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The holiday season in Rome officially begins on December 8, with the Feast of the Immaculata, celebrated by the pope, who crowns the head of the Virgin Mary's statue in Piazza di Spagna and continues through the Feast of the Ephiphany on January 6, celebrated with toys and gifts for the kids and, of course, a big meal.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

At the Parco della Musica
Via Coubertin (Flaminio)
tel 06 199 109 783
www.listicket.it tel 892 982

Belcea Quartet
with Valentin Erben, cello
The quartet has twice received the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music Ensemble. They are the Associate Ensemble at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London and are Quartet in Residence at the Atheneum Concert Hall in Bucharest. They record for the EMI label.
Music by Haydn, Shostakovich, Schubert
Sala Sinopoli, Friday, December 4, 8:30 pm

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano, conducting, with Mitsuko Uchida piano
One of the world's most esteemed pianists, Uchida won Grammy awards for her recordings of the complete Mozart piano sonatas, the Debussy Etudes, and the Schoenberg Piano Concerto. In April 2008, BBC Music Magazine presented her its Instrumentalist of the Year and Disc of the Year award. Beethoven: Piano Concerto n. 5 "Emperor"
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Sala Santa Cecilia, Saturday, December 5, 6 pm; Monday, December 7, 9 pm; Tuesday, December-8, 7:30 pm

Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
with Luigi Piovano, cello and Francesco Bossone, bassoon
Music by Luchesi, Haydn, Mozart
Sala Sinopoli, Friday, December 11, 8:30 pm

Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Kent Nagano, conducting with Benedetto Lupo piano
Lupo won the bronze medal in the 1989 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He has performed with leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony.
Mozart: Piano Concerto 23 K. 488
Stravinski: The Firebird
Sala Santa Cecilia, Saturday, December 12, 6 pm;
Monday, December 14, 9 pm; Tuesday, December 15, 7:30 pm

London Symphony Orchestra, Valerij Gergiev conducting
Concert benefiting FAI, the foundation that works to protect Italy's architectural heritage. One of the leading conductors of his generation Gergiev heads the Marinsky Theater Saint Petersburg and is principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera New York.
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet overture
Ravel:- Pavane pour une infante défunte
Debussy: Jeux
Stravinsky: Jeu des cartes
Ravel: Boléro
Sala Santa Cecilia, Wednesday, December 16, 9 pm

King's Singers
The Grammy award-winning a cappella choir formed at King's College Cambridge in 1968 presents their traditional Christmas concert, with music by Orlando di Lasso, Heinrich Schütz, Ivan Moody, Juan de Padilla, Max Reger, Arvo Pärt, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Christmas carols.
Sala Sinopoli, Friday, December 18, 8:30 pm

Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Antonio Pappano conducting with soloists Olga Guryakova soprano, Dmytro Popov tenor, Albert Dohmen bass. Guryakova has performed leading roles at La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera and other leading houses.
Rachmaninoff: The Bells
Rachmaninoff: Symphony n. 2
Sala Santa Cecilia, Saturday, December 19, 6 pm; Monday, December 21, 9 pm; Tuesday, December 22, 7:30 pm

Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Renato Balsadonna conducting
Christmas concert with music by Bach, Resphighi, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Händel and traditional Christmas songs.
Sala Santa Cecilia, Tuesday, December 23, 8:30 pm

At the Auditorium della Conciliazione
Via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
tel 899 5000 55

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Luiz Fernando Malheiro conducting
Borodin: Prince Igor Overture
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Brahms: Symphony n. 3 in F major op. 90
Sunday, December 6, 5:30 pm and Monday, December 7, 8:30 pm

Francesco La Vecchia conducting
Beethoven: Symphony n. 6 in F major op. 68 "Pastorale"
Beethoven: Symphony n. 7 in A major op. 92
Sunday, December 13, 5:30 pm and Monday, December 14, 8:30 pm

