The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-01
ROME PLANNING
VAST EXPOSITION
Celebrates Half Century Of ItaI-
Ian Kingdom IN 1911.
RIVALS ANCIENT SPLENDOR.
Fair to: Be Greatest Feature In Art,
History and Archaeology In Worlds
History Memorial Buildings and
Bridges to Be Dedicated With Mag.
nificent Paeeants.

History - Memorial Buildings and
Bridges to Be Dedicated With Mag
nificent Paeeants.
An international exhibition of art,
history and archaeology is to be held
in Rome from May to October, 1911,
simultaneously with an international
Industrial exhibition in Turin, and both
will commemorate the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the proclamation of the king
dom of Italy.
1t is hoped that, besides the exhibit
tion in Rome, the event will be cele-
brated by the Inauguration of several
important buildings, such as the mon
ument to Victor Emmanuel III. on the
capitol, the new chamber of deputies
and the new palace of justice A new
bridge over the Tiber, named after the
first king of united Italy, win be open
ed to traffic; the ancient baths of Dio-
cletian will be restored, and the so
called archaeological promenade in the
valley between the Aventine and Coe.
liam hills, where many ruins of an
Gent Rome exist, will be completed.
Then geological garden will be
opened in the Villa Borghese, horse
show and Olympic games will be held,
and last, but not least, an aviation
meeting is being organized.
Many Shows Planned.
Three shows of archaeology win be
held in the restored baths of Dioce-
tian. There will also be one of art,
for which special building is being
constructed. and one of medieval and
modern history in the castle of St.
Angelo
The program further includes a spe7
cial ethnographical show, which will
constitute the characteristic feature of
the celebration. as it will consist of
a complete collection of everything that
has any connection with the manners,
customs, arts and costumes of the diff
ferent regions of Italy This show will
occupy an area of about mile square
on the right bank of the Tiber, where
each Of the twelve regions of Italy will
have a separate building, generally a
reproduction of the best historical
specimen of architecture that the re-
gion can boast of.
Thus Venice will have a typical fif-
teenth century house, Sardinia a medi-
aeval tower, Sicily a castle recalling
Arabo-Norman constructions, Liguria
palace of the fourteenth century, when
the republic of Genoa fiourished, and
so on.
1t is proposed to reconstruct one Of
the ancient imperial fora with twelve
columns, symbolizing the twelve re-
gions of Italy, and high central col
umn with the statue of Rome on top
with a light in her hand which will
illuminate the exhibition grounds. An
artificial lake and the reproduction of
an ancient nympheum with wafer
falls close to the Tiber win form the
background of the Roman Forum.
Program Is Vast
BESIDES the pavilions of the regions
which win reproduce the life and his
tory in each province of the country,
there will be those erected by foreign
countries. Then there will be spe-
cial exhibition of architecture showing
the best types of modern houses. Sew
eral Enclosures will be used for side
shows, and finally there win be pag-
eants and professions, fireworks, mu-
steal entertainments and concerts, OPP
eras and plays and national and inter
national congresses.
The program for the Rome exhibit
ton is so vast that if carried out as
intended the celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the proclamation of the
kingdom of Italy will be unparalleled
in modern times. 1t will recall one of
the triumphs of imperial Rome and
show that the modern Romans have
retained some of the traits Of their an