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p.5 Rome, open city
Rome was declared open on 14 August 1943 by the
Italian government following the cessation of Allied
bombing. For 24 March 1944 open cities.

p.7 CULTURE
The capital is full of museums where you can discov-
er ancient Rome, secular and sacred works as well as
popular traditions, without forgetting contemporary

p.9 DESTINATION
With its unparalleled history, Rome is the third most
visited city in Europe and the fourteenth worldwide.

Medici, a separate villa

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 TAXI
GUILD
T wo apps, ChiamaTaxi
(iOS/Android) and Free-
Now (iOS/Android), offer
a convenient alternative to
calling a taxi. Both apps fea-
ture user-friendly interfaces,
similar to Uber, and include
map functions. Another app,
itTaxi, is available but tends to
be unreliable.

F or tipping, the practice

is not customary for
taxi drivers in Rome. How-
ever, gratuities are always
appreciated by drivers who
provide exceptional ser-
vice, such as being friendly
and assisting with luggage.
It is common for satisfied
passengers to round up the
fare displayed on the meter
as a tip.

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 REGARD
The French novelist Bertrand Visage, a keen observer of the Eternal City,

Rome
delivers his very personal memory of a city which was once also a little bit
his own.

OPEN CITY
Ancient myth:
In the old districts
of the capital, old
models of the little
Fiat Cinquecento
still often brighten
up the streets.

Sublime view:
From the terrace of the Capitoline museums, the Marcellus
theater dominates the panorama and the Champ de Mars.

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 Rome
The title refers to the sta-
tus of Rome as an open city
following its declaration
as such on 14 August 1943.
The film is the first in Rosse-
lini’s “Neorealist Trilogy”, fol-
lowed by Paisan (1946) and
Germany, Year Zero (1948).
6 the city with the help of a Catholic priest.
OPEN CITY
Rome, Open City (Italian: Roma città aper-
ta), also released as Open City,[2] is a 1945
Italian neorealist war drama film directed
by Roberto Rossellini and co-written by
Sergio Amidei, Celeste Negarville and Fed-
erico Fellini. Set in Rome in 1944, the film
follows a diverse group of characters cop-
ing under the Nazi occupation, and centers
on a Resistance fighter trying to escape
Open City is considered one
of the most important and
representative works of Italian
neorealism, and an important
stepping stone for Italian film-
making as a whole. It was one
of the first post-war Italian
pictures to gain major acclaim
and accolades internationally,
CULTURE
THE NEIGHBORHOODS
The capital is full of museums
where you can discover ancient
Rome, secular and sacred works as
well as popular traditions, without

ITALY CULTURE
forgetting contemporary art. The

HAND GESTURES
main elements of Italian culture
are its art, music, cinema, style,
and food. Italy was the birthplace
of opera,and for generations the
language of opera was Italian, ir-
respective of the nationality of the
composer. Italy had a significant
presence in the development of
Classical music, birthing Baroque
music, many forms of musical com-
position such as the Symphony, the
Sonata and the Concerto, as well as
many important composers. Italy
is known for its lively folk dances.

O ne of my favorite things to do in Rome

is sit at a cafe on the piazza, sip on a
spritz and watch Italians talk to each oth-
er. Their hands move just as quickly as they
speak — a kind of conversational dance. I was eating
gelato when I learned that some of these gestures ac

The ‘finger purse’ ges-

When to do it: when the person you’re talking to says
something silly or asks you to do something stupid
or dangerous. What to say: Ma cosa stai dicendo?
(“What are you talking about?”), Ma cosa vuoi [da
me]? (“What do you want [from me]?”), Dici sul serio?
(“Are you serious?”) and actually many more.

Origin: no one knows, but the most common theory

is that the hand is trying to grab something but fails
to do so. This symbolizes a person who tries to grasp a
meaning but can’t. 7
 W ith its unparalleled history, Rome is the
DESTINATION third most visited city in Europe and the
fourteenth worldwide. It attracts visitors from all
over the world who are impatient to discover the
city’s impressive monuments and archaeological
sites; not to mention its renowned cuisine and its
lively atmosphere.When exploring the Colosse-
um, visitors will easily imagine how the gladia-
tors fought for their lives in the arena, cheered
by the crowd. In the Circus Maximus, travelers
will picture the chariots crashing into each other
in order to be first in the race, and in the Roman
Forum visualize what the Roman public life was
like.

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Rome
The
FACE
In 1544, the date of the first plan to save the ancient city,
modern Rome was about to be born... while it rediscovered
its historical monuments described here by a most imaginary
citizen of the period In the 16th century, we see a relaunch of
earlier unfinished projects which leads to improved
precision in the description of places and monuments. In
1551, some thirty years after Raphael’s

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Insider’s Rome
T he Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group
of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio,
on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the
museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing
on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelan-
gelo in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years.