Francesco La Vecchia conducting, Anita Selvaggio soprano
Beethoven: Coriolanus Overture, op. 62
Beethoven: "Ah perfido!" Concert aria for soprano and orchestra op. 65
Beethoven: Symphony n. 8 in F major op. 93
Sunday, Deccember 20, 5:30 pm and Monday, Decemer 21, 8:30 pm

Lior Shambadal conducting
Dvorak: Symphony n. 9 in E minor "From the New World"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Stravinsky: Suite from the Firebird ballet
Sunday, January 3, 5:30 pm and Monday, January 4, 8:30 pm

Orchestra Filarmonica di Bogato
Emin Guven Yaslicam conducting, Maria Kliegel cello
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue for Strings K546
Elgar: Concerto in E minor, op. 85 for cello and orchestra
Borodin: Symphony n. 4 in A minor "Unfinshed"
Sunday, January 10, 5:30 pm and Monday, January 11, 8:30 pm

At the Aula Magna
Piazzzale Aldo Moro (San Lorenzo)
tel 06 49 91
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Till Fellner piano
The third in a series in which Fellner performs the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven. Fellner has performed with leading orchestras worldwide. He records for the ECM label.
Saturday, December 12, 5:30 pm

National Symphonic Orchestra of Ukraine, Kiev
Vladimir Sirenko conducting, Giuseppe Albanese piano
Rachmaninov: Concerto n. 2 in C minor op. 18
Schumann: Symphony n. 3 in E flat major op. 97
January 12, 8:30 pm

Rome Baroque Festival
A series of concerts in historic spaces.
www.romafestivalbarocco.it

Chiesa di S. Luigi de' Francesi
Piazza San Luigi dei Francesi, 20 (near Piazza Navona)
Mondo Novo Holland perform arias and sacred cantatas from 17th century Rome. Thursday, December 3, 9 pm

Istituto Pontificio di Musica Sacra
Bob van Asperen, harpsichord
Friday, December 4, 9 pm

Basilica di San Eustachio
Piazza di San Eustachio (near the Pantheon)
Bob van Asperen, organ
Sunday, December 6, 8:30 pm

Musei Capitolini, Sala del Marco Aurelio
London Baroque with soprano Emma Kirkby. "Händel in Rome"
Sunday, December 7, 9 pm

Musei Capitolini, Sala del Marco Aurelio
Ensemble Lacrime Amorose "Le Cantate solistiche a Roma nel seicento"
Wednesday, December 9, 9 pm

Basilica di S. Apollinare
Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 49 (near Piazza Navona)
Mass in Latin, with Giovannelli's Mass for three choruses of 12 voices, performed by the Ensemble Festina Lente
Saturday, December 12, 6:30 pm and Sunday, December 13, 7 pm

Istituto Pontificio di Musica Sacra
Piazza di San Agostino, 20a (near Piazza Navona)
Evangelina Mascardi, baroque guitar and Lincoln Almad, Jesuit harp
Tuesday, December 15, 8:30 pm

Chiesa di S. Luigi de' Francesi
Piazza San Luigi dei Francesi, 20 (near Piazza Navona)
L'Arte dell'Arco:" Friends and rivals in the court of Queen Cristina of Sweden"
Wednesday, December 16, 9 pm

Chiesa di S. Maria dell'Anima
Via Santa Maria dell'Anima (Piazza Navona)
Musica Antiqua Latina, Händel in Rome
Thursday, December 17, 9:30 pm

Palazzo della Cancelleria
Piazza della Cancelleria (near Campo de' Fiori)
Ensemble Ricercare Antico" Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, a German in Rome.
Saturday, December 19, 9 pm

OPERA, DANCE & THEATER
Christmas

Dunas
One of the most exciting contemporary dancer-choreographers, S. Larbi Cherkaoui, teams up with the flamenco virtusoso Maria Pagés in a unique dance dialogue. Presented by the RomaEuropa Festival.
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano (Flaminio)
Wednesday, December 2, 9 pm
tel 06 326 5991 romaeuropa.net

