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Ponte Flaminio (Rome)
Ponte Flaminio is a bridge in Rome (Italy), crossed by Corso di Francia, in the ''Quartieri'' Parioli and Tor di Quinto and in the zone of Vigna Clara. Construction In the 1930s, the insufficiency of the ancient Milvian Bridge as an exit from Rome along the route of the '' Cassia'' and '' Flaminia'' consular roads, together with the need to provide a scenographic entrance to the capital for the traffic coming from North, led to the planning of a series of interventions: a variant upstream of the present Via Cassia Vecchia (to be connected to a variant of Via Flaminia Vecchia) and the construction of a new bridge, which should have been called "October XXVIII" in memory of the date of the march on Rome.A new bridge, as an alternative to the Milvian Bridge, was provided for by a variant to the 1909 master plan, developed by the Municipality of Rome starting from 1924 but never approved. Such plan was finally incorporated in the town plan of 1931 (P.O.Rossi: ''Roma, guida all'arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiber
The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the River Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. It drains a basin estimated at . The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, which was founded on its eastern banks. The river rises at Mount Fumaiolo in central Italy and flows in a generally southerly direction past Perugia and Rome to meet the sea at Ostia. Known in ancient times (in Latin) as '' flavus'' ("the blond"), in reference to the yellowish colour of its water, the Tiber has advanced significantly at its mouth, by about , since Roman times, leaving the ancient port of Ostia Antica inland."Tiber River". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2006 However, it does not form a proportional delta, owing to a strong north-flowing sea cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Made In Italy (1965 Film)
''Made in Italy'' is a 1965 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Nanni Loy. Cast Usi e costumi * Lando Buzzanca * Aldo Giuffrè * Walter Chiari * Lea Massari * Claudio Gora * Marina Berti * Renzo Marignano Le donne * Virna Lisi * Giulio Bosetti * Catherine Spaak * Fabrizio Moroni * Mario Meniconi * Sylva Koscina * Jean Sorel Il lavoro * Gino Mucci * Milena Vukotic * Aldo Fabrizi * Nino Castelnuovo * Mario Pisu * Enzo Liberti Il cittadino, lo stato, la Chiesa * Nino Manfredi * Carlo Pisacane * Gigi Reder * Carlo Taranto * Ugo Fangareggi * Enzo Petito La famiglia * Peppino De Filippo * Tecla Scarano * Alberto Sordi * Rossella Falk * Claudie Lange * Marcella Rovena * Anna Magnani * Andrea Checchi * Antonio Casagrande * Franco Balducci Emigranti * Giampiero Albertini * Aldo Bufi Landi * Adelmo Di Fraia * Renato Terra Renato Terra (26 July 1922 in Naples – 28 November 2010 in Rome) had a career working in film as an actor, and has appeared in over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Moccia
Federico Moccia (born 20 July 1963) is an Italian writer, screenwriter and film director. His father Giuseppe Moccia was also a screenwriter and director. Following his successful book and film ' many people put love padlocks on Ponte Milvio in Rome and other places around the world. From 2011 until 2027 he has been the mayor of Rosello, a town in Abruzzo. Biography He is the son of Italian scriptwriter and movie director Giuseppe Moccia, and his childhood was linked to the world of cinema through his father, which he wrote in several Italian comedies of the 70s and 80s. It started in the world of work from his father at age 19 as assistant director ''Attila flagello di Dio'' (1982). Five years later he directed his first film, ''Palla al centro'', but the lack of success he had caused Moccia wrote screenplays and directed several series. In 1992 he wrote his first novel ' which was rejected by several publishers and released in a small edition by Il Ventaglio publishing ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Steps Over Heaven
''Tre metri sopra il cielo'' (; ''Three steps over heaven'') is a 2004 film, directed by Luca Lucini, based on the novel by Federico Moccia. It was released in cinemas in Italy on 12 March 2004. Plot Rome. Stefano Mancini, called "Step" (Riccardo Scamarcio), and Roberta Gervasi, called "Babi" ( Katy Saunders), belong to two completely different realities. She is a model student, has friends and courtiers and is divided between home, school, and private elite housewives. He is a hard-pasted teppist and troubled family relationships (especially with his mother) who spends his time in clandestine races in motion and scorribande. Fate will bring them to meet and fall in love, though Babi is the only witness to Step's aggression to a poor man who has split his glasses with a head and intends to testify against the boy. Their story takes off according to the logical banal of alchemy between opposites and the opposition of her parents. Babi is introduced to a world that is unknown to he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for '' The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for '' The Mass is Ended'' and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for ''Sweet Dreams'', in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for '' Caro diario'' in 1994, '' The Son's Room'' in 2001 and ''Il caimano'' in 2006). Every film he has directed since '' Caro diario'' has been shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2012 he was the president of the Official Competition jury. Life and work Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caro Diario
