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Italian culture minister says visitor numbers confirm decision to introduce entry free.
The Pantheon generated €1 million in ticket sales in August, following the launch of an entry fee at the Rome landmark this summer,...
Rome tourism councillor hits back at Italian culture minister.
Video footage of rats running around amid rubbish near the Colosseum has sparked a row between Rome officials and Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiulia...
Florence landmark vandalised in graffiti attack.
Italian police on Wednesday identified two German tourists allegedly responsible for spraying graffiti on Florence's Vasari Corridor which links the Uffizi Galleries with...
Uffizi director calls for "iron fist" response to vandalism.
Italy's culture minister slammed the defacing of the Vasari Corridor in Florence on Tuesday night as "another very serious act of vandalism" against one of th...
Key museum contracts in Italy set to expire soon.
Italy's right-wing government has given a further signal that the practice of hiring foreign directors for top Italian museums could be coming to an end, following new r...
MIC Card gives Rome residents unlimited access to municipal museums for one year.
Rome's MIC Card, which costs €5, entitles the capital's residents to unlimited access to city-run museums for 12 months from the date of...
Travis Scott show sparked calls for no more concerts at Circus Maximus.
Rome is to continue staging concerts at the Circus Maximus after authorities reached an agreement following the controversy over the recent show by...
Murgia died in Rome after battle with cancer.
Michela Murgia, the award-winning Italian writer, intellectual and rights activist, died in Rome on Thursday aged 51, a few months after announcing that she had stage four k...
Sangiuliano says Circus Maximus was not suitable venue for Travis Scott concert.
Italy's culture minister has waded into the debate over the concert by American rapper Travis Scott at the Circus Maximus on Monday night,...
Sora Lella (1915-1993) has a special place in Romans' hearts.
Elena Fabrizi, popularly known as Sora Lella, was an Italian actress, cook, restaurateur, television personality and legendary Roman character.
Born in th...
Rome landmark is "not stadium or concert hall".
Rome's Circus Maximus is being put at risk by rock concerts held in the ancient Roman venue, according to the director of the Colosseum archaeological park.
"The Circus...
Naples honours tenor Caruso with museum.
Italy's first national museum devoted to the great tenor Enrico Caruso opened in Naples on Wednesday, 150 years after the opera legend was born in the Italian city.
Housed in...
Pistoletto's Venus of the Rags was installed two weeks ago.
A public art installation by the celebrated Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto was completely destroyed by fire in Naples early on Wednesday 1...
Globe Theatre in Villa Borghese still off-limits after stairway collapsed last year.
Rome's annual Shakespeare festival returns to Villa Borghese this summer but not to the Globe Theatre which remains sealed off followi...
Art Nouveau Week marked in Italy and across Europe.
Italy celebrates its Art Nouveau architecture and design with guided tours of Liberty landmarks as part of the fifth edition of the Art Nouveau Week, from 8-14 July 20...
Strega Prize won by the late Ada D'Adamo.
Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano is under fire after implying that he had not read the books shortlisted for the Strega Prize, Italy's top literary award, despite ha...
Discovery made in central Piazza Augusto Imperatore.
A marble head was unearthed during works in the historic centre of Rome on Thursday, the city's mayor Roberto Gualtieri announced on Twitter, posting a photograph of...
Discovery made during cleaning of lake floor.
A marble head has been found in Lago di Nemi, leading to speculation that it could once have decorated Emperor Caligula's ships best associated with the small volcanic lake...
Tourists to be charged €5 entry fee to Pantheon.
Visitors to the Pantheon in Rome will be charged an entry fee from 1 July, Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano confirmed on Sunday.
The minister, speaking to...
Glass lift completed after five years of works.
The Colosseum on Tuesday inaugurated an elevator to make the site more accessible for people with mobility difficulties as well as offering panoramic views over the Rome l...
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