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Via Veneto to be transformed into open-air cinema by Rome Film Fest. Rome's Via Veneto, synonymous with the capital's 'dolce vita' era of the 1960s, will form the backdrop to an outdoor screening of the restored version...
'Romeo' stuns 'Juliet' by asking for her hand in Verona Arena. The audience at the 'Roberto Bolle and Friends' show in Verona Arena on Wednesday night was thrilled after two lead dancers got engaged on stage. The pri...
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Ultimo is latest act to perform in prestigious Rome venue. Rome has closed streets around the Circus Maximus on Sunday 17 July due to a concert by Italian pop singer Ultimo. Around 70,000 people are expected to atten...
Controversy erupts over lack of security cameras at Rome landmark. Rome's Pantheon has been vandalised with graffiti that reads "Aliens Exist" alongside what appears to be two flying saucers, sprayed on the exterior of...
New cinema venue will have two screens devoted to archive films and movie premieres. The Fiamma cinema, which closed its doors in 2017, is to reopen as a multifunctional cinema centre with two screens, a study room, a m...
Investigation underway into cause of fire at much-loved book stand. A well-known stall selling used books in Rome's Piazzale Flaminio is getting ready to reopen, days after it was destroyed by fire, according to Italian...
Shelley planned to spend the summer of 1822 sailing along the coast of Tuscany but he drowned when his new boat went down in a summer storm. Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned in a summer storm in the Gulf of Spezia on 8 July...
Valentino to restore Roman mosaic at Baths of Caracalla. Luxury fashion house Valentino will showcase its autumn-winter 2022-23 collection at the Spanish Steps in Rome on Friday 8 July. The gala event, organised in c...
Florence to unveil first two rooms of Museo Nazionale dell'Italiano. Italy will launch a new Museum of the Italian Language, at the S. Maria Novella complex in Florence, on 6 July. Italian culture minister Dario Fran...
Caravaggio paintings can be found in churches and palaces across Rome. The masterful paintings of 16th-century artist Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), better known as Caravaggio, continue to fascinate more than 400 year...
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Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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Rome's state and city-run museums free on first Sunday of the month. State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 3 July thanks to the Domenica al Museo initiative....
Frescoes of gods from different belief systems in domus that predates third-century Roman bath complex. The visitor experience at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome has been further enriched with the opening to the public o...
After a two-year hiatus due to the covid pandemic, Elizabeth Bick returns to the Pantheon in 2022 for her project Every God. The New York-based photographer Elizabeth Bick has returned to Rome's Pantheon on 21 June, the...
Museum collection contains antiquities repatriated from US. Italy has opened a new museum showcasing ancient artefacts that were looted from Italian archaeological sites and trafficked abroad before being rescued by art...
Vasco Rossi "honoured and proud" to receive award. Italian rock star Vasco Rossi is to receive the Lupa Capitolina, Rome's highest honour, following his two sold-out shows at the Circus Maximus last weekend. The vete...
Multimedia light shows conjure up ancient Rome by night. The history of ancient Rome comes to life thanks to the Viaggi nei Fori project, a multimedia display screened on the ruins of the Forum of Augustus and Forum of...
Rome's state and city-run museums free this Sunday. State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 5 June thanks to the popular Domenica al Museo initiative. The natio...
Rome version of Open House celebrates 10 years. Registration is open for the 2022 edition of Open House Roma which opens the doors of 200 of Rome’s most fascinating buildings, both ancient and modern, over the weekend o...
Oscar winner Piovani takes over from the late Gigi Proietti after whom the Globe was renamed last year. Italian composer Nicola Piovani has been named the new artistic director of Rome's Globe Theatre in Villa Borghese,...
Live music returns to the Circus Maximus this summer as Rome opera festival moves back to Baths of Caracalla. Rome's Circus Maximus is to host several major rock concerts this summer as Italy sees a return of large-scal...
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