Culture
Exploring the Rome sites most associated with the great film director Federico Fellini who was born in Rimini in 1920 and died in the Italian capital in 1993.
Trevi FountainThe landmark most readily associated with Fell...
Tracing the origins and history of Rome's carnival.
The first certain traces of Rome's carnival celebrations - which begin this year on 5 February - date back to the 12th century.
The ludus carnevalarii saw the atten...
Procida concludes term as Italy's culture capital.
The northern Italian cities of Bergamo and Brescia take up their joint status as Italy's Capital of Culture 2023 with a year-long programme of cultural events kicking o...
Father of the Italian language is also founder of Italian right-wing thinking, claims Sangiuliano.
Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano caused a stir on Saturday by claiming that the mediaeval poet and philosoph...
Casino dell'Aurora fails to sell a fifth time.
An American-born princess faces eviction from a Rome villa with the world's only ceiling painting by Caravaggio after the historic property failed to sell at a court-ordere...
Writer left paralysed after collapsing in Rome.
Hanif Kureishi, the acclaimed British novelist and playwright, has been captivating Twitter users with a remarkable account of his experiences since being hospitalised in...
Italy culture minister visits Pompeii for opening.
Pompeii has reopened the Casa dei Vettii, a richly frescoed house owned by two men freed from slavery, following a complex 20-year restoration.
The House of the Vett...
Culture minister pulls plug on ItsART project.
ItsART, the streaming platform dedicated to Italian art and culture, has been put into liquidation after reportedly incurring losses of €7.5 million last year.
The pet p...
Uffizi ticket prices in high season will rise to €25 from 1 March.
The Uffizi in Florence will raise the price of individual tickets in the high season to cope with rising costs in the energy and construction sectors, t...
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...
Italy’s state museums mark new year with Domenica al Museo.
State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will open their doors for free on Sunday 1 January 2023 - New Year’s Day - as part of the month...
Christmas opening hours for Rome museums.
Rome's city-run museums will be open on 24 December, Christmas Eve, and on 31 December, New Year's Eve, until 14.00.
They will be closed on 25 December, Christmas Day, while...
Move comes amid pressure on British Museums.
Pope Francis has ordered the return to Greece of three marble fragments from the Parthenon in Athens that have been in the pontifical collection of the Vatican Museums since...
Rome mayor is open to discussing the idea.Italy’s new culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has revived a contentious plan to start charging people to visit the Pantheon in Rome, the ministry announced on Thursday.
The p...
Rome's independent English bookshops survive and, some, even flourish.
A few months ago, with the closure of the celebrated Feltrinelli in the Galleria Sordi on Rome's Via del Corso, local Italian newspapers published d...
S. Lucia brightens Rome's Christmas calendar.
The 2022 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 than a ...
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...
Giotto's Nativity scenes will be projected onto the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi this Christmas.
The Italian town of Assisi, in the central Umbria region, will project images of Giotto's Nativity frescoes onto the f...
Where to find Bernini statues, fountains, art and architecture in Rome.
Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was a genius of the Baroque era who left an indelible mark on Rome's artistic and a...
Giovanna Melandri to step down after decade at the helm of MAXXI.
Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has chosen journalist Alessandro Giuli as the new president of MAXXI, the national museum of 21st century ar...
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