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The American University of Rome (AUR) is pleased to announce the conferral of an honorary doctorate degree on Stanley Tucci, the Italian-American actor, writer, and film producer, known for his roles in The Devil Wears P...
Battiato died during the night in his native Sicily.
Franco Battiato, the legendary Italian singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker, has died in Sicily aged 76.
The popular singer, who had been sick for some time,...
Rome opera house moves outdoors again to the Circus Maximus.
Rome's summer opera season presented by the city's opera house will be held once again under the stars at the Circus Maximus, from 15 June to 6 August, the Te...
Oriana Fallaci is considered to be the most influential and controversial Italian female journalist of the 20th century.
She led an extraordinary and remarkable life, documenting and exploring the world with the goal o...
An outdoor festival of contemporary art and music in Villa Borghese.
Rome's Villa Borghese park is hosting the second edition of Back to Nature, a free outdoor exhibition project curated by art critic Costantino D'Orazi...
The wait for Rome's buses and trains just got more interesting.
Italy's first mobile digital library uniting public transport with literature has been launched in Rome in what is being hailed as the largest project of i...
Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome open at weekends by reservation only.
Rome's Doria Pamphilj Gallery and its priceless art collection has reopened to the public after an extended closure due to Italy's covid-19 restrictio...
A mysterious statue of Livia Drusilla appeared overnight among Rome's monuments to the great Roman emperors.
When a statue depicting Livia Drusilla, Rome's first empress, appeared overnight near the Colosseum this weeke...
The Colosseum is open to visitors seven days a week.
The Colosseum has extended the end date of its exhibition highlighting the history of the long-standing relationship between Rome and Pompeii, until 27 June.
The e...
Italian firm wins contract to build Colosseum's hi-tech arena floor, with a completion date of 2023.
Rome's Colosseum will have a new retractable arena floor within the next two years thanks to a hi-tech project unveile...
The Torlonia Collection finally sees the light of day in one of Italy's most eagerly-awaited exhibitions in living memory.
The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered among the world's most important private collectio...
Rome lights up for Natale di Roma birthday celebrations.
Rome is marking Natale di Roma, the city's 2,774th birthday on 21 April, with a series of video mapping projects and light shows around the Eternal City.
Happy...
Prestigious Rome library has been closed since Italy's first covid-19 lockdown more than a year ago.
Rome's celebrated library of books devoted to art history and archaeology at Palazzo Venezia will reopen its doors on...
Accademia di S. Cecilia has announced that Antonio Pappano, the present music director, will become its music director emeritus at the end of his contract in October 2023.
The announcement of this new position comes soo...
A hilltop village 110 km north of Rome has been proposed officially for UNESCO honour.
Civita di Bagnoregio, a clifftop village surging out of a valley in Italy's central Lazio region, has been proposed for World Herita...
It remains unclear if Pappano will remain as musical director of Rome's Accademia S. Cecilia.
Sir Antonio Pappano is to replace Sir Simon Rattle as the chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra.
His new job, w...
Raphael attributed officially as artist behind putto fresco fragment in collection of Rome academy.
A fragment of fresco in the collection of Rome's Academy of S. Luca has been confirmed as the work of High Renaissance...
Over 100 Dante-themed events taking place across Italy.
Italy celebrates Dante Alighieri, the mediaeval poet and philosopher known as the Father of the Italian language, with the second edition of Dantedì on 25 March....
2021 marks 700 years since the death of Dante Alighieri, the Father of the Italian Language.
By Andy Devane
Italy is marking the 700th anniversary of the death of the mediaeval poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri,...
Italy celebrates 700th anniversary of Dante in 2021.
Italy marks the second edition of Dantedì, the national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri, on 25 March.
The annual event in honour of the Father of the Italian lang...
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