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Genoa

The Capital of European Culture is the hot place to be this summer

By Madelyn Miller

While most people look forward to the beach in the summer, my idea of a perfect afternoon is wandering through an air-conditioned museum, absorbing a little culture instead of the sun’s rays.

Right now I am planning a trip to Genoa, the European Culture Capital. Research has helped me find ways to save on seeing it all at a value price. Details on the GeNova04 Card are below..

They say sun ages your skin. But in Genoa, one of the things I most want to see is a piece of art that has aged well. Mandylion. Intorno al Sacro Volto.

With the Sacro Volto or Mandylion, housed and venerated for over six centuries in the church of San Bartolomeo degli Armeni, Genova not only possesses one of the most ancient images which have come down to us from the Byzantine world, but also an object undeniably tied to the historic events of the city from the late Middle Ages to the modern era. The Mandylion is an impression of the face of Christ, given by Him to King Abgar of Edessa, where it was venerated for centuries, and then transferred to Costantinoples in the year 945, to be given in the late 14th century to the Genoese doge Leonardo Montaldo. In the monastery of Saint Catherine on the Sinai are two doors painted in tempera from the year 945 that, in size and other details, correspond to the Genoese Sacro Volto, and show King Abgar in the likeness of Constantine VII Porphirogenitus, the emperor of Byzantium, receiving the Mandylion: more than a thousand years later, the Sacro Volto is reunited with the ancient doors from Mount Sinai in Genova. Following the journey of the Mandylion from Jerusalem to Edessa, Costantinoples and finally Genova, the show also presents all the precious objects found inside the case with the Sacro Volto, including some reliquaries from Byzantium and famous 11th- and 12thcentury illuminated manuscripts that illustrate the history and legend of the image.

18 April - 18 July 2004
Museo Diocesano, via Tommaso Reggio 20R

Monday - Sunday: 10.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. / 2.00-6.30 p.m.
tel. 010 2541250
museodiocesano.ge@libero.it
www.palazzoducale.genova.it

€ 7.00 full price
€ 6.50 reduced price
€ 3.00 school groups

GeNova04 Card
Buy the Card on line
   
 3 day Card:
The card is non-transferable and is valid for 72 hours from first use. The 3 day card gives:
– free entry to ONE of the eleven GeNova04 exhibitions
– the Aquarium
– ALL museums
The card may be purchased at any of the following locations: Palazzo Ducale, InfoPoint GeNova04, the Aquarium or
via the website
€ 29,00 (saving you €4.50).
   
 3 day Card with public transport pass:
The 3 day card with public transport pass allows free travel on all city transport services (AMT, Trenitalia) in addition to the benefits of the standard 3 day card.
The card may be purchased at any of the following locations: Palazzo Ducale, InfoPoint GeNova04, the Aquarium or
via the website
€ 33,50 (saving you €9)
   
 

Annual Card:
The Annual Card gives unlimited free entry to the eleven GeNova04 exhibitions. The card is non-transferable and may be purchased at Palazzo Ducale, InfoPoint GeNova04 or via the website
€ 60,00
€45 for certain groups 
(Minimum saving of €15)

The eleven exhibitions of GeNova04
L’età di Rubens: dimore, committenti e collezionisti genovesi - I Transatlantici - Arti&Architettura, 1900- 2000 - Mandylion. Intorno al Sacro Volto - Genova del Saper fare - Genova, civiltà di palazzi e invenzione dei rolli -Osservatorio sulla creatività - Capolavori della Collezione Durazzo - Attraversare Genova - I Liguri - Scultura lignea in Liguria fra XII e XVI secolo

Participating Museums
Strada Nuova Museums (Palazzo Rosso, Palazzo Bianco e Palazzo Tursi) - Museo d’Arte Orientale Edoardo Chiossone – Museo di S. Agostino - Museo del Risorgimento - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce - Raccolte Frugone - Museo Giannettino Luxoro - Museo di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Museo Navale - Museo di Archeologia Ligure - Museo di Storia e Cultura Contadina - Galata, Museo del Mare - Museo del Tesoro della Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo - Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola - Museo di Palazzo Reale - Palazzo del Principe – Museo dell’Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti – Museo Diocesano – Museo Nazionale dell’Antartide Felice Ippolito – Galleria di Arte Moderna – Museo delle Culture del Mondo, Castello D’Albertis.

