Roman aqueduct found during Rome's Metro C works
Archaeologists announce "sensational discovery" on Rome's Coelian hill.
The unearthing of a Roman aqueduct has been announced by Rome archaeologists who describe it as a "sensational discovery of e...
Denmark funds excavations at Caesar's Forum
Excavation of Forum of Julius Caesar will focus under Via dei Fori Imperiali.
The Carlsberg Foundation of Denmark is donating €1.5 million to fund a major three-year archaeological excavation proje...
Rome remembers Fosse Ardeatine massacre
73rd anniversary of atrocity at Rome’s Fosse Ardeatine.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella will attend a wreath-laying ceremony at Rome’s Fosse Ardeatine mausoleum at 11.00 on Thursday 23 March, i...
Holocaust victims remembered in Rome 72 years after liberation of Auschwitz.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January is being marked in Rome with around 100 memorial events over a ten...
Service at Commonwealth cemetery in Rome on 11 November.
The annual Commonwealth Remembrance Day service takes place on Friday 11 November at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery on Via...
Rome to reopen ancient Mamertine Prison
Prison at Roman Forum will reopen with new visitor facilities.
The Mamertine prison at the Roman Forum will reopen to the public on 21 July, following a year-long closure to allow for archaeologica...
Rome celebrates 71st anniversary of liberation on 25 April.
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 71st Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rul...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery.
Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2016 with a memorial service on Monday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia...
Wartime bunker built for Italy's former royal family.
A bunker designed for Italy's former royal family has opened to the public for the first time, after being abandoned by 70 years, at Rome's Vil...
Mediaeval church in Roman Forum reopens
Rome's “mediaeval Sistine Chapel” reopens after 36-year restoration.
The sixth-century S. Maria Antiqua church in the Roman Forum, one of Rome’s earliest surviving Christian monuments, reopened to...
Rome remembers the Fosse Ardeatine
72nd anniversary of massacre at Rome's Fosse Ardeatine.
Italian president Sergio Mattarella attended a wreath-laying ceremony at Rome’s Fosse Ardeatine mausoleum on 23 March, in memory of the 335 p...
Much of the layout of Renaissance Rome was dictated by the needs of pilgrim routes to St Peter's from all parts of the city.
Arianna Farina
The layout of Rome in the early 15th century was still...
Holocaust victims remembered in Rome 71 years after liberation of Auschwitz.
Numerous memorial events are being held in Rome to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday 27 January....
Service at Commonwealth cemetery in Rome.
The annual Commonwealth Remembrance Day service takes place on Wednesday 11 November at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery, Via Nicola Zabagli...
Roman Forum opens Imperial Roman ramp
Emperor Domitian's ramp connects Roman Forum with Palatine hill.
A first-century ramp that leads from the Roman Forum up to the hilltop imperial palace on the Palatine hill opened to the public on...
Rome commemorates deportation of Jews
72nd anniversary of deportation of Rome’s Jews.
Commemorative events are taking place in Rome on 16 October, 72 years after more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews were deported to the Nazi exterminatio...
Traces of the House of Stuart can still be seen in Rome 300 years after the Jacobite Rising in Scotland.
The Jacobite Rising in Scotland in 1715 was the second of three unsuccessful attempts made b...
New discovery suggests ancient Rome may have been bigger
Sixth century BC house may be proof of larger ancient capital than originally thought.
The discovery of a sixth century BC residence on Rome's Quirinal hill could prove that the ancient city was mu...
Remains of earlier Arch of Titus discovered in Rome
Triumphal arch found buried under Circus Maximus.
Archaeologists working in Rome's Circus Maximus have unearthed large marble remains belonging to a lesser-known Arch of Titus dating to 81 AD, the...
City celebrates 70th anniversary of liberation.
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 70th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end...
