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Rome workers unearth human skeleton outside Piramide metro station. A human skeleton has been unearthed during road works in Rome's Piazzale Ostiense, outside the Piramide metro station and across the street from the fi...
Fassi gets ready to celebrate 140 years of gelato in Rome. Rome's oldest gelateria, Palazzo del Freddo di Giovanni Fassi, is preparing to celebrate its 140th anniversary by asking Romans for their memories of the famed...
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Walk through history on the Aventine, one of Rome's seven hills. The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, was once a suburb of the ancient Roman city before becoming an important centre of Christian worship. Today...
Free entry to UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tivoli on select days. There is free entry to the sites of Hadrian's Villa and Villa d'Este in Tivoli, outside Rome, on the first Monday of the month between May and December...
Rome unearths ancient marble bust dating to second century AD.The marble bust unearthed at Trajan's Forum on 19 July is believed to have been one of the approximately 60-70 statues of Dacian warriors which once decorated...
New surprise discovery at the Roman Forum. A marble bust has been unearthed by Rome archaeologists at excavations in the Roman Forum on 19 July. The discovery was made under Via Alessandrina, the small pedestrian str...
Fassi gets ready to celebrate 140 years of gelato in Rome.Rome's oldest gelateria, Palazzo del Freddo di Giovanni Fassi, is preparing to celebrate its 140th anniversary by asking Romans for their memories of the famed ic...
Mediaeval fresco found in Rome church following discovery of obscure archive document.A large fresco dating from the Middle Ages has been discovered in a church on Rome's Aventine Hill, after being hidden behind an exter...
Waters flow once again at Nymphaeum of Mirrors on Palatine Hill. The fountains and surprise water jets of the Ninfeo degli Specchi, or Nymphaeum of Mirrors, are flowing once again - after 300 years - thanks to the ongoi...
Rome celebrates its patron saints with free visit to Forum sites. From 29 June, the feast day of Rome's patron saints Peter and Paul, it will be possible to visit the Roman Forum and the Imperial Fora with a single tick...
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  New pedestrian routes through Roman and Imperial Fora – and beyond. Rome mayor Virginia Raggi and Italy's culture minister Alberto Bonisoli on Thursday inaugurated a new pedestrian route connecting the Roman Forum...
Ancient marble head found in Rome dates back to the Imperial age. The white marble head unearthed during excavations at the Roman Forum on 24 May is believed to represent a male deity, most likely Dionysus, also known a...
Rome's deputy mayor announces surprise discovery. A beautiful female head from a marble statue has just been discovered during excavations along Via Alessandrina at the Roman Forum. The surprise discovery, made on 24...
Students clean Rome's 288 stolpersteine to keep memory alive. On Tuesday 21 May, World Day of Cultural Diversity, Rome's German embassy and the association Arte in memoria invite school students and their families to pa...
Rome makes major discovery at Emperor Nero's Golden Palace.Rome archaeologists have rediscovered the Sala della Sfinge, the Room of the Sphinx, hidden at Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea or Golden Palace for almost 2,000 years...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery. New Zealanders and Australians in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2019 with a memorial service on Thursday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia, in the Testaccio d...
Rome celebrates 74th anniversary of liberation on 25 April.On 25 April Italy celebrates the 74th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world wa...
Rome parade on 22 April will feature centurions, gladiators and vestal virgins.  A parade, featuring 1,500 participants dressed in ancient Roman costumes, takes place in Rome on Monday 22 April to mark the city's 2,772n...
Random discovery took place in grounds of Rome's Corsini palace. Rome archaeologists have presented the well-preserved remains of a ancient Roman workshop with large-scale furnace, or kiln, used in the commercial produc...
Rome's birthday celebrations for Natale di Roma include historical re-enactments including a costumed parade and gladiator fights. Rome celebrates its 2,772nd birthday on 21 April which this year coincides with Easter S...
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