Villa Glori
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The park of Villa Glori was designed by Raffaele De Vico and opened to the public in 1924 – it was originally meant to celebrate patriots and casualties of the Great War. The historical villa was built on the Roma hill overlooking a bend of the Tevere River. Thanks to its clean air, it used to host a summer colony for sick children in the 1930s.
Today, the colony has been replaced by a Caritas facility for AIDS patients.
Thanks to Daniela Fonti’s inspiration and precious support from Rome Municipality, a contemporary art gallery called “Varcare la soglia” was set up here in 1997. Central themes of this permanent installation are integration between nature and sculpture, as well as coexistence between a place of suffering and a place of recreation.
Inside the park, discreetly arranged along a path and under large umbrella pines of Villa Gori, many works of art can be admired like, Mauro Staccioli’s red concrete creations, Nunzio’s double bronze door, and Pino Castagna’s “Monads”.
Beyond the gate of the residence, there’s a disc with large astral geometries by Eliseo Mattiacci, the archaic portal by Nini Caruso and “Arco-laser” by Maurizio Moschetti. In 2000, two new works were added: “Porta del Sole” by Giuseppe Uncini, and the “Uomo-Erba” by Paolo Canevari.
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Piazzale del Parco della Rimembranza - Roma(RM)
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