Animated visits

How do you illustrate a nation’s founding values? What words translate them in the collective imagery, making them immediately recognisable to all? This tour is devoted to a prime visual representation of the ideals of a united Italy via the Vittoriano and Museo Centrale del Risorgimento. Words such as “homeland”, “identity”, “history”, “future” and “nation” will be the starting point for a reflection on key concepts in Italian history past and contemporary, ideas that will take shape in an original poster mixing pictures, words and colours.
 

Vittoriano e Museo Centrale del Risorgimento Palazzo Venezia Ticket Office, entrance at Via del Plebiscito 118

In the 17th and 18th centuries, aristocratic and middle-class youth explored the Eternal City in search of ancient ruins, wonders and art treasures. They were on the famous Grand Tour, the culmination of an educational journey that often ended in Italy, Naples or Rome to be precise. Many passed through Palazzo Venezia, attracted by the archaeological finds and art objects as too the lavish parties held by the ambassadors of the Venetian Republic. This interdisciplinary tour of Palazzo Venezia rediscovers the history of travellers from times past such as Goethe, Keats and Shelley, and illustrious guests such as Mozart who played a recital here, and Antonio Canova who set up his artist’s studio in this period residence. Step by step, students paint a picture of the Piazza Venezia area, combining vistas from the past with modern-day  photographs.

Palazzo Venezia Palazzo Venezia Ticket Office, entrance at Via del Plebiscito 118