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Rome's recently-expanded Casa di Goethe was inaugurated by Germany’s culture minister Bernd Neumann and his Italian counterpart Lorenzo Ornaghi on 20 September.
The 250 sqm addition – the equivalent of abo...
A new outdoor theatre overlooking the banks of the river Tiber will be inaugurated in Rome on 28 November.
The €1.5 million theatre space is a project of the city of Rome and is likely to be managed by Fondazione...
10 - 17 Sept. Rome celebrates the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival with a parallel event titled 'From Venice to Rome'. Over the course of a week, film lovers in the capital are treated to previews of a cross sect...
Plans are in place to install a 15-metre buffer zone around the Colosseum for safety reasons, according to the city's archaeological superintendent Mariarosaria Barbera.
The cordoned-off "fascia di rispetto" around th...
From 7 September until 26 October, the Vatican Museums open their doors every Friday evening from 19.00-23.00, with last admission at 21.30.
The visit includes the Pio-Clementine museum, the Egyptian museum, the upper...
The 13th edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture takes place on 2 September under the theme "The spirit of Jewish humour", a trait organisers describe as a cultural phenomenon and psychological coping mechanism dev...
Experts are repairing a damaged section of the Trevi fountain and assessing the overall level of restoration required, which the city's mayor Gianni Alemanno believes could cost €2.5 million.
The damage - probabl...
A large-scale restyling programme involving pedestrianisation, traffic restrictions and a new look is underway in the area of Rome known as the Tridente. Located in the heart of the historic centre, the Tridente is centr...
The ancient Greek statue of the Lion Attacking a Horse owned by the Capitoline Museums in Rome is now on view at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California.
The loan of the marble masterpiece, which has never been out of R...
Long-awaited plans to restore Rome's Colosseum were presented by Italian culture minister Lorenzo Ornaghi and the mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno on 31 July.
The controversial plan, which is to take two and a half years...
Ruins of the Vergine Aqueduct, one of the most important in ancient Rome, have been discovered under the former Rinascente building off Via del Corso, now the home of Spanish retail giant Zara.
Archaeologists came acr...
35 areas across the capital have been made available to graffiti artists, in an agreement reached between the city of Rome and its “writers”.
The pact was presented on 12 July at the Monti Tiburtini metro...
The National Association of Filmmakers (ANAC) has appealed to Italy's premier Mario Monti and president Giorgio Napolitano to help Rome's Cinecitt
The national museum of Castel S. Angelo opens its doors to the public on summer evenings until 9 September, with free guided tours in Italian, English, French and Spanish. Tours include areas usually closed to the publi...
Italy's foreign affairs ministry at Palazzo della Farnesina opens its doors on Tuesday 10 July, from 10.00-15.00, when the public can view its significant art collection for free. The collection charts Italy’s pri...
The International Rome Film Festival has announced that its 2012 programme under new artistic director Marco Müller will include 60 world premieres, will put more emphasis on contemporary film and will include a new...
18-22 June. Fish and Ships is the catchy title of a five-day doctoral workshop at the British School at Rome on the production and trade of salted fish products in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coast during An...
Laurel leaves around a column to the left of Rome's Trevi Fountain have been damaged, maybe because of the bad weather during the winter. The biggest fragment to fall off was up to eight cms, according to Italian news ag...
Until 14 June, cinema buffs in Rome can enjoy a selection of some of the best films screened recently at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France.
All of the movies being shown as part of the 17th edition of Le...
Italy's association of historic houses ADSI (Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane) provides a unique opportunity to visit some of the country's most important historic homes over the weekend of 9 and 10 June.
The Gio...
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