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Moretto canvas was on display in Brescia when the accident occurred. A 16th-century painting by Renaissance artist Moretto was damaged after a museum visitor in the northern Italian city of Brescia tripped and fell agai...
Mengs painting of Santa Cecilia was last seen in Italy 24 years ago. Spain's Prado Museum has issued an online appeal seeking help to find an 18th-century painting which was last seen in Italy in 2001 but whose whereabo...
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Praecones were imperial heralds at the Circus Maximus. Rome's ancient Schola Praeconum, the seat of the guild of heralds who announced imperial processions and ceremonies at the Circus Maximus, has reopened after an eig...
Fellini's iconic film was previewed in Rome before its Milan premiere. La Dolce Vita, a masterpiece by the great Italian director Federico Fellini, celebrates 65 years as a cult classic of Italian cinema. The movie,...
Italy's museums open for free on first Sunday of each month. State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will open their doors for free on Sunday 2 February as part of the monthly Domenica al Museo i...
Italian folklore celebrates the Giorni della Merla amid hopes for a beautiful spring. One of Italy's best known folktales in winter revolves around a bird and the last three days in January, a tradition known as i giorn...
Masterpieces by Baroque master Caravaggio to go on display at Palazzo Barberini in Rome from 7 March until 6 July. An exhibition hailed as among the most important and ambitious showcases ever of Caravaggio's work will...
Agrigento, famed for its rich archaeological heritage, succeeds Pesaro as Italian culture capital. Italy's president Sergio Mattarella on Saturday will launch Agrigento as Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2025 with a cer...
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma returns to the Baths of Caracalla this summer with its opera festival under the stars. Rome's opera house will stage a diverse programme of events at its summer festival held among the ancient...
Rome's oldest English-language bookstore opened near the Spanish Steps in 1953. Rome's Anglo American Bookshop, a landmark for the English-speaking community in the capital for more than 70 years, closed its doors for g...
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Tosca had its world premiere in Rome on 14 January 1900. Rome's opera house will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca with a series of productions of the opera classic which premiered in the Italia...
La Befana, which coincides with the feast of the Epiphany on 6 January, is a public holiday in Italy. Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana, on 6 Janua...
Passetto del Borgo reopens on the eve of Jubilee Year. A centuries-old fortified passage between the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo reopened to the public on Monday with a new programme of special guided tours. The P...
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...
Bernini masterpiece restored in time for Jubilee Year. Rome's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, the work of Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was unveiled on Thursday after a seven-month restoration. R...
Pepper and spice warehouse was built during the reign of Emperor Domitian. Rome's Horrea Piperataria, an ancient warehouse in the Roman Forum used to store pepper and spice in the imperial period, will open to the publi...
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