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Experts largely dismiss claim due to lack of concrete evidence. A new Spanish documentary has reignited the debate about the origins of Christopher Columbus, suggesting that the famed explorer was born in Spain, not Ita...
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...
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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...
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...
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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 celebrates global legacy of Marconi. Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian inventor and electrical engineer who pioneered the science of radio communication, was born in Bologna on this day in 1874. Known as the fathe...
Sun lights up Pantheon entrance on Rome’s birthday. Rome's birthday, known as Natale di Roma, falls on 21 April, and this year the city marks 2,777 years since its legendary founding by Romulus in 753 BC. One spectac...
Mussolini bunkers at Villa Torlonia reopen to public. A wartime air-raid shelter and bunker built by Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini reopen to visitors on Friday following renovation works and the addition of a...
Binario della Memoria unveiled at Tiburtina. A multimedia memorial commemorating Italian victims of the Holocaust was unveiled at the Tiburtina train station in Rome on Wednesday. The memorial was installed on Platfo...
Mausoleum of Augustus Museum to open in 2026. Luxury jeweller Bulgari will finance the construction of the Mausoleum of Augustus Museum with funding of €700,000, Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri said on Tuesday. The mayo...
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