Culture
Uffizi tops the list with 1.7 million ticket sales last year.
The Uffizi in Florence was the most popular cultural site in Italy in 2021, coming ahead of the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums for the first time, accordi...
Archaeological complex has been closed for more than two years due to Italy's covid restrictions.
The Case Romane del Celio is an underground archaeological site comprising 20 rooms on various levels under the church of...
Italy welcomes back Domenica al Museo after two years.
State and city-run museums in Rome will open their doors to tourists and residents for free on Sunday 3 April, for the first time in more than two years.
The pop...
Popular event has not taken place in Italy since February 2020.
Italy will resume its free opening of state museums and archaeological sites on the first Sunday of the month, starting on 3 April, the culture ministry ha...
Pesaro beat nine other candidates to scoop the prestigious title.
The Italian seaside city of Pesaro has been proclaimed as the country's Capital of Culture 2024, the culture ministry announced on Wendesday.
Pesaro b...
Municipal museums in Rome are free this Sunday.
Rome's city-run museums are open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday 6 March.
In addition to municipal museums there is free access to the arc...
The Keats-Shelley House in Rome marks the 200th anniversary of the drowning of Percy Bysshe Shelley with a series of events.
The three months that Percy and Mary Shelley and Mary's half sister Claire Clairmont spent in...
Leonardo da Vinci is in the news in Italy over the 'Gioconda' painting in Rome's parliament.
Italy's newspapers on Thursday were full of a story about the "discovery" of a Mona Lisa, a replica of the world-renowned mast...
Tornatore's tribute to Morricone hits Italian cinemas.
A new movie dedicated to the much-loved Italian composer Ennio Morricone goes on general release in cinemas around Italy on 17 February.
Ennio: The Maestro is th...
Keats-Shelley House hosts outdoor screening of Shelley in Rome on Saturday evening.
Rome's Keats-Shelley House will host a free public screening of the short film Shelley in Rome on the façade of the museum building at...
New space for major art shows reopens in centre of Rome.
There is good news for Rome's art scene with the reopening of Palazzo Bonaparte, an important exhibition space in the city centre, with several big shows lined up...
Mixed reaction to Rome pyramid's use in advertising campaign.
The use of Rome's ancient Pyramid of Cestius to promote the release of Kenneth Branagh's new movie Death on the Nile has sparked debate on social media in It...
Municipal museums in Rome are free this Sunday.
Rome's city-run museums are open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday 6 February.
In addition to municipal museums there is free access to the...
Shortlist unveiled for Italian Capital of Culture 2024.
Italy's culture ministry has announced the 10 finalists for the 2024 edition of the Italian Capital of Culture.
The shortlisted towns and cities vying for the t...
Cortona competes with two more famous contemporaries.
Open any guide-book and, to reduce fame to a crude word-count, the Bs have it: Bernini and Borromini.
Or vice-versa. Part alphabetical/alliterative coincidence pe...
Tourists coming to Rome have an extra six weeks to see the legendary Torlonia Marbles.
Rome's Torlonia Marbles exhibition has been extended until 27 February 2022, organisers announced today, just days before the blockb...
Court upholds previous ruling stopping McDonald's from opening near Rome heritage site.
Italy’s highest administrative court has definitively blocked McDonald’s from opening a drive-through near the third-century Baths...
Municipal museums in Rome open for free today.
Rome's city-run museums are open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday 2 January 2022.
In addition to municipal museums there is free access to t...
Orvieto lights up unique landmark at Christmas.
The central Italian cathedral city of Orvieto has lit up the inside of the Pozzo di S. Patrizio, a 54-metre deep well, with Christmas lights.
The well's festive albero...
Renaissance drawings and Nativity scenes light up Rome this Christmas.
Rome will illuminate the city hall building at Palazzo Senatorio with a light show of Roman Renaissance drawings over the Christmas period.
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