Vajont Dam disaster occurred 61 years ago today.
The Vajont Dam disaster claimed the lives of almost 2,000 people, including 487 children, in the Piave valley of northern Italy on the night of 9 October 1963.
The di...
Nazi troops killed at least 770 civilians at Monte Sole in the largest massacre of civilians by the Waffen SS in western Europe during world war two.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella will be joined by his German coun...
The haunting story of Beatrice Cenci (1577-1599), the young Roman noblewoman who murdered her abusive father before being beheaded on a bridge in Rome, still fascinates today.
The daughter of Count Francesco Cenci, Beat...
Rome established the Esquilino district in 1874.
Rome celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Esquilino quarter, located on the hill of the same name, with two days of cultural events on the weekend of 7-8 September....
Soldiers hidden under ice for more than a century.
The remains of two World War One soldiers, trapped under a mountain glacier in the Italian Alps for more than a century, have emerged after the summer heat thawed the i...
A brief history of Rome's talking statues.
The tradition of Rome's talking statues dates back to the 16th century when the city's resident began to show their discontent against the oppressive power of the papacy with a...
Nazi war crime occurred on 12 August 1944.
Italy on Monday marks the 80th anniversary of the Nazi massacre of 560 unarmed civilians, including around 130 children, in the village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany....
Jubilee 2025 works lead to new surprises in Rome.The ruins of an ancient Roman garden likely owned by Emperor Caligula have been excavated as part of a major construction project near the Vatican, Italy's culture ministr...
Italy looks back on anniversary of Vermicino tragedy whose doomed rescue attempts unfolded on live television.
On this day 43 years ago, a small boy fell deep into a well in a village near Frascati, about 20 km south-ea...
Mattarella to attend D-Day ceremonies in Normandy.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella will join Western leaders in France on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the World War Two D-Day landings to liberate Europe...
Liberation of Rome marked a turning point in Allied campaign in Europe.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of Rome's liberation from German occupation, with the arrival of Allied troops in the Italian capital on 4 June 19...
Italy remembers victims of deadly terrorist attack.
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella attended a commemoration ceremony in the northern city of Brescia on Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Piazza della Loggi...
Rome remembers American founder of Roseto Comunale.
Rome has paid tribute to Mary Gayley Senni, the American founder of the city's rose garden, with a plaque at the Roseto Comunale on the slopes of the Aventine hill....
Notorious attack on Michelangelo's Pietà occurred on 21 May 1972.
52 years ago today, a Hungarian man called Laszlo Toth climbed over an altar rail in St Peter’s Basilica and attacked Michelangelo’s Pietà with a geologi...
Rome unveils a series of projects that offer a glimpse of ancient glory.
Rome's recent historic re-enactments for its annual birthday - celebrated on 21 April in an annual tradition called Natale di Roma - attracted rec...
Italy marks Festa della Liberazione on 25 April.
Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano visited the Historic Museum of the Liberation of Rome on Thursday to mark Liberation Day, a national public holiday in Italy....
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