The Sant’Angelo Castle and it’s museum are going to host the Egyptian Exhibition in Rome called “La Lupa e La Sfinge: Roma e l’Egitto dalla Storia al Mito” until November the 9th.

The Egyptian exhibition aims to show the deep link between Rome and Egypt. There is no other place in the world such as Rome in which it is possible to find the same number of obelisks: as a matter of fact, since Augusto era, in which period Rome conquered Egypt, Egyptian art became to influence the Roman culture and the following centuries.

The Egyptian exhibition in Castel Sant’Antangelo in Rome is opened from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and the price of the ticket is between 6 to 8,50 €, in which it is included a visit of the whole Castle.
If you want to discover all those hidden places and monuments the Egyptian exhibition is going to show you, you must have a stay in Rome!
Book a room at the Hotel Diplomatic: it is very close to Castel Sant’Angelo and the Vatican City, a wonderful location if you like to walk through Rome street and visit Italian capital.
From 9 to 12 October the Rome fair presents “IoSposa, la fiera per il tuo matrimonio” third edition: a fair about wedding.
All the most relevant companies whose business is marriage will attend the roman fair.
The elegant IoSposa show will delight its participants with Tearose floral arrangements and Radio Monte Carlo music.
During the four-days event you could find meetings, fashion shows, deportment courses, wedding consultancy into the companies and trade magazines’ stands, all wedding business news and new products, in order to make you the most happy person during your “Yes, I do” day.
If your marriage is just round the corner do not miss the IoSposa event: accuracy, refinement and cordiality will let you choose your wedding dresses, list, invitations… following the last best fashion trends!
IoSposa is the best occasion to stay in Rome for a romantic week end with your future partner. Book suddently a hotel in Rome: Groupe Valadier hotels will make you remember forever your stay!
From the 22nd to the 31st October Rome is going to host the International Film Festival.

This event, one of the best Italian Film Festivals, improves Italian movies reputation among the international audience.
The Rome International Film Festival is going to take place into the Italian famous architect Renzo Piano’s Auditorium Parco della Musica and “Villaggio del Cinema“, a “Cinema town” prepared for this occasion only into the Parioli quarter, very close to the river Tever: an amazing location for an amazing show.
Into Cinema 2008 and Anteprima-Première sections you will find the most relevant International film premières, while Maria Sole Tognazzi’s “L’uomo che ama” (starring Monica Bellucci and Pierfrancesco Favino), and “L’ultimo Pulcinella” (interpreted by the Italian singer Massimo Ranieri) are going to introduce and close the Festival.
Amongs all the films, we would like to point out Saul Dibb’s The Duchess, with the gorgeous Keira Knightley, and Kenny Ortega’s High School Musical 3 interpreted by all the teenagers’ idol Zac Efron.
The Rome International Film Festival is full of exhibitions, meetings, debates, screening, but there will be also the moment to give some awards:
The first Golden Marc’Aurelio career award will be given to Al Pacino, one of Actors Studio presidents, while the second one will be given to Gina Lollobrigida, who spent more than 70 years of her life into the movie business.
Every year, a lot of famous international stars walk on the Roman Film Festival Red Carpet, on 2007 Cate Blanchett, Sean Penn, Francis Ford Coppola and Halle Berry attracted all the paparazzi’s attention.
Do not miss the opportunity to meet some cinema stars and, in the mean time, to visit Italian Capital! Book now a hotel in Rome: Groupe Valadier’s accommodations are elegant and comfortable, very close to the city center and very easy to be reached by public transportation.
On the 11th and 12th October, Civitella San Paolo, a small town close to Rome, is going to host La Barcana, a medieval reconstruction of the old city lifestyle into the medieval age city walls.

The medieval reconstruction La Barcana will be enliven by jugglers and old small markets, in which you could rediscover old arts and crafts.
In the small town taverns you will find appetizing, medieval menus, containing roast meat and tasty local wine.

Moreover, you will have te possibility to vist the interiors of the ancient Civitella San Paolo castle.
La Barcana medieval reconstruction is also a good wat to spend some days in Rome, which is quite close to Civitella San Paolo and full of thing to do and see, as ever.
Book suddently a hotel in Rome!
On October 6th is going to start the 29° contemporary music festival “Nuovi Spazi Musicali”, a music event in Rome for contemporary music lovers in which every country and every music-genre composers are going to perform.
During this 2008 edition, the contemporary music festival suggests 6 music concerts in luxury and historically relevant Rome location, such as Palazzo Farnese, Villa Aurelia, Palazzo Falconieri e Palazzo Blumesthil.
Here there is the “Nuovi Spazi Musicali” scheduled program:
- 6 October, Palazzo Farnese, Paul Klee strings quartet, Armangaud pianist;
- 9 October, Palazzo Falconieri, Noriko Kawai English pianist;
- 13 October, Palazzo Falconieri, Peter Schuback Swedish cello player;
- 16 October, Villa Aurelia, Harvey Sollberger flute, Paul Bowman guitarist;
- 20 October, Palazzo Falconieri, Austrian clarinet duo Petra Stump and Heinz Peter Linshalm;
- 23 October, Palazzo Blumensthil, “Penderecki String Quartet”, Poland, American, Canadian and English artists.

