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Verdi lived and composed in the villa for 50 years.
The Italian state has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Villa Verdi, home of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, Italy's culture ministry announced on Monday....
Etruscans for Eternity on display in Terminal 1.
Travellers arriving into Rome's Fiumicino airport will be greeted with three Etruscan sculptures on loan from the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia.
The exhibit...
'Miracle' occurs in Napoli on feast of San Gennaro.
The dried blood of Naples' third-century patron saint Gennaro liquefied at the city's cathedral on Monday, in a recurring 'miracle' 17 centuries after the martyr's dea...
City launches Murales project in Piazza Venezia.
Rome has transformed the giant silos at the Metro C construction site in Piazza Venezia into an open-air art gallery as part of the Murales project launched on Monday....
Rome drops Tony Effe from New Year's Eve concert amid calls for Sanremo to do the same.
Italian rapper Tony Effe has been dropped from the line-up of Rome's New Year's Eve concert following a controversy over the singer...
Strike action to affect airports in Italy on Sunday.
Air travellers in Italy face disruption on Sunday 15 December due to strike action by air traffic controllers and baggage handlers at airports around the country....
Milei can trace his Italian roots to Calabria.Argentina's president Javier Milei has been awarded Italian citizenship by the right-wing government of Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni, according to news reports in It...
Rome to ring in 2025 with free concert by Mahmood, Mara Sattei and Tony Effe.
Rome will ring in the New Year with a free concert in the Circus Maximus featuring Mahmood, Mara Sattei and Tony Effe on the night of 31 Dece...
Friday strike reverts to original timetable after transport minister sought to limit protest.
An Italian court has overturned a government order reducing to four hours a planned 24-hour public transport strike on Friday...
Salvini says he will table new rules on strikes at next cabinet meeting.
A planned 24-hour general strike affecting public transport in Italy on Friday 13 December has been reduced to four hours following a government o...
44 migrants believed to have died after boat sank about 10 miles off Lampedusa.
An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island after being found at sea alone, for three days,...
What to see and do in Florence over the 2024 Christmas season.
Christmas is a magical time of year in Florence and the city makes a perfect day trip from Rome. Here is a quick guide to the festive period in the Tuscan c...
St Francis is best associated with Assisi but there are also important sites in Lazio where he left his mark.
Greek is no longer spoken in upper Sabina, as it might have been more than a thousand years ago if the legend...
Salvini moves to limit impact of Friday's strike on public transport services.
Italian transport union USB has said it will defy a government order limiting a planned 24-hour national general strike on Friday 13 Decembe...
"Strongman" Meloni tops the Politico rankings.
Italy's right-wing prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been crowned "Europe's most powerful person" in the Class of 2025 rankings by US political newspaper Politico.
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Celebrating Christmas 2024 in the Eternal City.The Christmas season in Rome is a particularly festive experience thanks to street lights, rich traditions and Nativity scenes in churches around the Italian capital.Rome's ...
A quick guide to Christmas cribs and Nativity scenes to visit in Rome over the festive season.
100 Presepi
The 2024 edition of 100 Presepi, Rome's international nativity crib exhibition, is taking place under the colon...
Government to write off covid-era vaccine fines.
The Italian government of right-wing premier Giorgia Meloni is to write off unpaid fines issued during the covid pandemic to people who refused to take the compulsory vac...
Palazzo Farnese regains its original splendour.
A major restoration project at Rome's Palazzo Farnese, the seat of the French embassy to Italy and the École française de Rome, has been completed after more than three ye...
Deadly explosion at gas refinery in Calenzano.
At least two people were killed and nine injured in an explosion at a gas refinery near Florence on Monday, the governor of Italy's central Tuscany region Eugenio Giani sai...
Eurostar ranked last in T&E report.
Italy's Trenitalia has been ranked as the best rail operator in Europe according to a new study published on Monday by the European NGO Transport & Environment (T&E).
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La Spezia mayor hails "extraordinary" discovery.
Two original pages from the "first edition" of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece The Divine Comedy, dating from the 14th century, have been found in the Italian city of La Sp...
Transport minister could intervene to limit Friday strike.
A 24-hour general strike scheduled in Italy on Friday 13 December will involve the public and private sector and is set to cause significant travel disruption....
Holiday marks the start of the Christmas season in Italy.
Italy marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a Catholic holy day, with a national public holiday on 8 December.
This year the holiday falls on a Sunday s...
Delays on high-speed line from January to March.
Italy's high-speed trains travelling between Rome and Florence will slow down from 7 January to 4 March due to maintenance works, the state railway company said on Friday...
Restoration of landmark church completed in time for Vatican's Jubilee Year.
Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, a jewel of the Roman Renaissance and Baroque, has reopened following extensive restoration works th...
Rome city museums stay open late for Musei in Musica 2024.
Musei in Musica returns to the Italian capital on Saturday 7 December, with Rome's city-run museums staying open until 02.00 to host more than 100 concerts and...
Retail giant hopes to launch drone delivery in Italy in 2025.
Amazon has successfully tested its first drone delivery in Italy, the online retail giant said on Thursday, amid plans to launch a drone-delivery service in...
Metro A will stay open until usual time at night after 6 December.
Rome's Metro A line will resume its normal operating hours at night from 6 December, after eight months of maintenance works forced the subway to close...
Rome takes action after Italy bans self check-in for short-let rentals.
Rome police officers have begun removing key boxes on streets around the capital after Italy's interior ministry issued a ban on self check-ins for...
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