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Saturday train from Vatican City to the Pontifical Villas at Castel Gandolfo.
The Vatican has resumed train trips to the Pontifical Gardens at Castel Gandolfo, the historic papal retreat in the hills about 25 km south-e...
Rome marathon to be held on 19 March.
The 2023 edition of the Maratona di Roma will be launched on Sunday 19 March with a tenor singing the national anthem followed by a flypast over the Colosseum by Italy's Frecce Tric...
Match is day before Expo 2030 visitation.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has asked Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi to ban supporters of Dutch football club Feyenoord from attending a Europa League quarter-fina...
Activists sprayed paint over Palazzo Vecchio.
Florence mayor Dario Nardella intervened personally to stop climate activists as they sprayed paint over the facade of Palazzo Vecchio, seat of city hall, on Friday morning....
Festa dell'Unità d'Italia is a national day of celebration in Italy.
Italy marks the occasion on 17 March each year with the Festa dell'Unità d'Italia, a national day of celebration to commemorate the birth of the count...
Bridge plan dates back to ancient Romans.
The cabinet of Italian premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday approved a decree reviving a contentious plan to build a bridge across the Strait of Messina, linking Sicily to the mai...
A little more than a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia officially invaded Ukraine and the world was forever changed. At the time, experts predicted that the war could be the largest conflict in the West since World War...
Pantheon will continue to be free for Rome residents.
Visiting the Pantheon in Rome will no longer be free to tourists who will be required to pay a €5 entry fee, following an agreement reached between Italy's culture m...
The kidnapping and murder of Italy's former Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the terrorist group Brigate Rosse. On 16 March 1978, Aldo Moro, former Italian Prime Minister and president of the Christian Democracy, was kidnapp...
Court upholds murder sentence for Finnegan Lee Elder.
Two American tourists convicted of stabbing a policeman to death in Rome in 2019 will face a new trial following a ruling on Wednesday night by Italy's highest court...
Italian police car torched during Naples clashes.
Naples mayor Gaetano Manfredi blasted the "unacceptable scenes of devastation" caused by fans of the German football club Eintracht Frankfurt who rioted in the southern...
Incident comes as Rome prepares for Jubilee 2025.
Rome police carried an American tourist with disabilities from Largo Gaetano Agnesi down the steps to the Colosseum as the escalator at the subway station was broken....
ViVi Piazza Venezia opens on 16 March.
ViVi, the group of bistros and restaurants in some of Rome's most unique locations, will launch a new branch at Palazzo Bonaparte in the heart of the city centre on Thursday 16 Mar...
Guide to the most enchanting gardens in the Rome area.
Castel Giuliano
One of the best rose gardens in Lazio about 7 km from Bracciano north of Rome. The estate gardens surround the large square three-storey farm cast...
Research claims that da Vinci was only half-Italian.
Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a slave who was trafficked to Italy from her home in the Caucasus, according to new research presented in Florence...
Central European Summer Time begins on 26 March.
Clocks in Italy and across Europe will "spring forward" by one hour at 02.00 Central European Time (CET) on Sunday 26 March 2023.
The custom dates back to more than a...
Universal Gestures by Giuseppe Penone from 14 March to 28 May.
Galleria Borghese - home to masterpieces by Bernini, Canova and Caravaggio - will present the works of acclaimed Italian sculptor Giuseppe Penone in a new e...
Mayor calls for urgent action to tackle organised crime.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has voiced his concern over the recent spate of murders in the Italian capital after a man was shot dead at a petrol station on Monda...
Rose garden opens for 2023 edition of Natale di Roma.
Rome will reopen the Roseto Comunale, the municipal rose garden on the Aventine Hill, to mark the city's birthday on Friday 21 April.
Located on the eastern side...
Annual tradition marked on St Joseph's Day.
Italy celebrates Father's Day on 19 March, the feast of St Joseph, in contrast to many other countries around the world which mark the day on the third Sunday in June.
Jose...
Rome's Largo Argentina site to host historical re-enactment.
Rome will mark the Ides of March and the assassination of Julius Caesar on Wednesday 15 March with an historical re-enactment of that fateful day in 44 BC....
A quick guide to St Patrick's Day events in Rome.
St Patrick's Day, the annual celebration in honour of Ireland's patron saint, is marked in many countries around the world each year, including Italy.
In Rome a Mass...
Mayor slams incident and backs disciplinary action by ATAC.
Rome's municipal public transport company ATAC apologised on Friday for announcements warning commuters of "gypsies" on the city's subway system.
The incide...
Meloni and Berlusconi guests at Salvini's birthday bash.
Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni and deputy premier Matteo Salvini on Friday night united in an impassioned karaoke rendition of Canzone di Marinella by Ital...
Puri Purini will be the first Italian to serve as Andrew Heiskell Arts Director.
The American Academy in Rome has appointed the Italian art historian, curator and scholar Ilaria Puri Purini to a three-year term as Andre...
Teatro Valle has been closed for almost a decade.
Rome's historic Teatro Valle, described by the city as Europe's oldest modern theatre, is set to reopen at the start of 2025 following a €6.7 million restoration project...
From unassuming trattorias to gourmet establishments, here is a directory of divine locations for indulging in the staple dish of Roman cuisine.Carbonara, along with gricia, amatriciana and cacio e pepe, is among the fun...
Government set to stiffen penalties for traffickers.
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni will hold a cabinet meeting on Thursday afternoon in Cutro, near the site of a migrant shipwreck in which dozens of people lost their l...
S. Francesca Romana monastery opens on 9 March for one day only.
The feast day of the patron saint of motorists, Santa Francesca Romana (1384-1444), is marked in Rome each year on 9 March.
The Roman saint, who is bur...
Azzurri take on Wales in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.
Italy will face Wales in the penultimate round of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations rugby union championship at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday 11 March, with kick of...
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