Museums in Italy

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St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is open for free visits
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 18:36
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St. Peter's Square has acquired worldwide fame due to the fact, that on this square located unique St. Peter's Basilica. St. Peter's Basilica (Basilica di San Pietro)-is a Roman Catholic cathedral, which is the largest construction of Vatican, which very long time considered as largest Christian church in the world. The total height of St. Peter's Basilica is 136 meters, but the St. Peter's Basilica is so capacious, that while there may be up to 60 thousand people. In the St. Peter's Basilica visitors can also look for free a paintings and sculptures of well-known Italian masters: Michelangelo, Raphael, Bramante and others. Visit of St. Peter's Square and St. Peter's Basilica can using the map, which is shown on the top of this article. On the map also indicated the name of the nearest Rome metro stations, from which a few minutes to reach St. Peter's Square.

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Juliet's House and Museum (Casa di Giulietta) in Verona, Italy - address and map
Saturday, 30 July 2011 17:31

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Fans of the famous Shakespeare play, as well as all those that seek reciprocity in love, can visit Juliet's House (Casa di Giulietta) in Verona, Italy. Near Juliet's House located a bronze statue of Juliet, according to legend, it is necessary to touch the statue, and then the mutuality of love will be provided. In the Juliet's House any visitor can write her a letter, asking for luck in love affairs. Get to the Juliet's House in Verona can be using the map, which shown at the top of the article, just show it to any taxi driver in Verona.

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Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) in Florence, Italy – is a collection of paintings by top artists: address and map
Sunday, 07 August 2011 19:49

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In this museum you can see paintings by Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo (that is in the Uffizi's famous tondo depicting the Holy Family), Caravaggio. Also, leave no one indifferent a superb examples of art of antiquity, as well as paintings of French, German, Dutch and Flemish artists. Get to the Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi) in Florence, Italy can be using the map, which shown at the top of this article- simply show it to any taxi driver in Florence. Official site of the Uffizi Gallery: http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/uffizi/

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Museum of the History of Science and Museum of Galileo in Florence, Italy- address, map, websit
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 06:04

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Museum of the History of Science (Museo di Storia della Scienza) - is the most famous museum of science and technology museum in Florence, Italy. In Museum of the History of Science provide an opportunity to see what looked like the search for scientific knowledge from ancient times until today. When viewed from the old both European and Arab instruments museum staff recommends the collection of astrolabes (one of the oldest scientific instruments used in astronomy), beautiful sundial and compass, which likely belonged to Michelangelo Buonarroti. Inside the Science Museum in Florence there is another museum - the Museum of Galileo, where can be viewed the tools created by Galileo Galilei. Visitors can look the maps and globes, created in XVI-XVIII centuries, but also see the first microscopes, thermometers, barometers and other scientific instruments created in XVI-XVIII centuries. Get to the Museum of the History of Science and Museum of Galileo in Florence, Italy can be using the map, which shown at the top of the article - just show it to any taxi driver in Florence. Official website of Museum of the History of Science and Museum of Galileo in Florence: http://galileo.imss.firenze.it

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National Museum of prehistory and ethnography - Luigi Pigorini in Rome, Italy

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National Museum of prehistory and ethnography Luigi Pigorini (Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini") – is a unique museum, that assembled one of Europe's largest collections of artifacts from the Neolithic- Lake Bracciano, and the collection of Athanasius Kircher. Get to the National Museum of prehistory and ethnography can be using the map, which shown at the top of the article- just show this map to any taxi driver in Rome. Official website of the National Museum of prehistory and ethnography: http://www.pigorini.arti.beniculturali.it/

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National Gallery of Modern Art - Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy
Monday, 22 August 2011 21:22

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National Gallery of Modern Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, GNAM) – is a famous art museum in Rome, where in 75 halls, visitors can see more than 5,000 paintings and sculptures of various epochs. The museum also contains the largest collection of Italian painting of XIX-XX centuries. Get to the National Gallery of Modern Art can be using the map, which shown at the top of the article- just show this map to any taxi driver in Rome. Official website of the National Gallery of Modern Art: http://www.gnam.beniculturali.it/

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National Gallery of ancient art - art gallery in Rome, Italy
Monday, 22 August 2011 21:24

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National Gallery of ancient art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica) – is an art gallery in Rome, which is located in two buildings - Palazzo Barberini and the Palazzo Corsini. In the National Gallery of ancient art located paintings by Caravaggio, Holbein, Raphael, Poussin, Tintoretto, Titian, Guido Reni, Rubens, Murillo. Get to the National Gallery of ancient art can be using the map, which shown at the top of the article- just show this map to any taxi driver in Rome. Official website of the National Gallery of ancient art: http://www.galleriaborghese.it/barberini/it/default.htm

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Apple museum will open in Savona, Italy
Thursday, 13 October 2011 10:14

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The largest Apple museum in the world will open in September 2012 in Savona, Italy. Alessio Ferraro, founder of the Apple museum, will present to the general public around 7000 exhibits, dedicated to the company Apple - from the earliest to the latest developments in computer technology, most of which are still in working condition. Museum address indicated on the map at the top of the this article. Among the exhibits you will see the legendary computer Lisa, Macintosh 128K, the first ever in the world of Computer-mouse, the first CD-player, the first color printer.

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Bridge of Sighs and Doge's Palace in Venice - the address on map
Monday, 05 December 2011 20:16


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In Venice, Italy completed the restoration of the famous Bridge of Sighs and Doge's Palace (see the map at the top of this article), which lasted nearly three years, but now tourists can visit these monuments of Venice. According to the mayor of Venice, the Bridge of Sighs was built by Antonio Conti in 1602 for connection of the Palace of the Doges, which was located in the courtroom, with the building of the local prison. The Doge's Palace in Venice - a monument of Italian Gothic architecture of the 14th century, construction was begun more than seven hundred years ago- in 1309. The Doge's Palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice and the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice.

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The Colosseum in Rome, Italy - address on the map
Friday, 20 January 2012 23:19

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The Colosseum is the most ambitious building of ancient Rome, it is believed that it was discovered over 1930 years back. The Colosseum is oval in shape with a length of 188 meters, width of 156 meters and height of 48.5 meters, the total number of seats for spectators- almost 50 thousand. The stones of which the Colosseum was built, connecting only with iron cramps, without use of a solution. Get to the Colosseum in Rome can be with the map, which shown at the top of this article- simply show it to any taxi driver.