The Contemporary Music Festival, from October the 6th to October the 23rd, is completely free.
In order to participate to all the Contemporary Music Festival shows the ideal solution for you is to plan a few days vacation in Rome. This way you will also be able to visit and walk through Rome museums, streets and monuments.
Groupe Valadier hotels in Rome are hospitality leaders and work in order to ensure you a wonderful stay in Rome. All the Groupe accommodations are settled in Rome city center and give every tourist the possibility to participate to events, concerts, special shows in Rome. Book now!
On October the 1st, dell’Immacolata square in San Lorenzo quarter in Roma is going to host a unique event: the San Lorenzo streets peace parade and “Tessere Pace”.
“Tessere Pace” is the Italian for “to weave peace“: an event created in order to promote integration and peaceful coexistence in a united city.
At 5 p.m., the parade will take place through San Lorenzo quarter streets. During the parade, about 50 characters are going to show the participants their own cloth. Then, in the evening, around 9 p.m., the actors will start weaving their cloths, creating “Tessere Pace” (to weave peace) living loom.
If in your opinion integration, peace and cultures dialogue are interesting themes, you cannot miss “Tessere Pace”. Do not forget to book your accomodation in Rome: Hotel Caprice is just 3km far from dell’Immacolata Square in San Lorenzo neighborhood and it is a few steps distance from Villa Borghese and Piazza del Popolo.

Promotion Expo Roma is the most important event in Rome for what concerns central and southern Italy business communication, advertising and promotion. It will take place at Rome Convention Centre, October 1-3.
Promotion Expo Roma is an event that you cannot miss if you have a company and want to start investing in communication or if you are a marketing agency and want to share your knowledge with your same sector other players. Promotion Expo Rome is also a special occasion for those who want to invest in innovation and visibility on the web, thanks to the help of hi-qualified operators of the search marketing (web based research marketing) field. 
The main conferences and workshops will be on the second of October (“Le operazioni promozionali di breve periodo, non di prezzo. Carte vantaggi, self liquidating e concorsi, strumenti vecchi e nuovi per il marketing”) and on the third of October (“Gli italiani e il marketing direlazione”).
The building in which the convention is hosted is called “Palazzo dei Congressi” and it is settled in the EUR neighborhood, the most modern and functional quarter in Rome, easy to be found by car or public transportation.
Book a hotel in Rome with Groupe Valadier accomodations in Rome: it is a very well known and reliable group of hoteliers in Rome, which provides a professional and quality service to its guests since many years ago.
EOLICA EXPO is the windpower event in Rome which will take place from the first to the fourth October in new Fiera di Roma.
Year after year Eolica Expo has become a very relevant and international event attended by all the professionals and companies interested in diminuishing the environmental impact and involved with renewable energy.
Eolica Expo is an excellent occasion in order to meet other players and exchange information and knowledge about energy and windpower with them, moreover, thanks to the scheduled conferences that will give you a broader overview, it is a great occasion to learn more about this matter.
Eolica Expo is the most important event in Rome if you want to learn, use, invest and create your own business thanks to windpower.
During your stay in Rome, book a Groupe Valadier hotel: there you will fin relax, comfort and elegance and with the Wifi internet connection you will be able tu surf the net comfortably from your room, enjoying the fantastic Rome panorama.
On October 2-5 Rome is going to introduce you to Romics, the annual appointment with the Comics and Animation Festival in Rome, an internation exhibition organized by “I Castelli Animati - International Animated film Festival” and Fiera di Roma.
This is Romics’ 8th edition, the confirmation that this event in Rome is really interesting for comics professionals and supporters. During its last edition Romics had two guest stars: Syd Mead, who cohoperated with the film director Ridley Scott during Blade Runner filmaking, and Sergio Staino, Bobo creator.
2008 Romics edition will celbrate the annivarsary of two famous comics characters: Tex e Ufo Robot!
Tex is the most relevant Italian comics character and this is its 60th anniversary, while Ufo Robot - Goldrake is a Japanese cartoon of the ’80s which celebrates its first 30 years.
Thanks to the Cosplay Romics Award you could actively participate to the Romics and feel like one of the comics protagonists.
The Romics esposition is settled at the Nuova Fiera di Roma, easy to be reached from every part of the city of Rome.
Enjoy the Festival of animation and comics and do not forget to have also a trip in Rome city centre: book now a hotel in Rome for your stay at Romics!
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On Sunday, October 12th, Rome will be waiting for the Pope to open the feast day for the Canonization of Blessed people, the final step in the canonization of Saints: the religious ceremony will start at 10 am in Piazza S.Pietro.
In Roman Catholic Church, this ceremony of Canonization represents the official declaration, stated by the Pope, through which a dead person becomes a saint: he or she is also allowed to be worshipped by the faithfuls due to this new status of holiness.
On the 12th of October, Pope Benedict XVI will declare saint the following people:
- Gaetano Errico
- Maria Bernarda Bütler
- Alfonsa dell’Immacolata Concezione (Anna Muttathupadathu)
- Narcisa di Gesù Martillo Morán
This touching ceremony represents the perfect opportunity to visit the magnificent St. Peter’s Basilica, where you can see the splendid cupola made by Michelangelo, but also the whole Vatican City, which is nowadays one the most favourite destinations for tourists and pilgrims, looking for great pieces of art and spiritual relief.
Vatican City is eager to offer to its visitors guided tours through its interesting spaces: among these, the Sistine Chapel, frescoed by Michelangelo, but also the Logge Vaticane, decorated by Raphael, and the Papal Apartments, where we can see an enormous amount of works of art, created by artists such as Beato Angelico.
Castel Sant’Angelo, also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian, is directly linked to St. Peter’s Basilica through Passetto di Borgo, a covered and fortified path. It was originally built to be a mausoleum for the Emperor Hadrian and his family, but later on it became a fortress and obtained its new name, Castel Sant’Angelo, because of a statue representing the archangel Michael, which stands on top of the building.
If you wish to enjoy a relaxing and interesting pilgrimage in Rome, now you can choose a pleasant and comfortable accommodation which is also near your principal object of interest: book here an hotel in Rome in the surroundings of Vatican City!