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Keats made the arduous journey to Rome hoping that the milder winter climate would cure his consumption, but within three months he was dead.
Mary Wilsey
This is a tale of two young men who travelled to Rome and took...
German-born archaeologist has been director of Paestum since 2015.
Italy's culture ministry has appointed Gabriel Zuchtriegel, a 39-year-old German archaeologist, as the new director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park....
All you need to know about the Cinepanettone genre. The birth of cinema in the early 1900s led Italians to produce documentaries, which slowly started adopting the movie structure when elements of fiction were incorporat...
Museo Palatino reopens to visitors after extended closure.
The Palatine Museum has reopened to the public, after an extended closure under Italy's covid-19 regulations, with new opening hours.
The Museo Palatino, whi...
Guide to art exhibitions in Rome's museums and galleries in February 2021.
Museums, palaces and archaeological sites in Rome began reopening on 1 February, following a three-month closure, after the Lazio region was rec...
Raggi floated populist proposal during live stream yesterday.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has proposed free entry to Rome museums for residents of the city, a proposal which would require the approval of Italy's culture m...
Did Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini inspire the story of the most talked about series of the moment?
In the British series from the BBC One and HBO, the audience never sees the eternal Rome with its monuments, but...
Two of Rome's cultural organisations, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and MAXXI, Italy's National Museum of 21st Century Arts, join together on 25 February with a concert dedicated to music by Igor Stravinsky.
The event will...
State museums in Italy take in €60 million last year compared to €240 million in 2019.
Italy's state museums witnessed an average decrease of 75 per cent in visitors in 2020, due to the fall-off in tourists and lockdown...
Relighting of the Ara Pacis Museum comes just weeks before Rome reopens the Mausoleum of Augustus.
Rome's Ara Pacis museum and its monumental ancient altar have been illuminated with a new lighting system thanks to a fi...
A 16th-century park of monsters in Bomarzo makes a fascinating day trip from Rome.
The origins of this charming town in north Lazio date back to the Etruscan era however Bomarzo is known primarily for its wondrous Parco...
Rome Quadriennale headquarters moves to Porta Portese.
The 2020 Quadriennale di Roma, a major showcase of contemporary Italian art in Rome, returns to the capital, occupying both floors of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni....
Italy's streaming platform for Italian culture will be called .ITsART.The logo and name of Italy's ambititious project to create the "Netflix of Italian Culture" has been unveiled, reports online art newspaper Artribune....
Luca Signorelli's stunning fresco cycle adorns the S. Brizio chapel in Orvieto's cathedral.
By Martin Bennett
As a prelude to visiting the Sistine Chapel, one could take the train to Orvieto, an hour north of Rome, a...
Tiny island off Naples celebrates title of Italian Capital of Culture 2022.
Procida, the little island in the Gulf of Naples, has been crowned Italian Capital of Culture 2022, Italy's culture ministry announced on 18 Ja...
Museums in Italy expected to reopen in 'yellow' zones on 18 January but the Vatican Museums plans to wait until February.
The Vatican Museums are aiming to reopen on 1 February - if coronavirus restrictions allow - acco...
Italy's museums will only be able to open in yellow zones, from Monday to Friday, under proposals outlined by Italian culture minister.
The Italian government is considering reopening museums but only in regions classif...
Italy's museums have been closed since November due to covid-19.
The Italian government is set to allow museums and archaeological sites to reopen in regions classified as 'yellow zones,' the lowest-risk category in Ita...
Colosseum has been closed since 6 November under Italy's covid-19 restrictions.
"If it is really decided to reopen the museums and if Lazio is confirmed in the yellow zone, we are ready with our strategic plan for the r...
Rome has a handful of bookshops stocking exclusively English language titles in addition to larger Italian stores with small sections dedicated to books in English and other languages. Here is our list of the main booksh...
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