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The documentary is the behind the scenes of the birth of the Bulgari luxury hotel in Piazza Augusto Imperatore in Rome and tells the story of how the hotel has evolved from a 1930s government building designed by Benito Mussolini to the five-star hotel it is today, thanks to the Italian craftsmanship involved [2]
The University of Vermont (UVM), [a] officially titled as University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. [7] Founded in 1791, the university is the oldest in Vermont and the fifth-oldest in New England , making it among the oldest in the United States.
EUR (Italian:) is a residential area and the major business district in Rome, Italy, part of the Municipio IX.. The area was originally chosen in the 1930s as the site for the 1942 World's Fair which Benito Mussolini planned to open to celebrate twenty years of Fascism, the letters EUR standing for Esposizione Universale Roma ("Rome Universal Exposition").
The Quarters of Rome (Italian: quartieri di Roma) are the areas in and around the Italian city of Rome which became urbanised after the foundation of the last city-centre rione, Prati. They form the second level of administrative sub-divisions of Roma Capitale. Together they cover 171.38 km 2 and hold 1483913 inhabitants. [1]
Albergo Roma (Hotel Rome) is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Ugo Chiti. [1] It was screened at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival, in which Chiti won the Kodak Award. [2] For her performance Lucia Poli won a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actress. [2]
The Villa Giulia is a villa in Rome, Italy.It is named after Pope Julius III, who had it built in 1551–1553 on what was then the edge of the city.Today it is publicly owned, and houses the Museo Nazionale Etrusco, a collection of Etruscan art and artifacts.
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti (1475–1564), known as Michelangelo, was a Renaissance artist and architect. He was commissioned by Pope Paul III to rebuild the Piazza del Campidoglio because the pope wanted a symbol of the new Rome to impress Charles V, who was expected to visit Rome in 1538.
Piazza del Popolo is a large urban square in Rome.The name in modern Italian literally means "People's Square", but historically it derives from the poplars (populus in Latin, pioppo in Italian) after which the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, in the northeast corner of the piazza, takes its name.