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until the late 19th century, as cardinals were discouraged from attending opera performances. In a similar way, papal censorship meant that
Italian publishing and literature mostly developed outside Rome. Once the national capital of Italy, new areas of the arts such as film production and fashion
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authors, artists socially inferior Greeks against Roman conquerors (the same attitude was taken towards Greek philosophers and poets). Over the centuries Greek art will have a growing appreciation, although there are trends indigenous "anti-classic" that will be an element of continuity with the
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for the tomb of Julius. Rome lost in part its religious character, becoming increasingly a true
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studios are the biggest in Italy, and are believed to be the biggest in Europe. Rome's main studios were and still are amongst the most important in the world, hosting some of the greatest films of all time. They were built in 1937, and they rose to fame as the
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were a relative low point. By 900 AD Rome had recovered much of its position as a leading centre, centred on the Papal court. The removal of the popes from the city in the
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in 1971. The studios and the city have also been the settings for several foreign movies, such as
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