The second annual'Great Vienna Debutante Ball in Rome' will take place at Barncaccio Palace in the Italian capital.

twenty-four debutantes from across Italy will be accompanied by sportsmen from the Italian police's athletic organisation and a jury will select the best dancing couple who will be invited to attend the Opera Ball in Vienna next Feb.

The ball is being organised by the town of Vienna, the Austrian consulate in Rome, the city and province of Rome and the region of Lazio.

Social Democratic ( SP ) Vienna assistant Mayor Renate Brauner will head an Austrian delegation attending the ball.

Music for the event will be provided by a Vienna ensemble conducted by Jacqueline Roscheck.

Austrian ambassador to Italy Christian Berlakovits announced today ( Weds ) [*CO]'We are pleased to once have been able to organise the ball for the second year in a row. We wish to supply the flair of a real Vienna ball in Rome.'

Proceeds from the event, which will be moderated by Italian TV presenter Veronica Maya, will go to victims of the earthquake last Apr in the town of L'Aquila.

Here you find a short description of what the 2 capital towns have to offer and if you hire an OH Holidays flat you'll enjoy both of the towns very much .

Rome is the Eternal town and the true town of empire with its legacy of columns, triumphal arches, and gigantic buildings. But this isnot the whole story of this traditional town : Rome is also a thriving and busy metropolis where Italian government and commerce rub shoulders together to the soundtrack of present-day existence. In addition Rome includes the miniscule town state of Vatican City, the domain of the Roman Catholic Church and the home of the Pope.

All roads, naturally, lead to Rome and not only for the traditional Coliseum, Trajan's Column, Saint Paul's Basilica, the Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps-visitors also discover the pleasures of the lesser-known streets with their lively chatter and bustle. Romans enjoy street life to a degree unknown in several cooler climates, and while the restaurants and bars are renowned for their atmosphere on no account miss the opportunity to savor a big selection of delicious food and drink. The city is potentially even more pretty at night when lights pick out the details and silhouettes of the buildings and monuments.

From Coliseum to Castell San Angelo, from the traditional Roman Forum to St. Peter's Square at the guts of the Vatican ; from the Piazza Navona to the cobbles of the Appian Way-Rome is a gorgeous and historic town that will delight who will hire appartamenti a roma.

Vienna is an ideal-typical western european city. Vienna is referred to by many as a unique onion, with each one of the urban layers surrounding the oldest historical center being equally vital to the overall flavor of the city. The Austrian capital so welcomes all the conventions of a western european town, from Roman foundations thru to Gothic, Baroque and Historicism. Travellers are avid to visit Vienna because of the city's exciting fusion of the royal-imperial aptitude of the past with the latest trends, the responsible cultivation of a dear heritage and charming traditions. But much more than old buildings turn Vienna into a town of beauty : one also finds wonderful museums, fine art collections and world famous artistic endeavors in the town. Vienna boasts 50 theaters, including 3 opera homes and 2 theaters staging musicals, one hundred museums. Save money by booking a appartamenti a vienna

Serious music lovers have long considered Vienna to be just this side of paradise : one encounters music everywhere, from the sounds of a child practicing a Mozart piano sonata thru an open window to street musicians playing classical as well as hippy music. No other city has been home to so many composers of global renown : some,eg Schubert, Strauss, Schoenberg and Berg were born there, others,eg Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms and Mahler selected to live there.

Culinary culture is an essential part of the strategy for living that has distinguished Vienna for centuries. Viennese cuisine is maybe the sole cuisine in the world that's named for a town and not a country. Vienna has been influenced by many countries throughout the previous 10 centuries, something that may explain much of its attraction - and not only in the realm of cooking. The word Heurigen has long been part of the vocabulary of tourism in Vienna - no sightseeing visit to the city on the Danube would be complete without a trip to a Viennese Heurigen. Heurigens have now become a synonym for some of what's best in Vienna : hospitality, gemtlichkeit, joie de vivre mingled with a little melancholy, good strong food and refreshing dry wine. In fact, as a uniquely Viennese establishment, a way of life, Heurigens are 2nd only to Kaffehaus.