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Atrium Vestae reopens fully as part of new Roman Forum itinerary.The Colosseum Archaeological Park reopens the House of the Vestal Virgins to the public fully on 6 July following an extensive restoration that began in 20...
Free guided tours of Rome's Aurelian Walls this summer.
Rome opens up internal stretches of the city's ancient Aurelian Walls for the first time with guided tours at weekends this summer.
The tours will be held in th...
Ancient Roman site had been obscured by hoarding in recent years.
Hadrian's Athenaeum is once again visible to passersby after the city removed the concrete barriers and hoarding that had long obscured the ancient site...
Archaeological site reopens to the public with multimedia show dedicated to 'grotesque' style rediscovered by Raphael and other Renaissance artists.
Rome's Domus Aurea, containing the majestic remains of Emperor Nero's...
Colosseum hypogeum restored in major project financed by Tod's.
The underground heart of Rome’s Colosseum, a labyrinth of passageways and chambers called the hypogeum, has opened to the public fully following an extensi...
Site opens for bookings between 1 July and 30 September but tickets are likely to be snapped up quickly.
Rome has reopened the booking system for the Mausoleum of Augustus - the tomb of Rome's first emperor - which reop...
First discovery on Tiber riverbed by new underwater heritage protection unit.
Three massive Roman columns have been discovered at the bottom of the river Tiber by underwater archaeologists together with carabinieri dive...
Soldier's letter reaches his family 78 years after he died on the battlefield in Russia.
A letter written by a young Italian soldier on the Russian Front during world war two has been delivered to his niece 78 years aft...
Six fragments of Roman frescoes dating from the first century AD are returned to Pompeii villas.
Pompeii's archaeological park has welcomed the return of six fresco fragments stolen from the ruins of Roman villas, recov...
Tracing some of the Pantheon's reincarnations down through the centuries.
In the quincentenary year of his death, Raphael can stake a claim as greatest artist ever.
So the Pantheon, whose interior he once, as it now...
Exploring the history of Rome's Circus Maximus by taking reverse laps back to its beginnings.
By Martin Bennett
Early morning. But for a man slowly walking his dachshund, the vast oval of grass and tawny-coloured gra...
The images that Dante created in his poem have inspired artists and scholars for centuries.
It is hard to imagine that a country as rich in history and culture as Italy could trace a great deal of its heritage back to o...
Remains of nine Neanderthals unearthed at prehistoric cave at San Felice Circeo.
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered the fossilised remains of nine Neanderthals in a prehistoric cave south of Rome, the Italian cultu...
Chance discovery made during construction works in Isernia.
A marble head of the Emperor Augustus has been unearthed in Isernia, a town in the south-central Italian region of Molise.
The archaeological discovery was...
Capitoline Museums remount index finger on ancient bronze hand of Constantine after 500 years.
Rome's colossal bronze hand of Roman emperor Constantine has had its index finger remounted after the missing fragment was s...
Rome marks Natale di Roma with a series of online events on 21 April.
Rome celebrates 2,774 years today, 21 April, in a popular birthday tradition known as Natale di Roma.
The annual celebration - known in ancient ti...
Operation Eiche, when Mussolini was rescued by the Nazis.On the 25th of July, 1943, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was arrested at Villa Savoia in Rome. Mussolini’s arrest brought an end to 21 years of Fascist...
Rome's birthday celebrations for Natale di Roma move online for the second year due to covid-19.
Rome celebrates its 2,774th birthday on 21 April 2021. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday celebration is based o...
Largo Argentina site will become accessible to the general public for the first time thanks to raised paths that will allow visitors to "walk through history."
Rome's archaeological site at Largo di Torre Argentina is t...
ANZAC Day memorial service in Rome will be online on 25 April.
The New Zealand and Australian embassies in Italy will commemorate ANZAC Day this year with a virtual memorial service from the Rome War Cemetery.
The 20...
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