The history of the museum

can be traced to 1471, when
Pope Sixtus IV donated a
collection of important an-
cient bronzes to the people
of Rome and located them
on the Capitoline Hill. Since
then, the museums’ collec-
tion has grown to include
many ancient Roman stat-
ues, inscriptions, and other
artifacts; a collection of me-
dieval and Renaissance art;
and collections of jewels,
coins, and other items. The
museums are owned and
operated by the munici-
pality of Rome.
T h e statue of a
mounted rider in the centre of the piazza is of Emperor
Marcus Aurelius. It is a copy, the original be- ing housed
on-site in the Capitoline museum.
Opened to the public in 1734 under Clem- ent XII,
the Capitoline Museums are considered one of
the oldest museums in the world, un- der-
stood as a place where art could be e n -
joyed by all and not only by the own- e r .
The beginning of the museum may be found
in 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV gave t h e
people of Rome a collection of signifi- cant
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ROME SYMBOL
Facade of the
Pantheon
T
he name “Pantheon” is from
the Ancient Greek “Pantheion”
(Πάνθειον) meaning “of, relating to,
or common to all the gods”: (pan-
/ “παν-” meaning “all” + theion /
“θεῖον”= meaning “of or sacred to
a god”).Cassius Dio, a Roman sena-
tor who wrote in Greek, speculated
that the name comes either from the
statues of many gods placed around
this building, or from the resem-
blance of the dome to the heavens.
His uncertainty strongly suggests
that “Pantheon” (or Pantheum) was
merely a nickname, not the formal
name of the building.In fact, the
concept of a pantheon dedicated to
all the gods is questionable. The only
definite pantheon recorded earlier
than Agrippa’s was at Antioch in
Syria, though it is only mentioned
by a sixth-century source.Ziegler
 WHERE ROME COME FROM?
Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma [roma] )
is the capital city of Italy. It is also the
capital of the Lazio region, the centre
of the Metropolitan City of Rome, and
a special comune named Comune di
TREVI Roma Capitale. With 2,860,009 res-
THE FOUNTAIN idents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi),[2]
Rome is the country’s most populat-
ed comune and the third most pop-

T he fountain, at the
junction of three
roads (tre vie),marks
ulous city in the European Union

the terminal point of the The

ORGINAL NAME
name of the fountain derives from the
The aq- Etymology
Latin word trivium (intersection of three ueduct is
“modern” Acqua Vergine— streets). The statue is located right in the
According to the Ancient Romans’
center of Via De’Crocicchi, Via Poli and
still in use
the revived Aqua Virgo, founding myth,[20] the name Roma
interventions during which
one of the aqueducts that came from the city’s founder and first
the fountain remained empty.
supplied water to ancient king, Romulus.However, it is possible
Calcium-free water is thought
Rome. In 19 BC, supposed- that the name Romulus was actually de-
to be one of the causes. In
ly with the help of a virgin, rived from Rome itself.[21] As early as the
1629, Pope Urban VIII, finding
Roman technicians located 4th century, there have been alternative
the earlier fountain insuffi-
a source of pure water some
ciently dramatic, asked Gian
13 km (8.1 mi) from the city.
Lorenzo Bernini to sketch Legend of the founding of Rome
However, the eventual indi-
possible renovations, but Traditional stories handed down by the
rect route of the aqueduct
the project was abandoned ancient Romans themselves explain the
made its length some 22 km
when the Pope died. Though earliest history of their city in terms of
legend and myth. The most familiar of
these myths, and perhaps the most fa-
mous of all Roman myths, is the story
Piazza of Romulus and Remus, the twins who
were suckled by a she-wolf.[20] They
del Po- decided to build a city, but after an ar-
gument, Romulus killed his brother and

polo
the city took his name. According to the
Roman annalists, this happened on 21
April 753 BC.[25] This legend had to be
Piazza del Popo- reconciled with a dual tradition, set ear-
lo is a large urban lier in time, that had the Trojan refugee
square in Rome. Aeneas escape to Italy and found the
The name in mod- line of Romans through his son Iulus,
ern Italian literally the namesake of the Julio-Claudian dy-
means “People’s nasty.[26] This was accomplished by the
Square”, but his- Roman poet Virgil in the first century
torically it derives BC. In addition, Strabo mentions an old-
er story, that the city was an Arcadian
Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its colony founded by Evander. Strabo also
name.The piazza lies inside the northern gate in the Aurelian Walls, writes that Lucius Coelius Antipater be-
once the Porta Flaminia of ancient Rome, and now called the Porta lieved that Rome was founded by Greeks
del Popolo. This was the starting point of the Via Flaminia, the road to After the foundation by Romulus ac-
Ariminum (modern-day Rimini) and the most important route to the cording to a legend.Rome was ruled
north. At the same time, before the age of railroads, it was the traveller’s for a period of 244 years by a monarchi-
first view of Rome upon arrival. For centuries, the Piazza del Popolo
was a place for public executions, the last of which took place in 1826.
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TO
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YOU
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ABOUT

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Author:Trần Hồ Quỳnh Anh

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Student Code: SS170177

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