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The spectacle of bagpipe-playing shepherds still exists in Naples and Rome.
Dressed in traditional sheepskin and woollen cloaks with peaked hats, the zampognari pipers come into the city from their mountain homes, perfo...
Cortellesi movie scores record-breaking ticket sales at Italy’s box office, beating Barbie and Oppenheimer.
C’è ancora domani, the directorial debut of Rome actress Paola Cortellesi, has become one of the top 10 highest...
Schmidt to swap Uffizi for Capodimonte in Naples.
The Italian culture ministry on Friday announced the appointments of new directors of some of Italy's most important museums, following a public selection process.
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Santa Lucia brightens Italy's Christmas calendar.
The 2023 festive season in Italy sees a return of a popular Swedish tradition - the celebration of Santa Lucia - thanks to the embassy of Sweden in Rome.
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Culture minister hails news as "great success" for Italy.
Italian opera singing has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the UN cultural agency announced on Wednesday.
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84 historic sites in Lazio region open to visitors this weekend.
The Lazio region around Rome opens the doors of historic private homes and important cultural sites that are normally closed to the public on the weekend...
Italian state had lost track of Botticelli work valued at €100 million.
A painting by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, said to have been missing from state records for 50 years, has been recovered from a private ho...
Rome city museums stay open late for Musei in Musica 2023.
Musei in Musica returns to the Italian capital on Saturday 25 November, with Rome's city-run museums staying open until 02.00 to host more than 100 concerts and...
Fidia exhibition from 24 November until 5 May.
Rome's Capitoline Museums pay tribute to Phidias, hailed as the greatest Greek sculptor of the classical age, with an exhibition of masterpieces by the fifth-century BC gen...
Safety experts raise alarm over Bologna tower.
The landmark Garisenda Tower in the north Italian city of Bologna is at high risk of collapse, experts warned on Wednesday, weeks after the mediaeval structure was sealed o...
Tolkien show in Rome runs until 11 February.
Italy is marking the 50th anniversary of the death of British fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien with a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome.
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Hidden chamber opens to public on 15 November
Michelangelo's little-known "Secret Room", a tiny chamber with sketch-filled walls, opens to the public almost 50 years after it was discovered hidden behind a trap door in...
Italy adds 4 November to list of free museum dates.
State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Saturday 4 November to mark national unity and the armed forces, the culture mini...
Bologna moves traffic away from Torre della Garisenda.
Italy culture officials have raised concerns over the safety of the Garisenda Tower in Bologna as authorities in the northern Italian city closed off streets around...
Staino was best known as the creator of Bobo.
Italian figures from the world of politics and culture on Saturday paid tribute to Sergio Staino, the leftist cartoonist and journalist who died in a hospital in Florence at...
Rome artists participate in 2023 edition of Rome Art Week.
The eighth edition of Rome Art Week (RAW), the contemporary art festival of free cultural events in Roman galleries and studios, takes place across the capital...
More than 3,000 people used high-speed rail link in first three months.
Italy's state railway company will offer its direct train service between Rome and Pompeii on Sundays throughout 2024, culture minister Gennaro San...
Festa del Cinema di Roma returns to Italian capital.
The 2023 Rome Film Fest runs from 18-29 October, offering cinema fans 12 days of movie premieres, screenings and special events.
The film festival will be based at...
Palazzo San Felice to host Library of Archaeology and Art History.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella on Thursday inaugurated construction works on Rome's new Library of Archaeology and Art History at Palazzo San Felic...
Vasari Corridor has been closed since 2016.The Vasari Corridor in Florence is scheduled to reopen to the public in May 2024 on completion of major renovation works, Uffizi director Eike Schmidt said on Wednesday.
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