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On 29 February the American Academy in Rome is holding a special viewing of the improbable tower created by the Russian sculptor Dmitry Kaminker during his fellowship last year.
Made out of cardboard boxes this whims...
Two bookshops in Rome and Milan are among the 20 most beautiful bookshops in the world according to the US cultural website flavorwire.com.
Second top of the list is Rome
The Colosseum restoration contract between the culture ministry and the owner of Tod
Throughout 2012 the Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26, will host regular literary readings in both English and Italian, and often in both languages at the same event.
According to Curator Giuseppe Albano,
Italian state-run museums and art galleries are offering couples two tickets for the price of one in honour of St Valentine
On 7 February, the day of the anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth in 1812, the classic film Great Expectations (1946), directed by David Lean, will be shown at the Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26 at 14.30 (11...
Vandals have attacked and stolen several statues from the gardens of Villa Medici in Rome, the seat of the French Academy, situated between the Spanish Steps and Villa Borghese.
The academy
The Vatican Museums attracted just over five million visitors in 2011, its highest number ever, according to the director of the museums Antonio Paolucci.
Paolucci said that the wear and tear of almost 5.1 million vi...
A new space for hosting temporary exhibitions opened at Palazzo Barberini on 16 December, with a major show dedicated to Guercino, a leading figure in Italian 17th-century painting.
The additional 1,000-sqm on the gr...
The Tomb of the Scipios, a burial complex for the political and military Scipio dynasty during the Roman republic, has reopened after renovations began in 2008. To celebrate, on the weekend of 17-18 December there will b...
Rome's Capitoline Museums have installed a high-tech service that uses Near Field Technology (NFC) to explain the history behind some of their 300 art works.
By holding NFC-supporting smartphones near the antennas on...
The inauguration of the French Academy of Rome's restored Room of the Birds takes place at Villa Medici on 9 December.
The room forms part of the Pavilion of Ferdinando de' Medici, two halls constructed in the 16th c...
The Rome opera season began with Giuseppe Verdi
While much of the entertainment media in the Italian capital has focused on the recent Rome International Film Festival, another much smaller cinematic event celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The annual IrishFi...
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Aperitif at the organic restaurant
Join Club Tutti Expats & Locals of Roma (https://www.meetup.com/clubtuttiroma) for a delightful aperitif which will be held on Friday April 26th at 6:30 PM at the organic restauran...
