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Archaeologists have uncovered a huge Roman necropolis containing some 270 tombs south of Rome at Ponte Galeria following a tip-off from the art police. The police had become suspicious that there might be an archaeologic...
The Italian director Dino Risi, whose films included Profumo di Donna (1974, Scent of a Woman) and Il Sorpasso (1962, The Easy Life), has died in Rome aged 91. Along with Mario Monicelli, Risi was one of the last survi...
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The annual selection of films from the Cannes Festival will be on show in Rome from 5-12 June at eight cinemas in the capital. Taking part in the initiative are the Intrastevere (Vicolo Moroni), Nuovo Sacher (Largo Ascia...
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To celebrate the beginning of Michelangelo Buonarroti
From 10 to 25 May the villages of Fara Sabina con l
Italian archaeologists have found 27 new Etruscan tombs at the well-known burial site at Tarquinia, a town north of Rome. They have been digging since April after a chance discovery at a building site about 500 metres fr...
According to figures for the first quarter of 2008 released by the administrative governing body of the Fondazione Musica per Roma on 5 May, the number of visitors to the Auditorium Parco della Musica continues to grow....
Gianni Alemanno, the new conservative mayor of Rome, says a controversial covering structure for a major ancient Roman monument should be torn down, but says he will allow Romans to decide for themselves in a referendum....
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The seventh Tekfestival will take place in Rome from 6-11 May at Cinema Farnese (Campo de Fiori) and Cinema Trevi (Vicolo Puttarello, 5) with screenings from 16.00 to midnight each day. The Tekfestival is an internationa...
Around 100 stolen paintings, statues, letters and manuscripts recovered by Italian art police from the black market have gone on show at Castel S. Angelo. The annual display highlights the behind-the-scenes operations in...
Rome marks its 2761st birthday on 21 April, based on its mythical founding date in 753 BC, with various events on the day itself and the days that follow. This year the city has chosen musical events in particular to cel...
Excavations for the new Metro C line station at Piazza Venezia have revealed an ancient Roman staircase in the middle of the square. The white-marble staircase inset into pink granite has been dubbed
World-renowned architect Massimiliano Fuksas, acclaimed film director Ettore Scola, and one of the most respected voices on politics and current affairs and founder of the newspaper the Repubblica, Eugenio Scalfari, are...
The work to repave the area around the base of the Colosseum on its western side has brought to light new archaeological findings. At the beginning of April a marble piece measuring a metre and a half of an equestrian st...
The chapel in Palazzo Barberini containing a crucifix by Pietro da Cortona and ceiling vault frescoes by either his pupils or him together with his pupils is now open to visitors after many years of closure. The newly re...
Palaces, theatres, villas, aqueducts, and other sites in Italy normally closed to the public will open their doors on 5 and 6 April for the Fondo per l
For the fourth consecutive year, an initiative called Cin Cin Cinema that offers reduced cinema tickets will run for the whole month of April. As a result, tickets at participating cinemas Monday through Thursday cost on...
A Roman fresco stolen from the Vesuvian town of Oplontis and recovered by Italian art police from a private house in Paris has gone on show to the public for the first time at Rome
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