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Music-themed Nativity installation in Florence features celebrity musicians from David Bowie to Freddie Mercury.
Italy, home of the Nativity scene, continues to present ever more imaginative interpretations of an ancien...
The Mausoleum of Augustus, closed for the last 14 years, will reopen finally on 1 March 2021.
Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus will reopen to the public on 1 March 2021 following a major restoration funded principally by It...
Works on new Italian language museum will begin on 700th anniversary of Dante's death.
Italy is to have a Museum of the Italian Language, in Florence, with works to begin in 2021 on the 700th anniversary of the death of...
Sicily welcomes the arrival of 'theatre delivery' with actors performing on the street or courtyard outside private homes.
2020 has seen the streaming of live theatre become a widespread phenomenon in Italy, due to the...
Roman-age head of Venus discovered in the centre of Chieti.
A Roman-era marble head portraying the goddess Venus has been discovered during excavations ahead of redevelopment works in the centre of Chieti, a city in the...
Marble heads of Augustus and Dionysus displayed at Trajan's Markets museum in Rome.
Rome has unveiled the ancient treasures unearthed during the excavations at Via Alessandrina, the small pedestrian street between Traja...
Christmas light show in Piazza Navona in 2020.
Rome's "Befana" Christmas market in Piazza Navona is cancelled this year, due to covid-19, but it looks like there will still be some festive colour.
The city will illum...
Giotto's Nativity scenes will be projected onto the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi each evening during the festive season.
Over the Christmas season the Umbrian town of Assisi will project images of Giotto's Nativity...
Vatican Museums remain shut in line with closure of Italy's museums.
The Vatican Museums will remain closed to visitors until 15 January 2021, in line with the closure of Italy's museums, due to the covid-19 crisis....
Italy's places of culture will remain closed until at least January.
Italy's museums, theatres, cinemas, concert halls and archaeological sites are to remain closed over Christmas - normally a busy season - following th...
Digital project to be funded with €10 million from Italian culture ministry.
An ambitious project to create what has been hailed as the "Netflix of Italian Culture" has taken further steps to becoming a reality, reports...
Rome's MAXXI honoured with an Italian stamp.
Italy celebrates the 10th birthday of MAXXI, the national museum of 21st century art, with a commemorative stamp.
Issued on 24 November by the ministry of economic develop...
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma opens new season on Italian television.
The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma will open its season on 5 Dec without an audience in Teatro Costanzi but with one at home, thanks to streaming on Rai 3....
Jury presents shortlist for Italian culture capital 2022.
The shortlist of towns and cities vying for the title of Italian Capital of Culture 2022 has been narrowed down to 10 by the jury chaired by Prof. Stefano Baia C...
Traces of the depraved emperor's luxurious palace and ornate gardens have been discovered under an office building in Rome.
Rome archaeologists have discovered remains of the lavish home and gardens of Emperor Caligula...
Rome mourns one of its favourite sons.
The Italian capital has declared a day of mourning today, 5 November, in honour of Gigi Proietti, the celebrated Roman actor, director and comedian who died earlier this week on hi...
Italy closes museums and archaeological sites under new covid-19 restrictions.
Rome's Colosseum will close to the public from Friday 6 November until 3 December, along with all museums and archaeological sites in Italy,...
Italy shuts museums under new decree to tackle coronavirus.
Italy will close its museums, libraries and archaeological sites from 6 November until 3 December, as part of strict new measures to combat a second wave of co...
Proietti had a long and fruitful association with Rome's Globe Theatre.
Rome is to rename the city's Globe Theatre after Gigi Proietti, the much-loved actor, director and comedian who died yesterday on his 80th birthday...
Rome to declare day of mourning for Proietti on 5 November.
Rome bid farewell to one of the city's favourite sons, Gigi Proietti, the actor, director, comedian and musician who died on 2 November, the day of his 80th bi...
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