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Palazzo delle Esposizioni, one of Romes major exhibition centres which has been under reconstruction for years is now due to re-open in September 2007. The huge Palaexpo building in the Via Nazionale is next to the paleo...
A festival of philosophy will be held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome from 11 14 May. Promoted by the Rome city council, Progetto Telecom and the Fondazione Musica per Roma there will be four days of encoun...
Dutch artist Johanne Vermeers 1667 work The Love Letter is on show for the first time in Rome, at Palazzo Barberini, which houses Italys national collection of ancient art.
The event marks the opening of space returned...
Unesco has named Turin and Rome as world book capitals for 2006 and from Saturday 22 April until Tuesday 25 April Rome will be offering a large programme in libraries all over the region of Lazio, the province and the ci...
The Italian ministry for fine art and culture has recently announced that it is now in a position to buy the part of the Palazzo Altemps which is not already owned by the state. Palazzo Altemps, just north of the Piazza...
The 14th edition of the spring open day, Giornata della Primavera, organised by the Fondo per lAmbiente Italiano (FAI), will take place on 25 and 26 March. A total of 410 monuments many of which are not usually open to...
A new church in the Magliana area of Rome was consecrated by Cardinal Camillo Ruini on Saturday 25 March. S. Volto di Ges, at the corner of Via Caprese and Via della Magliana, was designed by the Italian firm Piero Sarto...
Three new public libraries are to open in Rome. On 31 March, library Sandro Onofri in the Acilia area, southwest of Rome will be opened, followed by the opening of libraries in ex-Vaccheria Nardi in the Tiburtina area an...
The recently restored Forte Portuense has opened to the public for the first time in its history. Built in 1884, it was one of 16 fortresses in a defence system circling the city between the Aurelian walls and todays Gra...
It has come around again, the Sanremo festival of Italian songs started on 27 February and will continue for five evenings until 4 March (the festival rests on Wednesday 1 March so that the Italians may watch a friendly...
Archaeological documentaries about the Valley of the Buddha in Afghanistan, the Libyan desert, the archaeological museum in Baghdad, mysterious ancient Sardinian cultures and a virtual reconstruction of Troy will be scre...
Entry to part of the Capitoline Museums will be free on each Sunday until the end of May (except for Easter Sunday). Entry includes a visit to the Palazzo Senatorio to see the rooms where the city council meets and into...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Italian government have signed an agreement to return looted artifacts to Italy. These include the famous Euphronis vase taken from the Etruscan burial site of Cerveteri...
The damage to the Caravaggio painting The Madonna of the pilgrims, which was discovered when the painting was returned from an exhibition in Milan to the church of S. Agostino in the historic centre of Rome, is not as...
A youth orchestra of 4-17 year olds is being formed by the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome, with subsidies from the city and the charitable organisation Isma. More than 100 children auditioned for the orchest...
From 13-21 October Parco della Musica will be transformed into a Parco del Film. The Auditorium, along with Piazza del Popolo, Via Veneto and other high profile locations, will host the first Festa del Cinema in Rome. Le...
Italian men are the oldest fathers in Europe, according to research by the Universit Cattolica and national institute of statistics Istat. Men are having their first child at an average age of 33, while in other countrie...
100 years since the birth of journalist, painter and screenwriter, Dino Buzzati (1906-1972), Testaccio community library will host an exhibition in his honour. The show runs until 5 February at the Biblioteca Enzo Tortor...
The Teatro dellOpera is offering a free baby sitting service while parents attend Sunday matinee performances. During 12 performances throughout the season, the Anchio vado a teatro programme will entertain 6-11 year-old...
A key discovery for archaeologists, historians, the Jewish community and the whole of Rome: a marble tombstone measuring 60 cm by 30 cm, complete with legible Hebrew inscriptions, has been found at the bottom of the Tibe...
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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...