Philip Glass: The Witches of Venice
With libretto and images by Beni Montressor. A ballet-opera for children and adults, in which a little prince searches for a little girl like himself, encountering would-be captors, dark passageways and other obstacles along the way.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Saturday, December 5, 9 pm; Sunday, December 6, 6 pm; Monday, December 7, 9 pm. tel 892 982

The Russian Army Chorus and Dancers
A popular attraction, in Rome every year during the holidays.
Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione (Vatican)
Saturday, December 5
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Certi Notti
Performed by the respected Aterballeto company of Reggio Emilio, the principal producing and touring dance company in Italy, with music by the Italian star Luciano Ligabue, based on a song from his 1995 album "Happy Birthday, Elvis".
Teatro Argentina, Largo Argentina
Thursday, December 17 - Sunday, December 20, 9 pm
www.teatrodiroma.net

La Traviata
The most recent Zefirelli production, a lavish affair, is revived for the holidays. The draw this time is the star power of tenor Fabio Armiliato and soprano Daniela Dessi.
Teatro dell Opera di Roma
Piazza Beniamino Gigli (Esquilino)
Friday, December 18 - Thursday, Deccember 31.
tel 06 48 16 02 55

Lo Schiaccianoci (The Nutcracker)
It's that time again. The traditional version of Tchaikovsky's ballet is performed by the Orchestra and Corp de Ballet of the Teatro dell Opera di Roma.
Teatro Nazionale, Via del Viminale (Esquilino)
Tuesday, December 13- Thursday, December 31
tel 06 48 16 02 55

Lo Schiaccianoci (The Nutcracker)
Performed by the Balletto di Roma, in a modern version with choreography by Mario Piazza to Tchaikovsky's music
Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano
Thursday, January 7

Lo Schiaccianoci (The Nutcracker)
This one performed by the Croatian National Ballet, with the original Petipa choreography.
Teatro Sistina, Via Sistina 129
Monday-Tuesday, January 11-12
www.ilsistina.com

For kids of all ages at Christmas
Natale al Parco della Musica
The park around the Auditorium turns into a Christmas wonderland December 5-January 6. The grounds are merrily decorated with lights, the area pedonale will be transformed into a skating rink, and a Christmas village with goodies for sale, as well as all sorts of surprises, appears on the grounds.
Skating rink: Open through February 8 . Entrance €8
Junior Orchestra and Children's Chorus: Two fine ensembles, the JuniOrchestra and the Voci Bianche perform a series of holiday concerts.
Christmas music at Sala Petrassi, Wednesday, December 9, 7:30 pm
Sala Santa Cecilia, Saturday, December 19, 9 pm
tel 892 982 www.listicket.it

Christmas Market in Piazza Navona
Each year, the Piazza Navona is filled with stands selling Christmas decorations, the ubiquitous old lady known as "La Befana" who delivers gifts on the day of the Epiphany, goodies to eat, gifts of all kinds, and little rides for little kids. December 1- January 6.

Christmas Market at Piazza Mastai

Presepi: The Italian Christmas Crêche
The presepe is almost more iconic than the Christmas tree, here in Italy, and there are displays all over Rome. At Sala del Bramante in Piazza del Popolo 1, the annual display of 100 Presepi is already open daily through January 6, 9:30 am - 8 pm.

Il Canto di Natale: Burattini di San Carlino
A masterful marionette show, in Italian, based on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," performed in the puppet theater on the grounds of the Borghese Gardens. Viale dei Bambini, Tuesday, December 8, 11:30 am and 4:30 pm; Saturday, December 12, 4:30 pm; Sunday, December 13, 11:30 am and 4:30 pm; Sunday, December 20, 11:30 am. On December 20, there will be a special Christmas party, complete with a visit from Babo Natale, 4:30 pm. The Nutcracker will be performed puppet-style, December 26, 4:30 pm and December 27, 11:30 am and 4:30 pm. €6,50 www.sancarlino.it

Disney Live!
Palalottomatica, Piazzale dello Sport (Eur)
Wednesday-Thursday, December 2-3, 7:30 pm; Friday, December 4, 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm; Saturday-Sunday, December 5-6, 11:30 am; 3:30 and 7:30 pm.
www.greenticket.it

