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Bologna
Museum Passes
The city of Bologna, named "European City of Art" for
the year 2000 by the European Commission of Ministers
of Culture, has introduced one- and three-day museum passes.
One-day passes will cost 12,000 lire (about $7) and three-day
passes Lit. 16,000 (about $9). An integrated bus-and-museum
pass will be valid for unlimited travel on all the city
buses as well as entrances to all museums. It will set
the visitor back about $15.
What to see with your Bologna museum pass?
For instance, an exhibit of about 30 works by contemporary
artist Anselm Kiefer, at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna until
August 29. The exhibit, named "Shooting Stars," is open
daily except Mondays from 10 am to 6 pm and costs about
$5. The phone number for the Galleria d'Arte Moderna is
011-39-051-502859.
Phoenician
art and artifacts
will be on display at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in
Rome starting on April 16. The large exhibit includes
ceramics, jewelry, silver items, coins, and votive statues
on loan from museums in Sicily and Sardinia. Tuesday-Saturday
9 am-7 pm, Sunday 9 am-2 pm. Tickets are about $7. The
museum's phone number is 011-39-06-48903500. www.rcs.it
The well-known spa town of Abano Terme, near Padua, hosts
"Water Women: Beauty, Myth and Senses from Cranach to
de Chirico." The paintings, which trace the theme
of the relation between water and feminine beauty over
four centuries, hang in the unusual but undoubtedly appropriate
locale of a 19th-century spa building. Galleria Comunale
al Montirone, Tel. 011-39-049-8245374, April 16-June 13.
Open Tuesday-Friday from 10 to noon and from 5 to 10 pm,
on Saturday and holidays 10 am to 10 pm. Tickets are $2.
Galleria
dell'Accademia
- A large collections of drawings, some of which have
been inaccessible to the public since 1910, will be on
exhibit in Venice, at the Galleria dell'Accademia, from
April 24 to July 25. Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo,
Raphael, Dürer, and Canaletto are represented. The exhibit
is open Tuesday-Saturday from 9 am to 7 pm, Sunday and
Monday from 9 am to 2 pm. You can call the Galleria dell'Accademia
at 011-39-041-5222247.
Jubilee
Countdown
- An
Invitation for the Jubilee year - "Giubileo 2000: More
Italy than Ever" is the mantra that will accompany the
Italian Government Tourist Board's promotional activities
in the next eighteen months or so. The slogan emphasizes
the unique opportunity represented by the Jubilee year
to explore yet lesser-known areas of Italy, to take advantage
of the wealth of cultural events that will span the country,
and to participate fully in the intensity of this very
special occasion.
Malpensa-Milan
Rail Link to Open in May
- The preparation for the influx of tourists in the year
2000 continues fast and furious. The new Malpensa2000
airport, inaugurated a few months ago, will soon be linked
to downtown Milan by "Malpensa Express" trains. The trains
will take about 40 minutes and will take travelers to
the Cadorna station in the very heart of Milan. They are
expected to run from about 7 am to about 9 pm.
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