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La Befana, which coincides with the feast of the Epiphany on 6 January, is a public holiday in Italy.
Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana, on 6 Janua...
Passetto del Borgo reopens on the eve of Jubilee Year.
A centuries-old fortified passage between the Vatican and Castel Sant'Angelo reopened to the public on Monday with a new programme of special guided tours.
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The spectacle of bagpipe-playing shepherds still exists in Naples and Rome.
Dressed in traditional sheepskin and woollen cloaks with peaked hats, the zampognari pipers come into the city from their mountain homes, perfo...
Bernini masterpiece restored in time for Jubilee Year.
Rome's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona, the work of Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was unveiled on Thursday after a seven-month restoration.
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Pepper and spice warehouse was built during the reign of Emperor Domitian.
Rome's Horrea Piperataria, an ancient warehouse in the Roman Forum used to store pepper and spice in the imperial period, will open to the publi...
Verdi lived and composed in the villa for 50 years.
The Italian state has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Villa Verdi, home of the great composer Giuseppe Verdi, Italy's culture ministry announced on Monday....
Etruscans for Eternity on display in Terminal 1.
Travellers arriving into Rome's Fiumicino airport will be greeted with three Etruscan sculptures on loan from the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia.
The exhibit...
City launches Murales project in Piazza Venezia.
Rome has transformed the giant silos at the Metro C construction site in Piazza Venezia into an open-air art gallery as part of the Murales project launched on Monday....
Palazzo Farnese regains its original splendour.
A major restoration project at Rome's Palazzo Farnese, the seat of the French embassy to Italy and the École française de Rome, has been completed after more than three ye...
La Spezia mayor hails "extraordinary" discovery.
Two original pages from the "first edition" of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece The Divine Comedy, dating from the 14th century, have been found in the Italian city of La Sp...
Restoration of landmark church completed in time for Vatican's Jubilee Year.
Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, a jewel of the Roman Renaissance and Baroque, has reopened following extensive restoration works th...
Rome city museums stay open late for Musei in Musica 2024.
Musei in Musica returns to the Italian capital on Saturday 7 December, with Rome's city-run museums staying open until 02.00 to host more than 100 concerts and...
Santa Lucia brightens Italy's Christmas calendar.
The 2024 festive season in Italy sees a return of a popular Swedish tradition - the celebration of Santa Lucia - thanks to the embassy of Sweden in Rome.
For more tha...
San Casciano dei Bagni continues to yield treasures.
Archaeologists in Italy have made extraordinary new discoveries at an ancient hot water springs in Tuscany, illuminating the site's rich Etruscan and Roman history....
Rome's Casa Balla to be a permanent museum.
The Italian state is to purchase the former Rome residence of the Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, Italy's culture minister Alessandro Giuli confirmed on Monday.
Giuli made...
Italy celebrates the legacy of Giacomo Puccini, one of the most acclaimed Italian opera composers of all time, who died on this day in 1924.
Italy is staging a series of special events on Friday to mark the centenary of...
Palazzo Barberini displays rare Caravaggio portrait until February.
A rarely-seen painting by Italian Baroque genius Caravaggio goes on public display, for the first time, at Rome's Palazzo Barberini gallery this weeken...
The recovered Etruscan artefacts, looted by tomb raiders in Città della Pieve, date to the third century BC.
Italian art police have seized a significant collection of Etruscan artefacts, worth at least €8 million, that...
Cemetery seeks €300,000 in online appeal after fallen tree leads to its closure.
Rome's Non-Catholic Cemetery has launched an online fundraiser to seek financial assistance after a large pine tree fell inside its walls,...
Italy adds 4 November to list of free museum dates.
State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Monday 4 November to mark National Unity and Armed Forces Day, the culture minist...
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