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FLORENCE
Villa Corsini Di Castello Transformed into the Antiquarium of the Archaeological Museum
of Florence.
Following a campaign of renovation since 2000, the Villa Corsini is now open. On view in the magnificent villa is important classical statuary and a collection of Latin inscriptions once part of the Medici holdings. Villa Corsini Di Castello
+39 (0) 05 52 94 88 3
(www.uffizi.firenze.it/musei/villacorsini/). Ongoing.
RAVENNA
Tamo: The Adventure of Mosaics.
The Museum of Ancient Mosaics has opened with a special exhibition featuring facilities for workshops and other didactic activities concerning the making of mosaics.
Complesso Di San Nicolo +39 (0) 05 44 21 33 71 (www.tamoravenna.it). Until 31 December.
ROME
Nero
The exhibition features a vast array of archaeological artefacts, including fragments of painted walls, spread across some of the city's most iconic locations with displays in the Colosseum, on the Palatine and in the Forum.
+ 39 (0) 06 39967700 (www.archeoroma.beniculturali.it/mostre/nerone) Until 15 January 2012.
SOUTH-TYROL, Bozen
20 Years of Ötzi.
The display summarises the past 20 years of research on the so-called 'ice man'. A particular focus is given to new reconstructions of how the man would have appeared in life.
South-Tyrol Museum
+39 (0) 04 71 32 01 00
(www.oetzi20.it).
Until 15 January 2012.
TIVOLI
The Site of the Temple of Hercules Victor
One of the most important sites in Latium is now open to visitors. In addition to the temple – with a portico half a kilometre long built to shelter pilgrims – there is a theatre and a large building complex. Temple of Hercules Victor
+ 39 (0) 06 39 96 79 00/07 74 38 27 33 (www.pierreci.it).
Ongoing.
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