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Village Celimontana Jazz Festival


Villa Celimontana / Rome / Music

In the groves where the nymph Egeria once laid down the law for Numa Pompilius, big bands now lay down the groove for rug-cutting Romans. One of the city’s most treasured and least touristed public parks, the gardens of the 16th-century Villa Celimontana blossom each summer with jazz—including Swing Swing Swing, in which Jitterbug and Lindy Hop lessons are followed by dancing to live big bands. —E.E.

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Villa Celimontana Palazzetto Mattei in Villa Celimontana, Via della Navicella, 12, 00184 Roma RM, Italy
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