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The Province of Rome pays homage to the genius of Galileo Galilei with the exhibit "Il telescopio di Galileo", held at Palazzo Incontro through January 6, 2010 and offered free of charge to all visitors. Thanks to Galileo Galilei, the period between summer and fall of the year 1609 became crucial as the time in which the universe acquired a new physiognomy. With his telescope, Galileo was indeed able to confirm Copernicus’s revolutionary theories according to which the earth did not stand still in the center of the universe bur rather it orbits around the sun. 400 years after Galileo discovery, this extraordinary exhibit opened in Florence in 2008 and traveled to Beijing, Philadelphia and Stockholm before arriving in Rome.
