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Rome pays homage to Renaissance genius Raphael with blockbuster exhibition in 2020.
Rome is to host an "unprecedented" exhibition dedicated to Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, on the 500th anniversar...
Immersive museum in Rome honours 120 years of Italian film.
Rome is opening a new audiovisual museum dedicated to the world of Italian cinema, at the capital's historic Cinecittà film studios.
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Rome's Doria Pamphilj Palace opens Nymphaeum of Diana to the public for the first time.
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, home to one of Rome's most important privately-owned art collections, has opened its Nymphaeum of Diana alo...
Palazzo Barberini rearranges its priceless art collection.
Rome's Palazzo Barberini, home to Italy's national gallery of ancient art, has introduced a new visitor route and rearranged its art collection which contains w...
Rome's city-run museums host live music until late at night.Rome’s municipal museums come to life with live music with the 2019 edition of the Musei in Musica initiative on the night of Saturday 14 December.
A selection...
Books always make great Christmas presents. In addition to choosing the perfect gift for your friends and loved ones, it is also good to support your neighbourhood bookstore. We asked four of Rome's independent English-l...
Rome's Pecora Elettrica bookshop was destroyed by fire twice this year.
La Pecora Elettrica, a renowned anti-fascist bookshop and bistrot in Rome's Centocelle suburb, will not reopen following a second fire that gutted...
Bocelli to open 2020 summer festival at Baths of Caracalla in Rome.Andrea Bocelli will inaugurate the summer programme of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma with a concert at the Baths of Caracalla on 21 June 2020.
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Rome Opera House holds special fund-raising performance of Swan Lake.
Rome's opera house, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, will raise funds for Teatro La Fenice, the Venice opera house damaged in the lagoon city's recent deva...
Oscar Wilde's time in Rome, six months before his death in Paris, was characterised by a curious mix of boys, tourism and smells-and-bells Catholicism.
In 1875, during his first summer vacation from Oxford, Oscar Wilde...
Rome's state and city-run museums open for free on Sunday 1 December.State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 1 December thanks to the ever-popular Domenica al Museo...
Crib arrives days after Neptune disappeared into the sea.
In recent days the Ostia district off the coast of Rome has suffered extensive damage in storms which lashed the coastline, destroying seaside cabins and leading...
Fendi sponsors cleaning and repair of four Rome fountains.
Luxury fashion house Fendi has completed its project to clean and repair four well-known Rome fountains, with a ceremony at the Fontanone on 26 November, attend...
Neptune disappears into the sea during violent storm off Ostia coast.
The mysterious statue of Neptune, which appeared unexpectedly on Rome's coast in March, has been washed into the sea by strong waves during a fierce...
Michelangelo’s Florence Pietà is being restored in full view of visitors.
Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietà is to be restored in full view of visitors to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence's cathedral museum, in a six-...
Celebrated travel-themed bookshop in central Rome to close on New Year's Eve.
Rome's Libreria del Viaggiatore, which specialises in travel books and is considered by many as the city's most beautiful bookshop, will clos...
Major exhibition in Venice on 40th anniversary of death of Peggy Guggenheim.
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection celebrates the Venetian years of its art collector founder who lived in Venice for three decades, from 1948 un...
Keats-Shelley House to restore ceilings of museum and library.
The museum and library of the Keats-Shelley House in Rome will close for important restoration work from 8 December to 23 February, reopening to the public...
Skin will be DJ at Rome's New Year concert in Circo Massimo.
Rome will ring in the new year with 1,000 artists performing over 24 hours in the area around the Circus Maximus, from 31 December 2019 into 1 January 2020....
Rome residents and cultural figures gather in solidarity with La Pecora Elettrica bookstore.
A police investigation is underway after a fire gutted a renowned anti-fascist bookshop and cafè in Rome - for the second time...
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