Golden Circus
Liana Orfei is back in Rome with her popular circus, a traditional affair with lions, tigers and tight rope walkers.
Tendastrice, Via Giorgio Perlasca 69
December 23 -January 10 (with a New Year's Eve gala)

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ART MUSEUMS

Boldini e gli italiani a Parigi. Tra realtà e impressione
A group exhibition of the works of Giovanni Boldini, Giuseppe De Nittis, Federico Zandomeneghi and other Italian artists who sojourned in Paris during the second half of the 19th century, traces the artistic maturation of these artists while investigating their attraction to the mythical era of Paris as captured in portraiture, paintings of cafes, theaters, boulevards scenes and ateliers.
Dart - Chiostro del Bramante, Arco Della Pace 5 (near Piazza Navona)
Tuesday-Sunday, 10 am-8 pm; through March 2010 tel 06 688 09035

Marianne Werefkin - L'amazzone dell'avanguadia
One of the principal figures of modern art, Marianne Werefkin (Russia 1860 - Germany,1938) was known as the Russian Rembrandt. Her innovative spirit helped stir the course of art at the onset of the 20th century. In 1909, along with Jawlensky, Erbsloh, Kandinsky, Franz Marc, Gabriele Munter and others, Werefkin helped found and was the driving force behind Blaue Reiter (1909), the artistic movement that laid the foundation for the birth of abstract art. This exhibition is comprised of 50 paintings 12 drawings. 20 note pads of sketches and one diary.
Museo di Roma in Trastevere Piazza Di Sant'Egidio 1b
Tuesday- Sunday 10am-8pm; through February 14, 2010
Also at this museum: the photography of Elliot Erwitt.

Roma. Fotografie di Elliott Erwitt
French-born Russian photographer, Elliott Erwitt adopted the United States as his home in 1939. During the 1950s, he worked under the umbrella of Magnum, the photographic agency founded by Robert Capra and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Erwitt's photographs cover a variety of genres, ranging from social content, industrial photography, photo-journalism, portraits, and publicity to urban scenes.
Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Piazza San Egidio 10
Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am-7 pm; through January 31, 2010

Marino Mazzacurati - La felicità della compiutezza espressiva
This exhibition, celebrating the artworks of Marino Mazzacurati (Bologna,1908-Parma 1969) also signals his contribution to an important period in Italian Art, the years between 1920 and 1930. Mazzacurti, along with fellow artists Scipione and Mafai, helped found "La Scuola Romana" and the publication Fronte, which was a towering voice promoting the best of figurative art and Italian literature.
Casino Dei Principi, Villa Torlonia, Via Nomentana 70
Tuesday-Sunday 9 am-2 pm; through February 21, 2010

Disegno e Design - Brevetti e Creatività italiani
The exhibition focuses on a century of Italian innovation and celebrates Italy's role as the matriarch of design. A display of objects, documented materials and models allow visitors to examine the mechanism behind the trademark, "Made In Italy".
Museo Dell'Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusta (near Piazza del Popolo)
Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am-7 pm; through January 31, 2010
Also at this museum, Giacomo Balla.

Giacomo Balla - Genio futurista
An extraordinary exhibition focusing on the genius of Futurist artist Balla. The installation is centered around an arazzo, a painting woven into tapestry, measuring 279 cm by 381 cm, on loan from the private collection of designer Laura Bigiotti. The work was first exhibited in 1925 at the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. This historic piece, as well as 200 paintings on loan, offer a rare opportunity to view a large body of Balla's work.
Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusto (near Piazza del Popolo)
Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am - 7 pm; through January 31, 2010.
Open December 24 and January 31, 9 am - 2 pm. Closed December 25.

