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Bocelli to open 2020 summer festival at Baths of Caracalla in Rome.Andrea Bocelli will inaugurate the summer programme of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma with a concert at the Baths of Caracalla on 21 June 2020.
Accompani...
Taxi driver immortalised in tweet by Rome-based journalist.
"Taxi driver watching the Roma game while driving at 110 kmp/h. And it has just started. Welcome home."
This was the tweet, accompanied by a photograph, pos...
Pope Francis will visit Rome's Spanish Steps during national public holiday on 8 December.On the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday 8 December, Pope Francis will pay homage to the Virgin Mary by making a pilgri...
Rome's Chiostro del Bramante presents Bacon, Freud and the School of London: Works from the Tate.
The term “School of London” was coined by the painter R.B. Kitaj for the catalogue text of the exhibition The Human Clay,...
Rome Opera House holds special fund-raising performance of Swan Lake.
Rome's opera house, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, will raise funds for Teatro La Fenice, the Venice opera house damaged in the lagoon city's recent deva...
Oscar Wilde's time in Rome, six months before his death in Paris, was characterised by a curious mix of boys, tourism and smells-and-bells Catholicism.
In 1875, during his first summer vacation from Oxford, Oscar Wilde...
Rome's state and city-run museums open for free on Sunday 1 December.State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy will be open for free on Sunday 1 December thanks to the ever-popular Domenica al Museo...
Rome mayor hails success of Uber Jump bike sharing.
Uber's bike sharing scheme, Jump, has got off to a good start in Rome, according to figures announced by the city's mayor Virginia Raggi.
Since it launched in Rome a...
Rome Christmas crib with life-size figures in cardboard.
Rome presents the world's largest Nativity scene made from cardboard, on display at the city hall's parish church of S. Marco Evangelista, just off Piazza Venezia...
Florence to plant 15,000 new trees around the city.
It is now possible to donate a tree to the city of Florence, along with a plaque containing the name of the person to whom the tree is dedicated.
The first tree to...
How to celebrate the Christmas and New Year festive season in Rome.
Christmas is a magical time in Rome, particularly for children. Streets in the historic centre twinkle with traditional street light displays, shops la...
Rome restores gardens with views over Theatre of Marcellus.
Rome has begun works to reclaim and secure the slopes of the Capitoline Hill facing Teatro di Marcello, a vast block of tuffaceous rock supporting the Belveder...
Raggi versus Salvini: "Look, he's talking to himself"Rome mayor Virginia Raggi posted a video mocking Matteo Salvini, the leader of the right-wing Lega party, who was walking around the Campidoglio on 27 November making...
Primark seeks managers for new Rome store.
Primark, the Irish low-cost fashion chain, is set to open an outlet in Rome in 2020.
The company is currently seeking managers for its "5,000-sqm store" at a "new shopping c...
Crib arrives days after Neptune disappeared into the sea.
In recent days the Ostia district off the coast of Rome has suffered extensive damage in storms which lashed the coastline, destroying seaside cabins and leading...
Rome mayor: "Shameful act, we will clean it immediately."
Two newly unveiled street-name plaques in Rome dedicated to victims of the 1938 Fascist racial laws have been vandalised with black paint, reports Italian news a...
Rome's 2019 Christmas tree will be illuminated in Piazza Venezia on 8 December.
Rome's Christmas tree, popularly known by now as Spelacchio, is sponsored for the second year running by US media-services provider Netflix...
Rome's metro, trams and buses will run as normal however.
A strike affecting various public and private sectors in Rome is scheduled on Friday 29 November.
The strike, involving members of the USB trade union, will a...
Fendi sponsors cleaning and repair of four Rome fountains.
Luxury fashion house Fendi has completed its project to clean and repair four well-known Rome fountains, with a ceremony at the Fontanone on 26 November, attend...
Think of Rome and probably the first image that springs to mind is the mighty Colosseum, but an equally iconic image of the Eternal City is that of the Foro Romano – Roman Forum.
While the Colosseum is symbolic of gre...
Gubbio lights up a mountain-side Christmas tree each year.
The 'world's largest Christmas tree' is lit up each year on the slopes of Monte Ingino, overlooking the mediaeval town of Gubbio in the Umbrian region of centra...
Neptune disappears into the sea during violent storm off Ostia coast.
The mysterious statue of Neptune, which appeared unexpectedly on Rome's coast in March, has been washed into the sea by strong waves during a fierce...
Public transport at risk in Rome on Monday 9 December.Rome's metro, tram and bus network will be at risk on Monday 9 December due to a strike called by various trade unions representing the city's public transport compan...
Rome football team confirms investment talks with potential investors.
Serie A side AS Roma has confirmed rumours that "preliminary contacts are underway with potential investors" seeking to take control of the Rome clu...
Michelangelo’s Florence Pietà is being restored in full view of visitors.
Michelangelo’s Bandini Pietà is to be restored in full view of visitors to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence's cathedral museum, in a six-...
Rome bus drivers seek loving home for abandoned dog.
Workers from Rome's public transport company ATAC have launched an adoption appeal after a dog was found abandoned on a city bus, reports daily Italian newspaper La R...
Italy's transport ministry guarantees funding for Metro C in Rome.
Rome's Metro C, the city's third underground project, will reach Piazza Venezia, after funding was guaranteed by the Italian transport ministry.
The...
Celebrated travel-themed bookshop in central Rome to close on New Year's Eve.
Rome's Libreria del Viaggiatore, which specialises in travel books and is considered by many as the city's most beautiful bookshop, will clos...
Rome hit by 33 extreme weather events in 2018.
Heat waves, rising temperatures, droughts, floods and weather-related damage to property: Rome is ever more at risk from extreme weather, according to the Città Clima 2019...
If you want to get a true sense of Rome’s history and its many transformations since its birth, Castel S. Angelo is a fascinating place to start.
This circular construction surrounded by a rectangular structure has foll...
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