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Showing posts with label Trevi Fountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trevi Fountain. Show all posts
5 February 2022

La dolce vita - cinematic masterpiece

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Commentary on decadence of 1950s Rome saw Fellini hailed as a genius Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in the most famous scene from Fel...
13 December 2018

Pope Sixtus V

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Pontiff who cleaned up and rebuilt Rome and reformed church Pope Sixtus V introduced a programme of measures to tackle Rome's prob...
7 September 2018

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli – poet

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Sonnet writer satirised life in 19th century Rome Giuseppe Gioachino Belli's poems often poked  fun at the Roman Catholic church ...
16 June 2018

Pietro Bracci - sculptor

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Artist best known for Oceanus statue at Trevi Fountain Pietro Bracci's statue, Oceanus, is the centrepiece of the Trevi Fountain i...
8 February 2018

Nicola Salvi – architect

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Creator of Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain The Trevi Fountain was Nicola Salvi's masterpiece The architect Nicola Salvi, famous ...
28 September 2017

Marcello Mastroianni – actor

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Film star who immortalised the Trevi Fountain Marcello Mastroianni was an star of Italian cinema for more than 45 years Marcello...
22 May 2017

Trevi Fountain inaugurated

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Famous fountain now helps raise money for the poor The Trevi Fountain was opened by Pope Clement XIII Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountai...
24 February 2017

Sandro Pertini - popular president

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Man of the people who fought Fascism Sandro Pertini (right) congratulates coach Enzo Bearzot after Italy won the World Cup in Spain...
1 March 2016

Luigi Vanvitelli – architect

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Neapolitan genius drew up a grand design for his royal client Giacinto Diano's portrait of Luigi Vanvitelli, which is housed at th...