Rome commemorates Fosse Ardeatine
71st anniversary of Rome massacre.
The traditional commemoration ceremony takes place at Rome’s Fosse Ardeatine mausoleum on Tuesday 24 March, in memory of the 335 people killed by the then occupyi...
Marble columns reconstructed for Rome's birthday
The Temple of Peace in the Roman Forum is to be restored in time for the city's annual birthday commemoration on 21 April, according to the cap...
Massive ancient Roman reservoir excavated on Metro C site
Largest ancient Roman reservoir ever found
Archaeologists working alongside the excavations for Rome's new Metro C line in the S. Giovanni district have discovered one of the largest ancient Roman...
Canadian war veterans return to Italy after 70 years
28 war veterans honour their comrades buried in Italy
A delegation of 28 Canadian war veterans is travelling to Italy to participate in Canada's official commemorations on the 70th anniversary of t...
Rome's Colosseum arena floor could be restored
Culture minister backs plan by Italian archaeologist
Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini has added his support to the proposed rebuilding of the Colosseum's arena floor, rendering it the wa...
Mussolini bunker opens to visitors in Rome
Guided tours of main bunker along with two earlier shelters
An air-raid shelter used by Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini will reopen to the public from 31 October, along with two adjoining...
Rome gives green light to Holocaust Museum
News comes on 71st anniversary of deportation of Rome's Jews
Construction is to begin on Rome's Museo della Shoah, which will commemorate Italy’s Jewish victims of the Holocaust, at Villa Tor...
Vicus Jugarius reopens in Roman Forum
Rome restores ancient street as part of bimillennium of emperor Augustus
The ancient Vicus Jugarius in the Roman forum has reopened following a €1.3-million restoration over the last four year...
A restoration made of light at the Forum of Augustus
On the bimillennium of the death of Augustus on 19 August 14 BC, Rome is celebrating and rediscovering the emperor who made her great with initiatives, exhibitions and cultural events discussing his p...
Mausoleum discovered at Rome's Ostia Antica
Child's tomb covered with terrible curses
An ancient mausoleum containing a dozen tombs belonging to a family of wealthy nobles has been discovered at Rome's sprawling Ostia Antica archaeological...
Hitler painting on show in Rome
Painting to be shown near the Pantheon
A watercolour by Adolf Hitler will be displayed at an art gallery near the Pantheon in Rome on 18 July.
The work on paper will be shown during a press con...
Imperial Roman monument on Appia Antica restored
The Mausoleum of Romulus on Rome's Via Appia Antica has reopened to the public after more than two decades. Built in the early fourth century AD, t...
Annual event coincides with canonisation weekend
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 69th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at...
Monte Soratte bunker opens to visitors
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied bombardment
The group of local enthusiasts that has cleaned and opened long stretches of the mysterious bunker in the entrails of Mount Soratte will take...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery
Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2013 with a memorial service on Friday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia,...
Rome remembers Quadraro deportation
Residents commemorate 70th anniversary of Nazi raid
Today is the 70th anniversary of the Nazi raid on Quadraro, a south-eastern suburb of Rome, during world war two.
The district was well known...
70th anniversary of Rome massacre
The traditional commemoration ceremony takes place at Rome's Fosse Ardeatine mausoleum on Monday 24 March, in memory of the 335 people killed by the then occupying...
Oldest known Roman temple discovered in Rome
Remains may be the world's oldest Roman temple
Archaeologists in Rome have announced the discovery of what may be the world's oldest Roman temple, dating to the seventh century BC.
The remains o...
But memorial marred by anti-Semitic incidents
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday 27 January, numerous memorial events are being held in Rome, many of them aime...
70th anniversary of deportation of Rome's Jews
Anniversary occurs amid controversy over Priebke funeral
A series of commemorative events take place in Rome on 16 October, 70 years after more than 1,000 of the city's Jews were deported to the Na...