''Caro diario'' () is a 1993 Italian-French semi-autobiographical comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Nanni Moretti, who also stars as himself. The film is structured in three anthological episodes, presented as the chapters of Moretti's open diary, in which he describes his thoughts about various slice of life situations. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, where Moretti won the Best Director Award. Plot Chapter I: ''In Vespa'' (''On My Vespa'') Putting the hot Roman summer to good use, Nanni Moretti dedicates himself to his favorite hobby, riding his Vespa through the streets of the half-deserted city. Here, Moretti lets the landscape inspire his thoughts: he laments the banalization of politics in contemporary Italian cinema, comments on the gentrification of the quarters of Rome, mocks the overzealous critical reception of movies like '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'', and confesses his love for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Risi
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of '' commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an older brother, Fernando, a cinematographer, and a younger brother, Nelo (1920–2015), a director and writer. At the age of twelve, Risi became an orphan and was looked after by relatives and friends of his family.Italian director Dino Risi dies BBC.co.uk; accessed 19 November 2015. He studied medicine but refused to become a , as his parents wished Risi started his career in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poveri Ma Belli
''Poveri ma belli'' (U.S. title: ''Poor, But Handsome''; U.K. title: ''A Girl in Bikini'') is a successful 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. There have been two sequels, also directed by Risi and starring Marisa Allasio, Maurizio Arena and Renato Salvatori: ''Belle ma povere'' in 1957 and ''Poveri milionari'' in 1959 (the latter not featuring Allasio, who by then had retired from acting). Plot Romolo (Maurizio Arena) and Salvatore ( Renato Salvatori) are two young men that are neighbors and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona in Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with the beautiful Giovanna (Marisa Allasio). After having briefly flirted in quick succession with both friends (a situation which severely strains their feelings of comradeship), Giovanna realizes she's still in love with Ugo, her previous boyfriend, and returns with him. Romolo and Salvatore, their friendship recovered, ultimately get simultaneously engaged with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome–Civita Castellana–Viterbo Railway
The Rome–Civita Castellana–Viterbo railway is a regional railway line connecting Rome, Italy, with Viterbo, capital city of the Province of Viterbo. The long line, also known in Rome as the ''Roma Nord'' line, after its former concessionaire, is part of Rome's metropolitan and regional railway network. Route * Piazzale Flaminio ↔ Viterbo The ''Roma Nord'', a radial route, has its urban terminus at Piazzale Flaminio, on the northern perimeter of Rome's city centre. From there, it runs in a northerly direction, parallel to the Via Flaminia, as far as Civita Castellana, and then to its ultimate destination, Viterbo. Locally, it is derisively referred to as the "Freccia Viterbese". See also * History of rail transport in Italy * List of railway stations in Lazio * Rail transport in Italy * Transport in Rome References External links ATAC– official site ATAC map– schematic A schematic, or schematic diagram, is a designed representation of the elements o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piazza Euclide Railway Station (Rome)
The Piazza Euclide railway station is a railway station in Rome (Italy), on the Rome–Civitacastellana–Viterbo railway, managed by ATAC. It is the only underground stop of the line, excluding the Flaminio terminus. The official name of the facility is ''Stazione Euclide'', as shown on the signs visible from the square; in the past, however, it was indicated on the railway timetables as ''Roma P. Euclide''''La metropolitana a Roma'', cited work, p. 229-231. or, in another source, as ''p.za Euclide''. Location The stop is located in the urban track of Rome, in Piazza Euclide, in the quarter Pinciano on the border with the quarter Parioli; it is accessed from one of the buildings located on the square, on the corner with Via Civinini, in front of the Basilica of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The platforms are accessed via a first flight of stairs leading to the mezzanine, followed by two further flights leading to the two side platforms. It is one of the stops of the line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
