Rome: The Via Appia and the Torlonia villa

Collection title

Magic Italy- tourism and tourists

ID

RAI00315

Source

RAI (IT)

First broadcast date

06/13/2010

Production year

2010

Abstract

Federico Quaranta and Nicola Prudente invite us to explore the Via Appia opened from the fourth century BC, it was the first paved road that connected Rome to Brindisi. The archaeologist Bartolomeo Mazzotta evokes this history and beauty of Via which still remains a popular place in the world of the cinema: excerpts from the "Dolce Vita" by Fellini. The archaeologist Rotondidu Antonella speaks of the archaeological site of the Villa dei Quintili. The art historian Francesco Leone evokes the history and beauty of the Villa Torlonia, built in the nineteenth century. Views of the villa and gardens. Umberto Broccoli, Director General of Cultural Heritage of the City of Rome talks about the exhibition "Paths of the twentieth century Roman" near a painting in the collection.

Type

video

Production companies

• RAI - Own production

Broadcaster

RAI - RAI Uno

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Archaeological sites

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Fine arts / Painting

Credits / Cast

• Quaranta Federico - Speaker
• Prudente Nicola - Speaker

Period of events

• From -500 to 0

Map locations

• Italy - Centre - Rome

Original language

Italian

Media running time

13m43

Additional information

Inserts from the film "La Dolce Vita" by Federico Fellini (1960) .