, TICKETS AND OPENING TIMES The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam is the most important museum in the Netherlands and boasts the most fascinating collection dedicated to Flemish art. After a complete restoration, which lasted ten years, in 2013 the museum re-opened to the public, becoming the most visited museum in the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum displays over […]

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Robert Mapplethorpe. The Forms of Desire in Milan

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