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Caravaggio was born on this day in 1571.
Italy is celebrating 450 years of Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, whose masterful paintings continue to fascinate more than four centuries after his death.
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Restoration works underway at S. Ivo alla Sapienza after earthquake damage in 2016.
The Roman church of S. Ivo alla Sapienza - a masterpiece of Baroque architecture designed by Francesco Borromini - has undergone the fi...
Rome's Ragazzi del Cinema America undertake their most ambitious project yet.
In an age when many cinemas are closing, hampered by streaming platforms and covid restrictions, Rome is bucking the trend.
A refurbished,...
Rome's multidisciplinary arts festival returns from 14 September to 21 November with the 36th edition of its annual programme of contemporary dance, theatre, art, music, technology and events for kids.
This year there w...
Raphael's sensual portrait is one of the most popular paintings at Palazzo Barberini in Rome.
La Fornarina, Raphael's celebrated portrait of his lover and muse, was completed between 1518 and 1519, a year before the tra...
Rome exhibitions: What not to miss this summer.A selection of the best exhibitions in Rome this summer. Visiting details vary, with most of the museums and galleries listed requiring advance booking. For full details che...
Pennacchi won Italy's Strega Prize for his novel Canale Mussolini.
The Italian writer Antonio Pennacchi died on the evening of 3 August, aged 71, the Mondadori publishing house announced.
Pennacchi, died at home in L...
Museums open for free on Sunday but must be booked by 30 July or at tourist info points on the day.
Rome's city-run museums will open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday 1 August.
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Bvlgari's latest act of patronage to Rome will allow visitors to walk through the Area Sacra at Largo Argentina for the first time.
Conservation and maintenance works are underway at Rome's archaeological site in Largo...
Cocktails and live music this summer in one of Rome's most magical places.
Villa Giulia, the home of Italy's National Etruscan Museum, opens its gardens to the public for the first time this summer, every evening until...
Rome will host a temporary installation in homage to Michelangelo's bridge that was never built.
Michelangelo Buonarroti's dream of a bridge linking Palazzo Farnese with Villa Farnesina will finally be realised thanks t...
Rome honours maestro with Auditorium Ennio Morricone one year after his death.
Rome has renamed the Auditorium Parco della Musica after Ennio Morricone, the world-renowned composer and conductor who died in the Italian...
British landmarks in Rome join forces to celebrate poets' bicentenaries.
Babington's Tea Rooms and the Keats-Shelley House - two historic British institutions on either side of Rome's Spanish Steps - have teamed up to o...
Museums, galleries and archaeological sites across Italy stay open late tonight with entry just €1.
The 2021 edition of European Night of Museums will be marked across Italy on Saturday 3 July, with the late opening of...
Rome names Globe Theatre after Gigi Proietti.
Rome’s annual Shakespearean festival at the city's Globe Theatre in the heart of Villa Borghese returns for its 18th edition from 30 June until 10 October.
The 2021 festi...
9 Must See museums exhibitions in Italy Summer 2021
A hunger to visit museums and see art in person will be satisfied this summer. Here is our selection of exhibitions in museums, foundations and galleries, from Northe...
Rome sculpture proves hard to stomach even for porchetta fans.
A public sculpture intended as a homage to porchetta, the roast pork Roman speciality, has earned the fury of animal rights activists and the scorn of Rome...
Rome stages summer opera season under the stars.
Rome opens its summer opera season in the Circus Maximus with Italy's president Sergio Mattarella attending the opening production of Il Trovatore by Verdi on 15 June....
Dante Assoluto festival will be held in Rome's Basilica of Maxentius.
Rome pays tribute to Dante Alighieri, the Father of the Italian language, with a free literature festival in the Roman Forum on select dates from 1-2...
'Sound of Beauty' performance to be shown on Italian television.
The orchestra and dancers of Rome's opera house have performed among the priceless paintings and sculptures in Galleria Borghese in a special show that wi...
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