The Evening of a Princess: my European Heritage Day :3
As I mentioned earlier, yesterday I tried to take part to the European Heritage Day: museums were free to access (or you had to pay 1 euro for entrance), open 'til 2400 and some events and shows were organized almost everywhere.
I was really tired when I got back from work, but I really wanted to check a few places :3
My pick were the Museums of Villa Torlonia (as there was an exhibition that I wanted to look since for ever and these are the last day it's up), Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Spada.
"Unfortunately" I could visit only the first place as I couldn't organize things properly to visit everything, but I presented myself an interesting theatrical rendition of the Eneid by a group of Sicilian actors-- But let's go in order--
I talked about Villa Torlonia and its lovely attractions already on this post on my Rome's Blog, this time I profitted of the discounted entrance to visit the other tiny museums in there.
First was the Casino dei Principi, where I enjoyed the exhibition about Paolo Antonio Paschetto.
I love the design of the late '800/early '900, and it was lovely to discover about this artist-- I'll visit the churches decorated by him!
The exhibition was a tribute to the work of Paschetto for the Casina delle Civette.
I couldn't take pictures here, so this report is over already D:
Then, I visited the Casino Nobile, the main residence of the Torlonia.
To take a peek to these tiny "country houses" of the most powerful families of Rome is always a blast XD
Here it was possible to take pictures, so here you go:
This was one of the bathrooms. It was inspired by Pompeiian stuff and the paintings on the walls (it's oil painting instead of good ol' fresco... How weird!) celebrate Venus.
The main hall was a ballroom:
The frescoes here celebrate Cupid. It was a bit disturbing to see this spot dedicated to Jupiter/Cupid:
I saw this in another room, and I wondered about the tastes of the Prince... But I guess that it was an allegory of sort, rather than an invitation to pedophily x'D
Another cute room, dedicated to Italian poets and artists--
FUCK YEAH, DANTE!
On the first floor, further cool rooms!
One of my favourites, the Room of Bacchus:
The other one is the Room of Alexander (it's dedicated to Alexander the Great, but it's also a reference to Alessandro Torlonia)-- This room was used as a dining hall; the statues represent Apollo and the nine muses:
My attention was captured by this muse-- She looks pissed and she's holding some kind of knife! ...I wonder who she is D:
I really love Villa Torlonia, it's great to see what good job did the administration to fix and restore it.
I hope that the other spots of the park will be fixed and opened to the public too, expecially the Moresque Greenhouse and the area around the "fake ruins"!
After this I tried to reach Palazzo Barberini, but it was one of the few museums to not be open late at night D':
Considering the hour, I decided to get to Villa Giulia to see a theatrical piece about the Eneid, after a short break for dinner at a (extremely expensive, but I was hungry XD) cafe of Villa Borghese.
The actors are part of a little Sicilian company, focused on the appreciation of the territory.
Some of them were a bit mediocre, but it was an overall nice show, enriched by the wonderful scenery! I was glad that I managed to see it :D
Here are some pictures of the show:
After the show there were some guided tours to the museums of the Villa and a little exhibition of Sicilian artisans and artists, but I was practically half-asleep, so I just rushed to take the last tram XD
All in all it's been a fulfilling day, I'm just sorry that I had to skip on some places that I wanted to see ;_; Next time I'll organize myself better!
Originally posted at http://daeva-neesan.dreamwidth.org/560844.html
If you want, please comment there :3
I was really tired when I got back from work, but I really wanted to check a few places :3
My pick were the Museums of Villa Torlonia (as there was an exhibition that I wanted to look since for ever and these are the last day it's up), Palazzo Barberini and Palazzo Spada.
"Unfortunately" I could visit only the first place as I couldn't organize things properly to visit everything, but I presented myself an interesting theatrical rendition of the Eneid by a group of Sicilian actors-- But let's go in order--
I talked about Villa Torlonia and its lovely attractions already on this post on my Rome's Blog, this time I profitted of the discounted entrance to visit the other tiny museums in there.
First was the Casino dei Principi, where I enjoyed the exhibition about Paolo Antonio Paschetto.
I love the design of the late '800/early '900, and it was lovely to discover about this artist-- I'll visit the churches decorated by him!
The exhibition was a tribute to the work of Paschetto for the Casina delle Civette.
I couldn't take pictures here, so this report is over already D:
Then, I visited the Casino Nobile, the main residence of the Torlonia.
To take a peek to these tiny "country houses" of the most powerful families of Rome is always a blast XD
Here it was possible to take pictures, so here you go:
This was one of the bathrooms. It was inspired by Pompeiian stuff and the paintings on the walls (it's oil painting instead of good ol' fresco... How weird!) celebrate Venus.
The main hall was a ballroom:
The frescoes here celebrate Cupid. It was a bit disturbing to see this spot dedicated to Jupiter/Cupid:
I saw this in another room, and I wondered about the tastes of the Prince... But I guess that it was an allegory of sort, rather than an invitation to pedophily x'D
Another cute room, dedicated to Italian poets and artists--
FUCK YEAH, DANTE!
On the first floor, further cool rooms!
One of my favourites, the Room of Bacchus:
The other one is the Room of Alexander (it's dedicated to Alexander the Great, but it's also a reference to Alessandro Torlonia)-- This room was used as a dining hall; the statues represent Apollo and the nine muses:
My attention was captured by this muse-- She looks pissed and she's holding some kind of knife! ...I wonder who she is D:
I really love Villa Torlonia, it's great to see what good job did the administration to fix and restore it.
I hope that the other spots of the park will be fixed and opened to the public too, expecially the Moresque Greenhouse and the area around the "fake ruins"!
After this I tried to reach Palazzo Barberini, but it was one of the few museums to not be open late at night D':
Considering the hour, I decided to get to Villa Giulia to see a theatrical piece about the Eneid, after a short break for dinner at a (extremely expensive, but I was hungry XD) cafe of Villa Borghese.
The actors are part of a little Sicilian company, focused on the appreciation of the territory.
Some of them were a bit mediocre, but it was an overall nice show, enriched by the wonderful scenery! I was glad that I managed to see it :D
Here are some pictures of the show:
After the show there were some guided tours to the museums of the Villa and a little exhibition of Sicilian artisans and artists, but I was practically half-asleep, so I just rushed to take the last tram XD
All in all it's been a fulfilling day, I'm just sorry that I had to skip on some places that I wanted to see ;_; Next time I'll organize myself better!
Originally posted at http://daeva-neesan.dreamwidth.org/560844.html
If you want, please comment there :3