Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia
The Villa Giulia, a collection of courtyards, loggias and gardens, is home to the world’s primary collection of Etruscan treasures. The Museum is housed in the Villa of Pope Julius III or Villa Giulia, built from a design by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola between 1551 and 1553. Best among the sculptures is the group of “Apollo and Herakles", other highlights are the “Sarcophagus of a married couple” from Ceveteri and the “Cistae” recovered from tombs around Praeneste. Take buses No. 19, 30, 52, 926. Admission fee: £ 8.000
address: Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
openings: weekdays 9 am - 2pm, sun 9 am - 1pm, mon closed
tel: 3201951 or 3201993
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open: Tues-Sat 10-18:10 and Sun 10-14:00.
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
The Palazzo delle Belle Arti houses the National Gallery of Modern Art, the most important collection extant of 19th and 20th century Italian art founded in 1883. The National Gallery of Modern Art includes works of Balla, Morandi, Pirandello, Carrà, De Chirico, De Pisis, Guttuso, Fontana, Burri, Mastroianni, Turcato, Kandisky, Cézanne, etc.
Take buses: 926, 19, 306 Admission fee: £ 8.000
address: Via delle Belle Arti, 113
openings: tue - sat 9am - 6.30pm, sun and holidays 9am - noon, closed mon
tel: 3224152 or 3224153
Rome - Getting There
All ways lead to Rome - like the Romans said. This is more or less still true today. by car:
You can easily reach Rome by car. Four motorways lead to the urban ring road (A 12 from Fiumicino - west, A 1 from Firenze and Orvieto - north, A 24 from northeast which includes A 25 from Pescara, A 1 from Napoli - south). Using the motorways costs a fee of about 10.000 ITL per 100 km. Motor-way Informations you can get at 'Società Autostrade', Tel. 39/6/43632121 (24 hour service)
by air:
Airport Leonardo da Vinci, generally known as
