Showman Renzo Arbore's bits and pieces on the loose

Jan 26, 2016 935

by Stefano Brusadelli

Instead of an abbey, or a princely mansion, we're in a former slaughterhouse. Nevertheless, the model is always the same --Renaissance and Baroque Wunderkammer where treasures and bizarre objects are displayed, testifying to ingenuity and extravagance (and sometimes horror), and apt to arouse curiosity and wonder; two feelings without which life would lose much of its flavor.

Entertainer Renzo Arbore, a prominent figure in the history of Italian radio and television, has set up an ironic and colorful Wunderkammer at the Macro Testaccio's Pelanda space in Rome - recently transformed into an exhibition space, open until April 3.

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Fonte: Italy24

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