Clike every year, also for this reason Christmas 2024 on Rai 1 (9.30 pm) is on air Alberto Angela’s special. Tonight in Rome – this is the title – sees him exploring the Eternal City after the Christmas events in Naples, Milan and Paris. So Rome seen in its own most magical and evocative places. And with another Exceptional Cicerone: Giancarlo Giannini.
For users of the free satellite platform tivùsat, the special will also be broadcast on RAI4K channel 210, offering images in Ultra High Definition.
Tonight in RomeAlberto Angela’s special on Rai 1
On air on Rai 1 since 2015, Tonight at… is a series of documentaries on places rich in history and culture present in Italy and Europe, a format created and conducted by Alberto. The peculiarity of the program consists in filming exclusively at night which give the places visited a magical and mysterious atmosphere.
In tonight’s episode, the most loved popularizer on Italian TV reveals the secrets of Rome between history, art, cinema and music. As he said in an interview to TV Smiles and Songs: «Rome has the eternal beauty of a world that seems made to amaze you. On its streets, in its walls, so much daily life from the past, from almost 3,000 years of history, is trapped. I have always felt lucky to be able to live here».
During the evening, Alberto takes the viewer to the most loved and evocative places of the Capital where they will be shown the beauties of various eras: from ancient Rome to the Baroque to the contemporary one. An unprecedented and exciting journey into the nocturnal atmospheres of the Eternal City that the communicator will undertake together with many guests from the cinema, music and entertainment sectors.
Alberto Angela. (Rai Press Office)
The most beautiful places in Tonight in Rome: from Campo de’ Fiori to the Campidoglio
One of the first places visited is Campo de’ Fioriwhere before the fifteenth century there really was a field covered with flowers. Today, however, it is one of the liveliest squares in the city which attracts millions of visitors. Another exemplary place in the capital is Piazza di Spagna, which owes its name to the Palace of Spain, seat of the embassy of the Iberian State to the Holy See since 1622. View from above, the square appears with the shape of “butterfly wings”formed by two triangles with a common vertex.
Alberto then heads to Colosseum, the legendary Roman amphitheater included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980 and also in that of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Next stop is at the Pantheona building of ancient Rome located in the Pigna district in the historic center and built in 27 BC as temple dedicated to all past, present and future deities.
The arrival point is the Capitolwhere the mayor’s offices are located today, until reaching the Mouth of Truth, an ancient marble mask which is found in the wall of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin e made iconic by the film Roman holidays with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn.
The guests of Tonight in Rome: from Edoardo Leo to Claudio Baglioni
Born in the Monte Sacro neighborhood of Rome, Claudio Baglioni is one of the super guests who will punctuate the magical evening among the places of the Capital. The Roman singer-songwriter will perform a spectacular performance inside the Colosseum with a medley of his greatest hits. Another true Roman is the director and actor Edoardo Leo who will talk about the years of Cinecittà and the Dolce Vita.
Among the guests of the evening also the actress and comedian Emanuela Fanelli (winner of the David for Best Supporting Actress for There’s still tomorrow by Paola Cortellesi), the singers Tosca and Antonella Ruggiero – historic voice of Matia Bazar who will sing Roman holidays – and the dancer Eleonora Abbagnato who has directed the dance troupe of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma since 2015.
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