EUR (the Esposizione Universale Roma) is a large suburban area and business centre in the south of Rome. It was started in 1935 by Benito Mussolini and planned to open in 1942 to celebrate twenty years of Fascism. In urban planning terms, EUR was designed to direct the expansion of the city towards the south-west, connecting it to the sea. The planned exhibition never took place due to World War II.Besides other attractions such as the Museum of Roman Civilization and the sports arena PalaEUR (now Palalottomatica) , designed by architects Pier Luigi Nervi and Marcello Piacentini for the 1960 Summer Olympics, we can’t forget to mention the big artificial lake that is found right in the center of this area.
And that’s just the place were we brought our students for a nice and r
elaxing ride on a little boat on Monday. After days and days of rain and cold wheater, the sun finally came out and it gave us the chance to see an area of Rome that visitors to Rome don’t usually go to...But our students really enjoyed this modern but, at the same time, extremely green neighborhood.
elaxing ride on a little boat on Monday. After days and days of rain and cold wheater, the sun finally came out and it gave us the chance to see an area of Rome that visitors to Rome don’t usually go to...But our students really enjoyed this modern but, at the same time, extremely green neighborhood.After the ride on the boat we all went to the Giolitti ice-cream shop for a delicious gelato! Giolitti is definitely one of the best places to get an ice-cream here in Rome...that’s probably the reason why our students were so fast in eating their cones!!!
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