Via Libera - Viva la libertà and Apocalypse Wow!
Presented contemporaneously at MACRO Future and Ex-Mattioli, in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, the exhibitions relate art and society to that historic occasion through multi-media production, paintings, sculptures, installations, documents and television news segments.
Macro Future - Ex Mattatoio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani (Testaccio)
Tuesday-Sunday 4 pm - midnight; though January 31, 2010

Africa: Una nuova storia
An exhibition of more than 80 works in painting, sculpture, installation and video selected from the portfolios of 30 artists born in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Complesso Del Vittoriano , Via Di San Pietro In Carcere (Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday-Sunday, 9:30 am-7:30 pm; through January 17 2010 tel 06 678 0363
At the same museum: Dada and Surrealism, see below.

La riscoperta di Dada e Surrealismo
One of the most ambitious exhibitions of these two historic movements in recent times, the show is comprised of 500 works in oil, sculpture, ready made, assemblage, collage and automatic drawing, accompanied by posters announcing the events and exhibitions that heralded these movements, which were a subversive and evolutionary departure, disrupting the artistic avant-garde of the 20th century.
Complesso Vittoriano, Via Di San Pietro in Carcere (Via dei Fori Imperiali at Piazza Venezia)
Monday-Thursday, 9:30 am-7:30 pm; Friday-Saturday, 9:30 am -10:30 pm; Sunday 9:30 am-8:30 pm; through February 7, 2010 tel 06 678 0363

Niki de Saint-Phalle
A retrospective of more than 100 works by the painter, sculptor, writer and performance artist, marking the first showing of her work in Rome. The show traces the development of this artist, who experimented continuously throughout her career. The Tiri, a series of action paintings achieved through the technique of "shooting" with paint, sacks and gesso, brought her to the attention of the international art scene. She later became known for her "Nana" sculptures, voluminous women who represent the feminine universe.
Museo Fondazione Roma, Via del Corso 320
Tuesday-Sunday, 10 am-8 pm; through January 7, 2010

Grace Kelly - Principessa di Monaco
This exhibition captures the extraordinary moments and diverse aspects detailing the life of a marvelous woman. Curated by Frédéric Mitterrand, the exhibition unfolds like a familiar family album, replete with memories. Selected works of internationally celebrated photographers Howell Conant, Cecil Beaton and Irving Penn add the narrative to Kelly's life as she moved from the studios of Hollywood to life as the princess of Monaco.
Palazzo Ruspoli, Via Del Corso 418
Tuesday-Thursday, 10 am-7:30 pm; Friday-Saturday-Sunday, 10 am-8:30 pm;
through February 28, 2010 tel 06 687 4704

Jan Fabre - Metamorfosi dell'Artista
( Omaggio a Jacques Mesrine)
New works in video, sculpture, photography and drawing reflect the artist's interest in the human body. These works relate to a performance at the Louvre in 2008 entitled "Art kept me out of jail / Homage to Jacques Mesrine", one of France's most wanted criminals. A violent gangster who claimed to have killed 43 people and staged a jailbreak from every prison in which he was incarcerated.
MAM - Magazzino D'Arte Moderno, Via Dei Prefetti 17
Tuesday-Friday 11 am-3 pm; Saturday 11 am-1 pm and 4-8 pm; through December 12 tel 06 687 5951

Matteo Ricci (1552-1610)- Ai Crinali
Commemorating 400 years since the death of Father Matteo Ricci (Macerato, 1552 - Peking, 1610) the highly acclaimed cultural ambassador and Jesuit priest who forged a new evangelical relationship between the Western Christian community and Chinese culture. The exhibition is comprised of 150 works that include paintings, documents, correspondence and artifacts.
Braccio Di Carlo Magno, Piazza di San Pietro (Vatican)
through January 2010

La Guerra a colori
A selection of 70 color photographs from the "Great War" fought in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Asia from 1914-1918. The exhibit includes a selection of images by German war photographer and correspondent Hans Hildenbrand; French, Australian and American photographers and Russian photographer ProKudin-Gorski. The photographs, which have been kept in state archives, are on public view for the first time in Italy.
Palazzo Incontro, Via Dei Prefetti 22 (historic center)
Tuesday-Sunday 10 am-7 pm; through January 6, 2010

