Rome to honor Caravaggio with rare night visits (AP)

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on July 17, 2010 6:10 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
ROME – Churches and a gallery in Rome housing works by Caravaggio will stay open overnight to mark the 400th anniversary of the Italian painter's death.

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Visitors can enter for free from dusk Saturday until Sunday morning at the Borghese Gallery, which houses such masterpieces as "David with the head of Goliath" and "Boy with a basket of fruit." Four additional paintings kept in other museums were moved to the Borghese Gallery for the all-nighter. Also open will be three churches — Santa Maria del Popolo, Sant'Agostino and San Luigi dei Francesi — all in the center of Rome. The churches are home overall to another half-dozen Caravaggio paintings, including the "Crucifixion of St. Peter" in Santa Maria del Popolo.

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