(ANSA) - ROME - Painting, sculpture and photography to tell a country's identity. Slovakia is 'unveiled' in Rome, while it is looking forward to presenting itself at Milan's Expo. Starting today until June 30, the central hall of the Vittoriano will host ''Artisticamente ...'', an exhibition that offers three visions of the small Eastern European country and its people, through the eyes of three young artists - Juraj Kollar tefan Papo and Jan Kekeli. Their works lead to reassessing traditions and classical genres and invite visitors to reflect on the state of the art, that ''is the state of private and public things'', the exhibition curator Katarina Bajcurova said on the sidelines of the vernissage. This exhibition sounds as an invitation to visit the Slovak pavilion at the Expo in Milan, recalled Ms Maria Krasnohorska, ambassador to Italy. Slovakia, she emphasized, ''a country full of positive energy, a place to visit when you want to 'recharge your batteries', thanks to its unspoilt nature, multifaceted culture, traditions and innovations''. Then there is an important symbolic message in this exhibition, according to ambassador: ''To the Slovaks, this exhibition hosted by the Vittoriano sounds like a return to the roots of their own history. ''This monument to Vittorio Emanuele'' is the place where modern Italian-Slovak relations were born.''In 1918, she recalled, ''on the famous steps of the Altar of the Fatherland, the diplomat, soldier and statesman Milan Rastislav tefanik received from the representatives of the Italian government the military flag under which the Czechoslovak Legion went to fight on the River Piave, alongside Italian soldiers. After WW1, Italy was the first country to recognize the right of the Slovaks and the Czechs to proclaim their own republic''. (ANSA).