Galileo cose mai viste (things never seen).
Fascino e travaglio di un nuovo sguardo sul mondo
Concluding a yearlong roster of events celebrating 400 years since Galileo's 1st observation.
Palazzo della Cancelleria, Piazza della Cancelleria (near Campo de' Fiori)
Tuesday-Sunday 9 am-7 pm; through January 31,2010

Lancelot-Théodore Turpin de Crissé - (1782-1859).
Disegni romani dalle collezioni del Louvre
From the Louvre's permanent collection of over 100 works, a selection of 24 drawings depicting urban scenes, bridges, the Tiber river, palaces and other scenes of Rome during the artist's many brief sojourns in the city during the early decades of the 19th century.
Museo Mario Praz, Via Giuseppe Zanardelli 1 (near Piazza Navona)
Monday 2:30-6:30 pm; Tuesday-Sunday 9 am-1pm and 2:30-6:30 pm; through February 2010 tel 06 322 1579

Caravaggio / Bacon
Galleria Borghese celebrates 500 years since the death of Caravaggio and 100 years since the birth of Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. Twenty of Caravaggio's most celebrated works are shown along side 10 works of Francis Bacon. The exhibition aims to drawn parallels between the intensity and inventiveness both artists expressed in their works, their revolutionary interpretation of the human figure and their extraordinary depiction of torment.
Galleria Borghese Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5
Tuesday - Sunday 9 am-7 pm; through January 24, 2010.
Reservations necessary.

Jan Fabre - Le temps emprunté
Belgian artist Fabre is considered one of the most complex and irreverent among his contemporaries. The exhibition includes sketches elaborated with 10 large photographs, among which are works of Robert Mapplethorpe and Helmut Newton. Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera Di Villa Borghese,
Viale Fiorello La Guardia 4
Tuesday-Sunday 9 am-7 pm; through January 31, 2010

Maxxi vede la luce - Tobias Rehbergerfont-family:
A light installation created by Tobias Rehberger, this year's recipient of Leone d'oro (best artist exhibiting) at the Biennale Venezia.
Maxxi - Museo Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 6 (Flaminio)
Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am-7 pm; through January 10, 2010
tel 06 321 012181

Calder
The artist's iconic mobile sculptures realized from iron wire, bronze sculptures, gouache, drawings and works in oil.
Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Via Nazionale 194
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10 am-8 pm;
Friday-Saturday, 10 am-10:30 pm; through February 10, 2010

Astri e Particelle. Le parole dell'universo
Presented in concurrence with the closing celebration of the Anno Internazional dell'Astronomia e Galileiano (the International Year of Astronomy and Galileo), this exhibition emerges as a display of galactic special effects in two to three dimensions.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni Via Nazionale 194 (Esquilino)
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10 am-8 pm; Friday, Saturday, 10 am-10:30 pm; through February 14, 20

Michelangelo Buonarroti - Architetto a Roma
A unique opportunity to view Michelangelo's plans for projects executed in Rome. The works include drawings and plans for Saint Peter's; two of the most powerful works projected for the Sistine Chapel, the Creation of Adam and The Last Judgement; as well as plans for the splendid Palazzo Farnese (the inner courtyard), the Capitoline Square and the majestic Porta Pia.
Capitoline Museum, Piazza Campidoglio
Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am-8 pm; through February 10, 2010

Il Potere e la grazia
An exhibition dedicated to the patron saints of Europe.
Palazzo Venezia, Via del Plebiscito 118 (Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday- Sunday, 9:30 am -7pm; through January 10, 20

Antonio Tamburro - Il Senso del Tempo
A selection of paintings by Antonio Tamburro (Ischia 1948-), created in the past thirty years. Palazzo Venezia, Via del Plebiscito 118 (Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 am - 7 pm; December 19 - January 13

Roma: La Pittura di un Impero
This exhibition frames the complexity of Roman painting while emphasizing the artistic level reached during a pivotal period in western civilization. Beginning with the advent of Julius Ceasar in the 1st century BC and following through the 4th century AD, this exhibition charts the rise, development and expansion of the Roman Empire.
Scuderie del Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio
10 am-10:30 pm; through January 17, 2010