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Portoghesi designed the Mosque of Rome. Paolo Portoghesi, the renowned Italian architect, died on Tuesday 30 May aged 92. The leading theorist of postmodern architecture in Italy died at his home in Calcata near Rome...
Festa della Repubblica was added to Italy's list of free museum dates earlier this year. State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Sunday 4 June as part of the monthly Domenic...
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Teatro dell'Opera di Roma presents Caracalla Festival 2023. Rome's opera house, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, is staging a bumper programme for its summer festival among the ancient Roman ruins at the Baths of Caracalla....
Temporary price hike to restore cultural heritage damaged by floods. Italy is to raise the price of state museum tickets by €1 to help finance the restoration of cultural heritage sites damaged by the recent floods in t...
Open House Roma takes place from 20-28 May. Rome hosts a bumper edition of the Open House initiative which opens the doors of more than 200 of the city’s most fascinating buildings, both ancient and modern, over the cou...
Free visits to Italy's castles, villas and gardens on 21 May. Italy sees the return of the National Day of the Italian Historic Houses Association (ADSI), now in its 13th edition, on Sunday 21 May.   More than 500 cas...
Borromini e Bernini. Sfida alla perfezione in Italian cinemas for three days. Cinemas in Italy will show a film documenting the rivalry between Baroque masters Francesco Borromini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini for three days...
Bridget Riley ceiling mural 'Verve' unveiled on 4 May. The British School at Rome (BSR) unveiled the first ceiling painting by Bridget Riley, the celebrated English artist known for her op art paintings, on 4 May. Ri...
Baths of Diocletian hosts L’istante e l’eternità. Tra noi e gli antichi from 4 May until 30 July. An ancient ceremonial carriage discovered at Civita Giuliana near Pompeii is one of the star attractions in a major new e...
While this article may not act as a guide to raising a baby genius, it will give you an idea of the early years of one of the greatest geniuses of the modern age, who, being human, was undoubtedly once a baby and then a...
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Florence rolls out red carpet for Hope Carrasquilla. Florence mayor Dario Nardella on Saturday welcomed the US school principal who was forced to resign after parents complained that children were shown "pornographic" i...
Rome's Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls to host concert on 29 April. London's Southbank Sinfonia orchestra and the UK Parliament Choir will perform The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar at the Basilica of St Paul...
Mark Robbins to step down as AAR president after almost 10 years in the role.Peter N. Miller, a professor of cultural history at the Bard Graduate Center in New York, has been appointed the new president and CEO of the A...
Minister invites culture heads to working lunch on mid-August holiday. Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano has called out directors of his ministry for taking time off on Monday 24 April, the day before the nat...
Hope Carrasquilla accepts invitation from Florence mayor. The Florida school principal who was forced to resign after parents complained that children were shown "pornographic" images of Michelangelo’s iconic David stat...
Casino dell'Aurora is at the centre of a bitter inheritance dispute. An American-born princess was evicted on Thursday from a historic Rome villa, her home for the last 20 years, as a bitter inheritance battle with her...
Eternal City marks Natale di Roma with display of rare gold glass found during recent subway works. Rome celebrates its 2,776th birthday by opening city-run museums for free on Friday 21 April 2023. The free opening...
Late visits to Vatican Museums on Fridays and Saturdays. The Vatican Museums will stay open late every Friday and Saturday evening from 14 April until 28 October 2023, the Vatican has announced. The opening hours at...
Italy adds three new dates to Free Museum Sundays. Italy is to open state museums and archaeological parks for free on three new "symbolic" dates, culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said on Italian television on Thurs...
Vatican Museums hosts Pietà sculptures until 6 January. Plaster casts of the three Pietà sculptures by Renaissance master Michelangelo are on display together in the Pinacoteca at the Vatican Museums from 7 April until...
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