Journeys of The Spirit Festival - Rome

The second edition of JOSP Fest will take place at the "Nuova Fiera di Roma" and will begin January 14 to 17 involving all the different religious realities of the world and the idea to explore and discover the heritage and the proposals that the world Spiritual journeys can offer.

JOSP Fest, Journeys of the Spirit Festival, is in fact the event which promotes the experience related to the "journey of the spirit" (International Festival of the spiritual journey). The festival is a pilgrimage through places and cultures, and is a way to discover what the world can offer to those who are really motivated to travel and learn.

The Festival, after the 2009 edition, he decided to turn the public young and old, and operators. The real innovation in its genre is that it focuses not only on pilgrimages, but also the deepening of the inner journey that these can offer.

The Festival, with its large exhibition, spaces within the new Fiera di Roma and allows visitors to communicate with the many realities of the world to participate in a cultural exchange of ideas, information and promotions for those who want to take these "journeys of Spirit ", with an eye on the dynamic aspects of such an experience can give.

Inside JOSP numerous initiatives in art and music, through a wide variety of programs, conferences and shows.

In addition, the exhibitors as institutions for promoting tourism, travel agencies, sanctuaries, reception facilities, transportation companies and the international media not only promote their products and their offerings, but also will work with a team of B2Bworkshop selected customers who will support and develop their presence in the world of tourism.

Informations: accoglienza@jospfest.com

Tel. 06 69896325,242.

Website: www.jospfest.com

Michelangelo architect in Rome

Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the greatest exponents of the Italian Renaissance, he left his indelible imprint in the enchanting city of Rome. It deals with exceptional works such as the Basilica di San Pietro, Piazza del Campidoglio, Porta Pia, the Palazzo Farnese, the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, the Church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini and the Sforza Chapel. The exhibition "Michelangelo architect in Rome" will show the genius of an artist who was divided between the art of Rome and Florence. Through more than one hundred works, including models, portraits, autographed drawings, old prints, original documents and volumes will cover the full history of Michelangelo's art.

The 17 chronological sections of the exhibition "Michelangelo architect in Rome" starts from the relationship with Pope Julius II della Rovere, and his tomb, which occupied him until his last day, at the big order of Paul III Farnese as corrections to the Piazza del Capitol, before moving on to finish the Palazzo Farnese and the great role of the architect of the Fabbrica di San Pietro. Not to mention the plans for the church of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini and Porta Pia, the Sforza Chapel of Our Lady of the Assumption in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and the amendments to the Baths of Diocletian.

Besides the exhibition, there are a series of guided tours to Michelangelo's places in the weekends or in Christmas.

The exhibition "Michelangelo architect in Rome" is designed by the Associazione Culturale Metamorfosi, under the High Patronage of the Italian President, promoted by the Ministry for Arts and Cultural Affairs, City of Rome, Department for Cultural Policy and Communication, Committee on Culture, National Heritage Superintendence, the Lazio Region, the Province of Rome, the museum services of Zètema Culture Project and with the collaboration of banks Treasurer of the City of Rome, the Fondazione Guglielmo Giordano and Fondazione Lars Magnus Ericsson.

Info

Location: Capitoline Museums - Palazzo dei Caffarelli - Piazza del Campidoglio, 1 - Roma

Period: 6 October 2009 - February 7, 2010

Hours: 9.00-20.00 (every day), Monday closed

Admission: € 6,00 full - € 4.00 reduced

Tel: 060608 (infos and reservations)

Note: The ticket office closes one hour earlier. Prices shown are for only entrance to the exhibition. The integrated museum + exhibition ticket costs € 9.00 (€ 7,00 reduced).

Christmas and New Year - Auditorium in Rome

Like every year in the capital, "Christmas and New Year's at Auditorium” is a great event over a month, running through all the winter holidays, offering a village that can entertain children and adults, including shows, games, concerts, performances, food, Festival of Chocolate, sweet puppets and other surprises

From 05 December 2009 to 06 January 2010 in the vast pedestrian spaces constructed and arranged to recreate the idyllic atmosphere of a nordic fairy tale: a huge Christmas tree, small wooden chalets, as the house where Santa will be photographed with children in the most classic Christmas memories, while the horses of a beautiful vintage carousel will turn into a vortex of lights. In addition, the Auditorium will host the traditional Christmas ice rink which this year grew and shifts in the pedestrian area, becoming a real Ice Park for children and adults where you can skate all day. Do not miss the impressive trade show in Caravanserraglio Christmas shopping for unusual merchandise.

Scheduled many shows and projects of the great names of the show like The Witches of Venice by Philip Glass, "QPGA" by Claudio Baglioni, “Sarà come l’Arca di Noè” by Massimo Popolizio, the puppets of "Tradimenti e Fedeltà" by Mimmo Cuticchio, but also the Nativity and the puppets of the festival “Le Mani” by Luzzati.