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Sicily welcomes the arrival of 'theatre delivery' with actors performing on the street or courtyard outside private homes.
2020 has seen the streaming of live theatre become a widespread phenomenon in Italy, due to the...
Rome club's Christmas jumper gets mixed reaction on social media.
AS Roma has launched its own Christmas jumper, embracing an ironic festive trend that is popular in the US and the UK.
In addition to the AS Roma logo...
Roman-age head of Venus discovered in the centre of Chieti.
A Roman-era marble head portraying the goddess Venus has been discovered during excavations ahead of redevelopment works in the centre of Chieti, a city in the...
Vatican to hold 'Midnight Mass' at 19.30 on Christmas Eve.
Pope Francis will celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve Mass two hours earlier than normal to keep in line with Italy's covid-19 curfew, announced the Vatican...
Marble heads of Augustus and Dionysus displayed at Trajan's Markets museum in Rome.
Rome has unveiled the ancient treasures unearthed during the excavations at Via Alessandrina, the small pedestrian street between Traja...
Christmas magic comes to Piazza S. Pietro.
The Vatican will light up its 2020 Christmas tree and inaugurate its Nativity scene in St Peter's Square at 16.30 on Friday 11 December, reports Vatican News.
The monumental...
Government divided over travel ban on three Christmas holiday dates.
The Italian premier Giuseppe Conte has opened a discussion on the possibility of relaxing Italy's travel ban on Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day and Ne...
Italy introduces blanket quarantine over Christmas season to discourage travel in a bid to avert a new spike of covid-19.
Italy's latest emergency decree includes strict travel rules over the Christmas period, affecting...
"I don't know you but you are in my thoughts": Kind-hearted Romans embrace concept of 'Christmas Boxes' for those less fortunate.
A box of simple Christmas gifts, accompanied by a message of kindness, is at the heart of...
Naples showcases pizza Nativity scene in Basilica di S. Chiara over the Christmas season.Pizza-makers in Naples have teamed up with local Christmas crib artisans to create a large Nativity scene made entirely from pizza...
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.
By Arianna Farina
The layout of Rome in the early 15th century was still determined by its...
Gian Lorenzo Bernini is one of Italy’s most renowned and valued artists, known as the greatest exponent of the baroque style and as an undisputed genius with a wide range of abilities.
His works are legendary, from the...
Rome to light up Via del Corso and illuminate Piazza Navona fountains.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi will switch on the 100,000 led lights on the city's Christmas tree in Piazza Venezia at 17.45 on Tuesday 8 December.
The...
Vatican had announced that pontiff would not be making traditional pilgrimage to avoid covid-19 contagion among crowds.
Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the statue of the Immaculate Conception near the Spanish Step...
Christmas light show in Piazza Navona in 2020.
Rome's "Befana" Christmas market in Piazza Navona is cancelled this year, due to covid-19, but it looks like there will still be some festive colour.
The city will illum...
News came through during cabinet meeting this evening.
Italy's interior minister Luciana Lamorgese has tested positive for covid-19, reports Italian news agency ANSA.
The minister reportedly received the news during...
Plan to make Rome's river navigable "like in other European capitals"
An ambitious plan to "restore the navigability" of the river Tiber, using electric boats to ferry tourists to and from the centre of the capital, has...
The city, the Vatican and private firms undertake a variety of treatments in the battle to save Rome's pine trees from a killer parasite
By Andy DevaneOn a sunny morning in November, a small crowd of curious passersby s...
Italy marks Feast of Immaculate Conception with public holiday.
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December is a Catholic holy day as well as a national public holiday in Italy.
The fact that it falls on a T...
The Simpsons visit Italy and are immortalised in Pompeii.
The Simpsons, America's longest-running sitcom, pays tribute to Italy with a special visit to Pompeii where the animated family finds itself in front of its own...
The historic San Paolo stadium changes its name and makes way for the "Diego Armando Maradona stadium".
It's official, Naples has announced it will re- name the city's football stadium, with a resolution approved and si...
Covid-19: Italy's high schools may be closed but its art-filled churches remain open.
A handful of lucky high school students in Rome have been attending their lessons against the magnificent backdrop of the Roman Baroq...
Annual religious procession was cancelled due to covid-19.
When covid-19 caused the cancellation of an annual procession to venerate Saint Barbara, the patron of the central Italian town of Rieti, disappointed residents...
Giotto's Nativity scenes will be projected onto the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi each evening during the festive season.
Over the Christmas season the Umbrian town of Assisi will project images of Giotto's Nativity...
Police to use drones and helicopters to monitor the movement of people of the Immacolata long weekend.
Police in Italy are to use helicopters and drones to monitor the movements of people over this holiday weekend, repo...
Vatican Museums remain shut in line with closure of Italy's museums.
The Vatican Museums will remain closed to visitors until 15 January 2021, in line with the closure of Italy's museums, due to the covid-19 crisis....
Italian holiday traditions and the beautiful winter light make December in Rome a special time to visit.
Enjoy the atmosphere of the Christmas season, stroll the shopping streets alight with classic decorations, visit...
Italy's places of culture will remain closed until at least January.
Italy's museums, theatres, cinemas, concert halls and archaeological sites are to remain closed over Christmas - normally a busy season - following th...
Italy prohibits travel between regions from 21 December to 6 January.
Italy has banned non-essential travel between regions from 21 December until 6 January as part of a new decree aimed at averting a potential third wa...
Winter sales in Lazio region to begin officially on 12 January 2021 but are expected to start in mid-December.
The winter sales season in Rome and throughout Lazio begins officially on Tuesday 12 January 2021, however s...
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