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From 26 December to 6 January 2009, Rome's museums will not only be displaying figurative art, but will also play host to a series of other art forms, including music, dance, poetry and theatre.
This new cultural proje...
Google has unveiled a new function for its programme, Google Earth, allowing users to see ancient Rome as it was in 320 AD at the height of the city
The 14th edition of the MedFilm Festival 2008, to run from 6-16 Nov, will bring to Rome 177 feature films, shorts and documentaries from 41 different countries, including 40 national premieres. This year's guests of hono...
In spite of a decline in Rome tourism, city-sponsored art exhibitions are enjoying a successful autumn according to figures released by the mayor
Rome rolls out the red carpet for the third edition of the Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma at the Auditorium - Parco della Musica from 22-31 October. This year
London auction house Bonhams removed ten artifacts from a 15 October auction following an appeal by former culture minister, Francesco Rutelli, who says that they were illegally exported from Italy. Among the most notabl...
The tomb of the ancient Roman general who was the inspiration for Russell Crowe
Researchers at the University of Padova have discovered the remains of ancient Altinum near present-day Marco Polo airport on the mainland north of Venice. Abandonded in the seventh century in the wake of the Hun invasio...
The 65th Venice International Film Festival opens on 27 August with the world premi
An ancient Greek ship thought to have sunk around 500 BC off the coast of Gela, Sicily has been brought to the surface by Sicilian department of culture. Experts say that the ship has the same design as those described i...
Culture Minister Sandro Bondi has outlined his planned makeover of Pompeii after the government declared a state of emergency there in early July because of
The Italian government has declared a year-long state of emergency at the archaeological site of Pompeii in a bid to save the crumbling ruins from poor management, looting and lack of maintenance. Culture minister Sandro...
Rome mayor Giovanni Alemanno has announced that this year
Archaeologists have uncovered a huge Roman necropolis containing some 270 tombs south of Rome at Ponte Galeria following a tip-off from the art police. The police had become suspicious that there might be an archaeologic...
The Italian director Dino Risi, whose films included Profumo di Donna (1974, Scent of a Woman) and Il Sorpasso (1962, The Easy Life), has died in Rome aged 91.
Along with Mario Monicelli, Risi was one of the last survi...
The annual selection of films from the Cannes Festival will be on show in Rome from 5-12 June at eight cinemas in the capital. Taking part in the initiative are the Intrastevere (Vicolo Moroni), Nuovo Sacher (Largo Ascia...
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