Discounts
Museo Luzzati, Porta Siberia: entry price reduced from €3.50 to €2.50 - Palazzo Imperiale, Campetto 8A, reduced-price entry - Villa Durazzo Pallavicini, Pegli, entry price reduced from €3.62 to €2.58 - Villa Durazzo, S. Margherita Ligure, reduced-price entry - Teatro Carlo Felice, Passo E. Montale 4, 10% discount on all shows  - Teatro dell’Archivolto Piazza Modena 3, first sector tickets reduced from €18 to €15.50, second sector tickets reduced from €15.50 to €13 - Teatro di Genova, P.za Borgo Pila 42, 20% discount on all shows - Teatro della Tosse in Sant’Agostino, Piazza R. Negri 4, reduced price tickets available for Tuesday performances – Free entry to the BIGO for those in possession of a GIRO CITTÁ card or else discount of 80 cent - Palazzo Lomellino, via Garibaldi, free entry - GOG, 25% discount on all shows - Città dei bambini, 50 cent discount - Cooperativa battellieri: €1 discount for the Port Tour, 10% discount on other activities - Exhibition "Il Periplo del Mediterraneo": reduced-price entry €4 - Museo Ebraico: reduced-price entry €5.

Special reductions
Associazioni Amici di Palazzo Ducale, Holders of other Cards (Amico Treno + accompagnatore, Card dei Musei, Green Card, Coupon Chef – D’Oeuvre e Tessera Fendac – Zaffiro e ManagerItalia), Soci Club La Repubblica, Touring Club Italiano + accompagnatore, Fnac, Fidas, Coop, Amici dei Musei, Valore Liguria, FAI, Turismo e cultura, Carlo Felice, Unpli, Italia Nostra, Comune, Poste, Galliera, San Martino, Amga, Enel, Inps Regionale, Agip, Eni, IP, Art’è and the magazine Amica.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

THE COMPLETE IDOIT’S GUIDE to ITALIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
By Gabrielle Euvino with Michael San Filippo
www.idiotsguides.com  

ITALY
INSIGHT GUIDES
www.insightguides.com

FODOR’S 04 ITALY
Shows you the way on and off the beaten path
WWW.fodors.com

Rick Steves Italy 2004
Avalon Publishing
www.ricksteves.com

BERLITZ POCKET GUIDE ITALY
www.berlitzpublishing.com

SPEAK LIKE AN ITALIAN

THE POCKET IDIOT’S GUIDE to Italian
By Gabrielle Euvino
www.idiotsguides.com

Rick Steve’s ITALIAN PHRASEBOOK AND DICTIONARY
Avalon Travel Publishing
www.Ricksteves.com

BERLITZ Surviving in Italian
A handy mini phrase book with maximum information
www.berlitzpublishing.com

BERLITZ Shopping in Italian
Pocket-size with easy to read pronunciation
www.berlitzpublishing.com

EAT LIKE AN ITALIAN

BERLITZ Eating and Drinking in Italian
Convenient pocket size
www.berlitzpublishing.com

How to Pronounce French, German and Italian Wine Names
By Dianna Bellucci
They also include a bonus of Austrian, Spanish and Portugese Wine Names
Luminosa Publishing
www.howtopronounce.com

LANGENSCHEIDT’S POCKET MENU READER ITALY
A gastronomic dictionary, phrasebook and guide

EUROPE’S TOP RESTAURANTS 2004
Zagat Survey
www.zagat.com

ITALIAN LITERATURE TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD

VENETIAN STORIES
By Jane Turner Ruylands
Pantheon Books
www.pantheon.com

The thoroughly engaging characters who are the focus of these stories are from different backgrounds and various Venetian neighborhoods, but their lives—and the stories—overlap and intersect in surprising and playful ways.

CASA ROSA
By Francesca Marciano
(author of Rules of the Wild)
Pantheon Books
www.pantheonbooks.com

A mesmerizing story of three generations of a twentieth-century Italian family who lived in a farm house in Puglia.

JOHN PAUL II
A personal portrait of the Pope and the Man
By Ray Flynn
St. Martin’s Press
www.stmartins.com

BEHIND LOCKED DOORS
By Frederic Baumgartner

The author is a former president of the American Catholic Historical Association and takes readers behind the scenes and offers an insider’s view on the highly secretive Papal Conclave.

Palgrave Macmillan
www.palgrave-usa.com

DANCES WITH LUIGI
By Paul Paolicelli

A moving an intimate memoir of award-winning television journalist Paul Paolicelli’s ancestral search.

UNDER THE SOUTHERN SUN
By Paul Paolicelli

Stories of the Real Italy and the Americans it Created

Part Travelogue, part journalism and part sociological study, this book follows Paolicelli as he explores Southern Italy dealing with the concept of heritage.

Thomas Dunne Books
A division of St Martin’s press

www.stmartins.com

VENICE AGAINST THE SEA
A city Besieged
By John Keahy

In a few years, much of Venice may be under water..can this beautiful city be saved?

Thomas Dunne Books
A division of St Martin’s press
www.stmartins.com

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