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The last line of a poem by Italian poet Giovanni Giudici (1924-2011) entitled
What picture does Velletri conjure up in your mind? Someone well-versed in church history may know that 13 Velletri bishops subsequently became popes – quite a record for a small town bordering on the infamous Pont...
A while ago I was struck by the unusual plan of the town of St Andrews in Scotland. It has three broad roads, North Street, Market Street, and South Street, running, almost parallel towards the cathedral, founded in 1162...
Thanks to a small group of creative and industrious craft brewers, the city of Rome has become the crux of a fast-growing trend in the experimentation, production, marketing and consumption of original beer. In a country...
When mining magnate and philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim established a foundation in 1937 to foster an appreciation of modern art, a global art empire was born. In 1943, Guggenheim commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to...
The question of what came before the Romans is as irrelevant to some as to what occurred before time. however the Etruscan civilisation that pre-dates the Roman one contributes to what many either take for granted or err...
“Cy’s death is a blow and quite haunts me. Ceccobelli was here and told me about his funeral at Chiesa Nuova, OUR CHURCH. I wondered why he came to Rome to die. Then it dawned on me that he wanted to be near Keats. It wa...
Beyond the visual spectacle of Rome and its monuments and galleries are the sensational tastes and smells of the city’s wine tradition. Tastings, tours and lessons about Italian wines offer an alternative indulgenc...
As readers of Wanted in Rome will be aware, this year marks the bicentenary of Dickens
On a sunny Saturday in early January, the mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno inaugurated a new winter shelter for the three aldabra giant tortoises at Rome
Mariano De Pasquale, one of Italy’s leading rose-growers, died in 2006. Two years later, his family and staff erected his bronze statue in the grounds of the theme park he created in an off-the-track corner of the...
....uses fellowship to make much out of "nothing".
When Joseph Brodsky Memorial Fellow Dmitry Kaminker arrived at the American Academy in Rome (AAR) in September 2011 from St Petersburg, he often introduced himself as...
Many an Italian graduate in English arrives in London only to be surrounded by deepest Cockney, prompting doubts as to whether they have arrived in the right country. Native English speakers, visiting some bar in Pigneto...
The National Etruscan museum in Rome’s Villa Giulia inaugurated four new exhibition spaces in mid-January dedicated to the ancient city of Veio, as well as opening the nearby Villa Poniatowski. Bought by the state...
After three decades of net immigration into Italy, the foreign presence is finally becoming an issue and with positive undertones. Here in Rome there are initiatives aimed at encouraging integration and developing immigr...
Despite the fact that it largely came into place more than a century ago it has to rank as one of the least-known. Now thanks to the digital age, the museum collection of the American Academy in Rome (AAR) is finally com...
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