BASILICA OF ST. CLEMENTE
Half Day Tour in Rome
The Basilica of San Clemente is not just another church in Rome, it is unique! Its magnificent frescoes and its 12th century mosaic depicting "The Cross as the Tree of Life" will engage both your mind and heart. Following the steps down to the underground level you can travel back in time and visit a 4th century basilica quite perfectly preserved, and after that, going even deeper to the Roman level, you will discover a former pagan temple dedicated to the Persian god Mithras .......
VILLA FARNESINA
Half Day Tour in Rome
Villa Farnesina, in the heart of Trastevere, is the right place if you want to breathe the atmosphere of a real Renaissance residence. His owner, the banker Agostino Chigi (1466-1520), was the wealthiest man of his days, a great patron of arts and a big party lover. His villa was designed according to Vitruvius principles by the fashionable architect and painter Baldassarre Peruzzi, and the fresco decoration was realized by his good friend ........
BEATO ANGELICO IN CONVENT OF ST.MARCO
Half Day Tour in Florence
Although it may not be as famous as the Uffizi Gallery or the Accademia, the Museo Nazionale di San Marco (the San Marco Museum) is certainly one of the top museums in Florence and the only almost entirely dedicated to Fra Angelico, a leading figure in the early Renaissance painting and also a patron for Catholic artists, for he was beatified in 1982 by pope John Paul II. As a Dominican friar, Fra Angelico had an insight knowledge of the religious themes and his paintings were renowned for their profound spirituality ........
GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
Half Day Tour in Venice
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice is the most important museum for contemporary art in Italy. It is housed in Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th century palace on the Grand Canal that was once the residence of the wealthy art patron and collector Peggy Guggenheim. The museum's permanent collection contains works by the most famous European and American artists of the first half of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock and Alexander Calder......