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Bouncing over the bumps and dips between the narrow rows of vines in a 2,000 year-old vineyard, perched on a futuristic ecologically-powered vehicle, is a thrilling and unique experience to be had only at the Monte Vibia...
An exhibition of 74 paintings by the masters of Romanian avant-garde is on display at Rome
The Keats-Shelley Memorial House is in the process of selecting a new curator to replace Catherine Payling, who left Rome at the end of July on her marriage in June to Duncan Wu, one of the foremost scholars of the Roman...
Piazza S. Silvestro has never been a place to linger long, perhaps just long enough to jump on a bus or post a letter. It is difficult to think of any other square in the historic centre with so few attractions. Most gui...
The Guinness Book of Records doesn't have an entry for the world's most historic tram route but if it did Rome
Continuing our focus on little-known intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) in Rome, we turn the spotlight on Unidroit, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, per
Two things are surprising about the Italian debt crisis that hit the country in mid-July. The first is that it didn
The older we get, the more important memory becomes. The past becomes increasingly relevant as we have more and more of it and less and less future. And we want to come to terms with that past and put it in order. Politi...
The rugged, 691m-high limestone hulk of Mt Soratte juts up from the middle of the Tiber plain 45km north of Rome. It
Along Rome’s coast (Ostia, Fregene and Maccarese) there are numerous private beach establishments equipped with umbrellas, deck chairs and changing cabins, but not all have special areas for children. Here is a li...
Rome remembers Iraqi martyr Fr Ragheed Ganni.
Andy Devane
On a warm evening in early June, a procession filed quietly into the Basilica di S. Bartolomeo on Rome’s Tiber Island. Comprising Iraqi, Italian, Irish and ot...
Come July and August, most of us are in need of the cool of an outdoor pool to relax by. But Rome isn’t awash with them and most are part of privately-owned swimming and sports clubs or upmarket hotels. Expect to p...
Once again, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is going to have a very difficult summer. For 17 years it has been unwise (and incorrect) to write him off, but now the wind really does seem to have turned. On other occasion...
Unlike the great collections of the past, put together by churchmen and aristocrats, the St
A remote cork oak forest south of Rome has been undisturbed for centuries.
The little-known S. Vito cork oak forest of Monte S. Biagio, bordering the Monte Aurunci Park, is a treasure of nature that has been preserved...
Against a backdrop of discrimination and forced re-housing, the Roma community plays an important role in recycling in Rome Rudi Salkanovic is one of Rome
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