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Proietti died on his 80th birthday due to heart problems.
Gigi Proietti, the much-loved Roman actor, director, musician and comedian, died in Rome today, 2 November, on his 80th birthday.
Proietti had been in hospita...
Like many other performing arts institutions around the world, Rome’s illustrious Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia shut down in early March 2020, cancelling the remainder of the season’s concerts....
Free guided tours of rarely-opened landmark in Rome.
Rome opens the Temple of Minerva Medica for guided tours this weekend, 17-18 October, as part of a series of special openings involving some of the capital's most evo...
Rome devotes an exhibition to one of the greatest engravers in history.Piranesi, the master engraver, printmaker and architect famous for his meticulously detailed etchings of Rome, is celebrated wiith an exhibition in P...
The legendary Torlonia Collection seeks a permanent home in Rome.
An abandoned Renaissance palace near the Colosseum could become the permanent home to one of the world's most important private collections of Greek-Roma...
Rome restores the Fontana delle Rane in the Coppedè quarter.
Rome has restored the Fountain of the Frogs, a whimsical landmark in the architecturally fascinating quarter of Coppedè, part of the capital's Trieste suburb....
Rome continues its Free Museum Sunday at city-run museums.
Rome will open its municipal museums for free to all visitors on Sunday 4 October.
The city's latest monthly initiative comes days after Italy suspended inde...
Don’t order a cappuccino after 11 a.m. Yes, it’s normal to drink your coffee standing at the bar. Don’t ask for a to-go cup. If you order a latte, prepare to be confused.
Anyone visiting Italy for the first time has li...
Rome merges three literary events to create Insieme Festival.
Rome's three main annual literary events - Letterature - Festival internazionale di Roma, Libri Come, and Più libri più liberi - join forces to form Insieme,...
Italy suspends popular Domenica al Museo free openings at Italian state museums.Italy's monthly free openings of state museums and archaeological sites has been suspended indefinitely due to the risks connected with covi...
Tuesday evening sunset tours from 29 September to 10 November.
Rome's Baths of Caracalla is hosting "sunset tours" through the monumental ruins when the site is "illuminated by the golden light of first evening," every...
Weekend of special cultural events in Rome for Giornate Europee del Patrimonio.
Italy hosts a nationwide programme of cultural events to mark the 2020 edition of European Heritage Days which is held in Rome and across E...
Rome's Keats-Shelley House commemorates the 200th anniversary of Keats' journey to Italy.
The Keats-Shelley House in Rome is marking the bicentenary of the 1820 voyage to Italy of Romantic poet John Keats and painter Jo...
2020 edition of Romaeuropa Festival celebrates 35 years.
The 35th edition of Rome's multidisciplinary arts festival will stage its 2020 programme of contemporary dance, theatre, art, music and technology from 18 Septemb...
Italy opens international call for new director of Pompeii.Italy's culture ministry has launched an international search for a new director to run Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in volcanic ash in 79 AD, with the...
Rome to display world's most important private collection of ancient art.
The legendary Torlonia Collection, considered by many as the world's most important private collection of ancient marble sculptures, will at long...
Archaeologists discover vast ancient pool complex but are baffled over its original function.
Italian archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient stone pool, dating to the fourth century BC, in an area of...
Italy's culture ministry to restore Palazzo Silvestri-Rivaldi in Rome.
An abandoned Renaissance palace in the shadow of the Colosseum is to be restored by the Italian culture ministry under its €103 million Grandi Proge...
Rome's municipal museums are free to all visitors this Sunday.Rome's city-run museums will be open for free to all visitors on Sunday 6 September.
There are new rules attached to the monthly appointment, held on the fir...
MAXXI L'Aquila contemporary art museum will open in October.
MAXXI L'Aquila, a new contemporary art museum under the management of Rome's Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, is set to open in the Abruzzo capital...
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