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Palazzo Farnese regains its original splendour.
A major restoration project at Rome's Palazzo Farnese, the seat of the French embassy to Italy and the École française de Rome, has been completed after more than three ye...
La Spezia mayor hails "extraordinary" discovery.
Two original pages from the "first edition" of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece The Divine Comedy, dating from the 14th century, have been found in the Italian city of La Sp...
Restoration of landmark church completed in time for Vatican's Jubilee Year.
Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, a jewel of the Roman Renaissance and Baroque, has reopened following extensive restoration works th...
Rome city museums stay open late for Musei in Musica 2024.
Musei in Musica returns to the Italian capital on Saturday 7 December, with Rome's city-run museums staying open until 02.00 to host more than 100 concerts and...
Santa Lucia brightens Italy's Christmas calendar.
The 2024 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.
For more tha...
San Casciano dei Bagni continues to yield treasures.
Archaeologists in Italy have made extraordinary new discoveries at an ancient hot water springs in Tuscany, illuminating the site's rich Etruscan and Roman history....
Rome's Casa Balla to be a permanent museum.
The Italian state is to purchase the former Rome residence of the Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, Italy's culture minister Alessandro Giuli confirmed on Monday.
Giuli made...
Italy celebrates the legacy of Giacomo Puccini, one of the most acclaimed Italian opera composers of all time, who died on this day in 1924.
Italy is staging a series of special events on Friday to mark the centenary of...
Palazzo Barberini displays rare Caravaggio portrait until February.
A rarely-seen painting by Italian Baroque genius Caravaggio goes on public display, for the first time, at Rome's Palazzo Barberini gallery this weeken...
The recovered Etruscan artefacts, looted by tomb raiders in Città della Pieve, date to the third century BC.
Italian art police have seized a significant collection of Etruscan artefacts, worth at least €8 million, that...
Cemetery seeks €300,000 in online appeal after fallen tree leads to its closure.
Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery has launched an online fundraiser to seek financial assistance after a large pine tree fell inside its walls,...
Italy adds 4 November to list of free museum dates.
State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Monday 4 November to mark National Unity and Armed Forces Day, the culture minist...
Rino Gaetano was born in Crotone on this day in 1950.
Italy remembers the late, great Italian singer-songwriter Rino Gaetano on Tuesday, the 74th anniversary of his birth on 29 October 1950.
More than four decades af...
100 Pittori takes place on Via Margutta.
100 Pittori, Rome's historic open-air art event, returns to Via Margutta with its 122nd edition from 31 October until 3 November 2024.
The four-day art festival will feature w...
Apollo Belvedere back on display after five years.
The Vatican Museums on Tuesday unveiled the newly restored Apollo Belvedere, a celebrated marble sculpture of the Greek god Apollo dating from the second century.
Th...
Festa del Cinema di Roma celebrates 19 years in Rome.
The 2024 Rome Film Festival offers cinema fans 12 days of movie premieres, screenings, masterclasses and special guests in the Italian capital from 16-27 October....
Viale Francis Ford Coppola unveiled ahead of Rome Film Festival.
Francis Ford Coppola, the celebrated Italian-American director best known for The Godfather trilogy, was honoured at Rome's legendary Cinecittà film studi...
FAI opens historic sites in Italy on 12-13 October.
More than 700 noted Italian buildings and historic sites open to the public for free on the weekend of 12-13 October as part of the annual Giornate FAI d'Autunno event...
Galleria Borghese marks International Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Rome's Galleria Borghese, home to masterpieces by Bernini, Caravaggio and Raphael, will stay open late on three Saturday evenings in October.
The m...
Rome Film Festival 2024 dedicated to Mastroianni.
Italy is celebrating the centenary of the birth of legendary Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni whose career spanned more than five decades, up to his death in 1996....
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