Would you visit Rome to see modern architecture? Most likely not. Yet, in my view, there are quite a number of architectural gems around town that I believe would be well worth being put on anyone’s must see list while in the eternal city.
Modern Art XXI century – MAXXI
Having lived in Rome for almost ten years it’s absolutely embarrassing to admit the I can count my visits to local museums on the fingers of one hand. So my recent visit to the MAXXI museum of modern art was an unusual break in my Sunday routine.
Zaha Hadid’s remarkable masterpiece of swinging curves and straight lines, embedded and intertwined with the surrounding traditional neighbourhood beckons to spend an afternoon between the modern and the classic.
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