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Portuguese artist transforms Rome train station with street art. Portuguese street artist and sculptor Bordalo II is currently creating one of his mixed-media murals at Rome's S. Pietro train station near the Vatican....
Farnesina opens its contemporary art to the public. Italy’s foreign affairs ministry at Palazzo della Farnesina opens its doors from 17-22 December, between 09.00 and 16.00, putting its significant art collection on f...
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Privately owned palaces open for Palazzi di Roma a Porte Aperte. Some of Rome’s most magnificent houses will be open to the public from 1-30 November as part of the third edition of Palazzi di Roma a Porte Aperte, org...
Special Italian task force to save world cultural sites. UNESCO has accepted the project of Italy's prime minister for a specialist unit of Italian experts to save world historic and cultural sites under threat of des...
Rome's MAXXI to manage L'Aquila contemporary art museum. A new modern art museum is set to open in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila, under the management of the Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI), Rome's mu...
Street Heart project continues to brighten Rome suburbs. German street artists Herakut have completed a largescale mural in the east Rome district of Torpignattara, as part of the ongoing Street Heart project organise...
Invito a Palazzo offers free tours of bank buildings. The 14th edition of Invito a Palazzo offers the public a glimpse inside the head offices of a variety of Italy's banks on Saturday 3 October. The 108 buildings...
Tourist sites to be classified as essential public services. Employees at the Colosseum will no longer be able to close one of the world's most famous tourist sites without warning if Italy's prime minister, Matteo Re...
Italian events based around Expo Milan food theme. A nationwide programme of events takes place in Italy to mark European Heritage Days which is marked across Europe on the weekend of 19-20 September. This year the...
Restoration at French embassy reveals hidden drawings, dates and signatures. The Carracci Gallery at Rome’s Palazzo Farnese, home of the French embassy to Italy, reopens its doors to visitors from 21 September followi...
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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American artist C. Finley is based between the US and Rome, and a detail of her work Fingaz 4 Daze featured on the cover of the August edition of Wanted in Rome magazine. Your work has been described as “stylistically...
Francis Yeoh, new donor to Teatro dell' Opera di Roma, organises concert for Unicef. The Spanish tenor José Carreras will be singing at a fund-raising event, Caracalla for Unicef, at the Terme di Caracalla on Sunday 1...
Priceless work transported by armed guard from Turin. Leonardo da Vinci’s only known self-portrait, dated 1515, is on display in Rome for the first time at the Capitoline Museums. The celebrated work is on display...
The premiere of the composition of Ennio Morricone's first Mass will be performed at the church of the Gesù on 10 June. It has been commissioned by the Society of Jesus (better known as the Jesuits) for the bicentenary o...
City museums free to Rome residents. Rome's civic museums are open free of charge to Rome residents on the first Sunday of every month, with the next edition of Domenica al Museo taking place on 7 June.  Italy's cu...
Cortili Aperti celebrates five years. The Lazio branch of the association of historic houses, Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane (ADSI), provides a unique opportunity to visit the courtyards of some of Rome’s most...
Lack of complete programme criticised. The nationwide Notte dei Musei returns on Saturday 16 May, involving the opening of museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites in Rome and throughout Italy, from 20...
Fourth edition of Open House Roma features 170 guided tours and 70 events. Many of Rome’s museums, libraries, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of char...
Popular initiative runs until end of October. From 24 April to 31 July, and from 4 September until 30 October, the Vatican Museums open every Friday evening (with the exception of 1 May) from 19.00-23.00, with last ad...
Japanese sponsor opens pyramid on 20 April. Rome’s restored Piramide Cestia was inaugurated on 20 April in the presence of the city's mayor Ignazio Marino and Yuzo Yagi, the Japanese entrepreneur who sponsored the monu...
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