[Jewelry making - Article 00418] - Re: [Orchid] [Jewelry attractions] Rome and Florence

[Roger Bowersox]

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    An Etruscan Jewelry Exhibit is coming to Oklahoma in 2004.
    http://www.vaticanexhibit.org/default2.asp 

    Rome: 

    Great Etruscan exhibit at Villa Giulia National Museum
    http://www.roma2000.it/zmusei.html
    http://www.ticketeria.it/villagiulia-eng.asp 

    Vatican has an Etruscan museum, also jewelry and St. Peter's
    Treasury. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/ET1-Etrusco.html 

    In Campo de Fiori on Sunday is a Flea Market that may have some old
    jewelry pieces. 

    David Renka is an artist in Rome that does coins and medals.
    http://www.davidrenka.com/LeOpere/Monete/CoinsandMedals.html 

    Jewelry school in Rome
    http://free.rmnet.it/marcoaurelio/salkk/index.html 

    Alternatives, a contemporary jewelry gallery in the Spanish Steps
    and Pantheon area. http://www.alternatives.it/ 

    Traveling between Rome and Florence stop in Arezzo. Fioa is Italy's
    jewelry business and factory equipment supplier.
    http://www.fioainternational.com/ 

    Largest gold jewelry factory in Italy. (maybe the world) Uno-A-Erre
    http://www.unoaerre.it/index_swf.htm 

    Many smaller jewelery factories and artists in Arezzo. Some listed
    here:
http://travel.discovery.com/destinations/fodors/tuscany/shopping_20369_1.html 

    If you are in Arezzo first weekend of the month there is a huge
    antique fair that fills the streets of most of the old part of the
    city center. http://www.site.yahoo.com/santandrea/arezzo.html 

    Good riboletta, ravoli tartufo and rabbit at Trattoria il Saraceno.
    http://www.waytuscany.net/rooten/171_911.htm 

    Florence: 

    http://english.firenze.net/groups/6/51/ 

    Etruscan work at the Archaeological Museum Ponte Vecchio, full of
    jewelry shops Pitti Palace has a silver museum along with other art
    exhibits. http://www.arca.net/db/musei/silver.htm 

    Further down the street from the Ponte Vecchio past the Pitti Palace
    is, MUSEO ZOOLOGICO "LA SPECOLA" with incredible anatomical wax work:
    http://www.specola.unifi.it/cere/default-e.htm 

    Across the street from the Pitti may still be a small museum/gallery
    that a couple years ago was a Salavador Dali exhibit with some of his
    bronzes. Strozzi Palace sometimes has jewelry exhibitions. Check out
    their bookstore for catalogs of their past exhibitions. Science museum
    has great old science tools and Galileo's middle finger reliquary.
    Possibly a comment to what the church did to him?
    http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/ 

    Museo dell'Opera del Duomo has Ghiberti's Baptismal Doors,
    Donatello's Magdelen (wood), much more. Climb up into Brunelleschi's
    dome of Florence Cathedral. Worth it, take water. National Museum of
    the Bargello has Cellini, Donatello, Ghiberti sculpture and low
    relief work. Check the door, gate and lock Ironwork details. Some
    chasing/repousse on second floor.
    http://www.arca.net/db/musei/bargello.htm 

    Schools with contacts that may be able to give you current galleries
    people working in Florence: http://www.alchimia.it/
    http://metallo-nobile.org/
    http://www.artiorafe.it/site/default1024.htm
    http://www.studyabroad-florence.com/index.htm 

HAVE FUN and eat lots of gelato.


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