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Rome celebrates Primo Maggio with virtual tour of landmark monument.
Piramide Cestia, Rome’s only surviving ancient Egyptian-style pyramid, will welcome virtual visitors on a special online tour to celebrate the Labour...
Florence airport to reopen in addition to Ciampino.
Rome's second airport, Ciampino, is to reopen on Monday 4 May as Italy enters Phase Two of the coronavirus emergency.
The airport, home to several low-cost airlines...
Florence museum merges zany humour with masterpieces on TikTok.
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, currently closed like all museums in Italy due to the covid-19 pandemic, has added the video-sharing platform TikTok to it...
Antonio Barreca, one of the key figures in Italy's travel and tourism industry, talks to Wanted in Rome about what challenges the country's tourism faces as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Gradual reopening of Rome's parks in Phase Two of coronavirus emergency.
Rome will begin reopening its parks from 4 May, the first day of the so-called Phase Two in Italy's coronavirus emergency, reports Italian news ag...
Rome hotel association paints bleak picture for year ahead.
"The hotel sector in Rome is losing €100 million a month, so we have already lost over €200 million. We currently have 97 per cent of hotels closed. Despite no...
Rome's Concertone del Primo Maggio moves to digital format in 2020.
Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a nationwide public holiday on Friday 1 May.
The holiday...
Ridley Scott is reportedly developing a sequel to Gladiator.
Gladiator, the epic historical action drama movie directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, was released on 1 May 2000.
The film became an insta...
Maupal, the Rome street artist best known for his Super Pope mural, has created a new piece of street art in response to social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic.
Interview with Rome street artist...
Riccardo Muti conducts three Verdi operas available in streaming.
Rome's opera house, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, continues to stream replays of its productions, with three masterpieces by Giuseppe Verdi next on its...
Babingtons Tea Room launches the campaign A Capriccio for Alex.
A month after losing their cousin Alessandro to covid-19, the owners of the Babingtons Tea Room, Rory Bruce and Chiara Bedini, have decided to donate all p...
How has the lockdown hit small businesses in Rome and what help would they like to see. We've talked to several entrepreneurs about their worries and their hopes for the future.
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No injuries due to Italy's coronavirus lockdown.
A sinkhole opened up in front of the Pantheon on the afternoon of 27 April, swallowing around 40 sampietrini cobblestones, reports Italian daily La Stampa.
The area arou...
Italy's empty restaurants to hold a flash mob protest tonight.
At least three out of 10 Roman restaurants risk not reopening after Italy lifts its lockdown measures, according to a report by CNA, the national confederat...
Cardinal Henry Stuart, Duke of York was Bishop of Frascati, where he lived peacefully for many years - until the Stuart jinx caught up with him.
Many people are surprised to find, to the left of the entrance to Frascati...
Conte's office has promised bishops a solution to the ban on public Masses.
Italy’s bishops have issued a sharply-worded statement criticising the Italian government for not lifting the ban on public Masses, as part of...
Conte unveils Phase Two plan as Italy prepares to exit lockdown.
Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has unveiled details of Italy's Phase Two plan in the coronavirus emergency, outlining the gradual loosening of the...
Italy's manufacturing industry to get back to work on 4 May.
Italy's schools will reopen in September, prime minister Giuseppe Conte said in an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, but added that expert studi...
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Rome's rose garden remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.Rome has cancelled the Premio Roma 2020, its prestigious international competition for the most beautiful rose in the capital, held each year at the city'...
Rome public transport network prepares for Phase Two in coronavirus emergency.
Rome's public transport is carrying out tests on how to control the flow of commuters during Italy's post-lockdown phase of the coronavirus...
Drive-in movie theatres could become a reality in Rome.
As Rome prepares for Phase Two in Italy's post-lockdown period, the entertainment world is exploring ways to stage a come-back from the devastating impact of the c...
Italy set to loosen coronavirus restrictions as it enters post-lockdown Phase Two.
As Italy prepares to unveil its Phase Two plan, the post-lockdown period of "co-existing" with the coronavirus, the country is set to re...
Italian culture minister calls for global cultural response to coronavirus pandemic during UNESCO video-conference."Let's work together under UNESCO guidance to transform this dramatic crisis into an instrument for a new...
As of now, the road ahead is still long in Italy.
With one-third of world's population under lockdown and countries trying to get out of this health emergency as efficiently as possible, taking a cruise in the Mediterra...
Zucchero plays in front of deserted Colosseum for World Earth Day.
Italian singer-songwriter and musician Zucchero "Sugar" Fornaciari performs a special version of Bono's new song Let Your Love Be Known at the Colosseum...
Italy to introduce app to speed up tracking coronavirus contagion during post-lockdown phase.
Italian premier Giuseppe Conte has said that social distancing measures and the wearing of face masks will be required in Ita...
Italy's culture ministry captures one of history's "first great special effects" in an empty Pantheon on Rome's birthday.
Rome's birthday, known as Natale di Roma, falls on 21 April, and this year the city marks 2,773 y...
Rome mayor favours use of bicycles and electric scooters.As Rome prepares for Phase Two of the coronavirus emergency, the capital's mayor Virginia Raggi is promoting the idea of more people using bicycles and electric sc...
Virtual visit to Baths of Caracalla on Rome's birthday.
Rome's Baths of Caracalla, currently closed to the public due to the coronavirus emergency, can be visited virtually on the occasion of the 2,773rd birthday of the...
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