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January 2009 is an intense month from a cultural point of view for participating in various exhibitions of various kinds.
If we begin by talking about John Bellini, who according to Albrecht Durer, is the best painter of all. There is a monographic exhibition dedicated to the teams of the Quirinale which will last until Tuesday 11 January. It is the first exhibition of the artist after that of Venice 1949 and roughly a three quarters of his work will be exhibited from his sacred and secular works. Entry is permitted from Sunday to Thursday from 10:00am til 20:00pm and Friday and Saturday from 10:00am to 22:30pm, via XXIV, Maggio 16. For more information, please refer to the Quirinale site.
Up until 25th January, you could have seen art from the twentieth century, this time starring the protagonist Giorgio de Chirico and his works. About 100 paintings and drawings were exhibited at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. The artistic journey is divided into 6 thematic sections: Mythology and Archeology, copying (with paintings made up of a large model of the past), The large painting, the d’apr?s by Rubens (where exhibited for the first time all the works belonging to the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico), the Neometafisica (which are painted in the very personal style) The drawings (also inspired by the old masters).

There are two interesting monographic exhibitions on two leading figures of Italian and European history.
Until April 5, the exhibition about Julius Caesar continues and it is called “people, exploitation and the myth.” This is an exhibition about who Julius Caesar really was, and which legends arose about him. For example, there are lots of myths about Caesar, whose reputation has kept him in the public mind over the centuries, thanks to a flourishing amount of literature on him and thanks to the cinema in the last century. The exhibition, in Via della Pace in Rome, is open daily from 10 to 20 except Saturday and Sunday, when it remains open until 21:00 pm but is closed on Mondays. The ticket costs 10 euros, 7 euros for concessions.
And until 6th January, another interesting exhibition of a religious nature will be held in the Vatican at the Braccio di Carlo Magno and is dedicated to the historical figure of “Eugenio Pacelli”, Pope Pius XII. It tries to teach the general public about this figure, through unpublished writings by the pope, and photographs, personal objects and works of art. It then retraces his life, starting from childhood, through education, the family environment and the path of religion, his call to service in the Holy See for 19 long years.

To be able to participate in these and many other exhibitions in the city, it is advisable to book one of the various appartamenti a Roma. An appartamento a Roma is the ideal solution for living in the city.