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Florence landmark says closure due to staff shortage.Italy's new culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has criticised the Uffizi Galleries for staying closed on Monday 31 October in the middle of what was a four-day holid...
Italy pays tribute to Pasolini with exhibitions, events and new publications.Italy is marking the centenary of the birth of the film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini with a series of special ev...
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A selection of 50 of the best contemporary art galleries in Rome.Rome hosts around 70 museums, including city and state galleries dedicated to contemporary art –MACRO and MAXXI respectively. The capital is also home to a...
Casino dell'Aurora goes under the hammer again after failing to sell at auction three times. An historic Rome villa with the world's only known ceiling painting by Caravaggio is up for auction, on 18 October, for the fo...
Antonio Canova died in Venice on this day in 1822. Italy is marking the bicentenary of the death of Antonio Canova with a series of events in honour of the celebrated neoclassical sculptor who died in Venice on 13 Octob...
Revamped cinema to honour Carlo Verdone. Rome's Cinema Barberini in the central piazza of the same name is scheduled to reopen to the public on 20 October after being closed for more than two years. The historic cine...
Incident occurred in the Chiaramonti sculpture museum. A visitor the Vatican Museums was detained on Wednesday after throwing two Roman busts to the ground, according to Italian news agency Dire. The incident took pl...
Rome's state and city-run museums free on first Sunday of the month. State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 2 October as part of the Domenica al Museo initiative....
An exhibition in Rome attempts to re-dimension the life and death of Domitian, last of the Flavian emperors (81-96 AD). "Woe is me, I think I am becoming a god," complained the famously down-to-earth Vespasian on his de...
Weekend of cultural events in Italy for Giornate Europee del Patrimonio. Italy hosts a nationwide programme of cultural events to mark the 2022 edition of European Heritage Days which is held in Rome and across Europe o...
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Italy launches the first edition of Cinema in Festa. Cinemas in Italy will offer tickets with a special discounted price of just €3.50 between 18 and 22 September, the Italian culture ministry has announced. The Cine...
Circo Maximo Experience offers 3D tours in six languages. The Circo Maximo Experience 3D tours relive "the ancient splendours of the Circus Maximus in the Imperial period of Rome through augmented and virtual reality."...
Rome's state and city-run museums free on first Sunday of the month. State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 4 September thanks to the Domenica al Museo initiative...
Museum discounts for under 25s, free entry for under 18s. Italy's state museums, archaeological sites and monuments offer visitors aged 18 to 25 a special reduced admission fee of €2. The discount is valid for all ci...
Guided tours of Rome excavations by appointment only. Rome opens an archaeological dig in Largo Corrado Ricci to visitors, with free guided tours on select dates over the coming months. The excavations, at the Roman...
'Cinema Opera' takes place in Rome for first time. Rome's opera house, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, is staging a free festival of opera and dance films in the piazza in front of its base at Teatro Costanzi, from 10 to 13...
Rome's state and city-run museums free on first Sunday of the month. State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 7 August thanks to the Domenica al Museo initiative....
Roma è di moda is latest fashion show to be held in Italian capital. Rome will host a 'Made in Italy' fashion event showcasing the creations of Italian designers on Via Veneto on the evening of Thursday 28 July. The...
Via Veneto to be transformed into open-air cinema by Rome Film Fest. Rome's Via Veneto, synonymous with the capital's 'dolce vita' era of the 1960s, will form the backdrop to an outdoor screening of the restored version...
'Romeo' stuns 'Juliet' by asking for her hand in Verona Arena. The audience at the 'Roberto Bolle and Friends' show in Verona Arena on Wednesday night was thrilled after two lead dancers got engaged on stage. The pri...
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