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From the end of July or early August visitors to the Colosseum will be able to visit part of the monument
21 April is the 2,763rd anniversary of the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC. The city is marking the occasion with a programme of events over several days, including free guided tours of archaeological si...
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The Vatican Museums start their late evening openings again on Friday 9 April and they will continue every Friday evening until 9 July and then again from 3 September until 29 October. The late opening time is from 19.00...
American architect Richard Meier has approved plans to tear down part of a wall adjoining his modern Ara Pacis Museum complex that was included in his original design. The wall in question divides the busy Lungotever...
Do you want to see the Caravaggio exhibition at the ex Scuderie del Quirinale but can
On Monday 5 April, which is a national holiday, Rome
On 21 March 2010 Lady Susana Walton passed away peacefully at her home on the island of Ischia at the age of 83. Lady Walton was the owner and creator of La Mortella, private gardens located in Forio, Ischia. She was men...
Part of Roman Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea, or Golden House, has collapsed. 60 sqm of ceiling from the structure known as Trajan's gallery have caved in as a result of seepage from the recent heavy rains. Workers were un...
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Acorn P H3 - 1920 x 190
Acorn P H3 - 1920 x 190
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From 9 April the Centrale Montemartini, in the Ostiense, which already houses a part of Capitoline Museums
For the first time this year Italy is taking part in celebrations for World Theatre Day on 27 March with events and initiatives targeting young people in particular. State broadcaster RAI3 will be transmitting a film o...
On 27 and 28 March nearly 600 libraries, stately homes, archaeological sites and religious buildings all over the country are open to the public free of charge for the 18th annual spring open day organised by the Fondo A...
The Pincio, which looks out over Piazza del Popolo, has once again become a place for leisure-time strollers, children and tourists. It has now been restored after several years of abandon during excavations for the prop...
Rome pays tribute to the late South African singer-songwriter Miriam Makeba with a programme of events and concerts from 10-13 March. The tribute is an idea of the Movimento degli Africani in Italia, an organisation work...
Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe is a palace built by the family of the last king of Rome in Gabii along the Via Prenestina 20 km east of Rome. The sixth century BC edifice sits atop a hill overlooking th...
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The long-awaited exhibition of work by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, opened at the Scuderie del Quirinale on 20 February to an enthusiastic public. Long queues formed outside the restored stables opposite the...
Ninety years ago, on 18 February 1920, King Vittorio Emanuele III laid the first stone in what was to become the central piazza of the Garbatella district in south Rome. From here was born an area built for workers and t...
The Swiss Institute in Villa Maraini near Villa Borghese is now welcoming visitors every Monday for guided tours in Italian, English and French at 15.00 and 16.00. Located on Via Ludovisi, the villa was built between 19...
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