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Rome marks International Workers' Day 2019 with free concert.On Wednesday 1 May, Labour Day, Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers in celebration of the Festa dei Lavoratori.
The annual national holiday is mar...
Genny is en route to Rome carrying enormous cross.
A former prisoner is walking from Milan to Rome, while carrying a wooden cross weighing 40 kg, in a personal road to redemption.
Gennaro Sperio, known as Genny, is c...
Funicular line in Rome suburbs has been costed at €110 million.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has restated her aim to begin constructing a cable car network in the west of the capital by the end of her administration's term...
Incident comes days after another tourist carved initials into Rome monument.
A 17-year-old Bulgarian student who defaced the Colosseum has been reported by Rome police for aggravated damage to a building of historical...
French tourist receives €450 fine for late night escapade in Rome fountain.
A 31-year-old French tourist has been fined €450 after Rome police caught her in the waters of the Fontana delle Api, located at the Piazza Ba...
Israeli woman caught carving family initials on Colosseum.
Staff at the Colosseum caught a 39-year-old Israeli tourist carving the initials of the names of her husband and children into an internal pillar of the ancient...
Rome appoints first woman to top cultural heritage post.Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, an art historian, has become the first woman to hold the position of Rome's superintendent of cultural heritage, succeeding Claudio...
10 rooms in southern wing used to display permanent collection.
Palazzo Barberini in Rome, home to Italy's national gallery of ancient art, has rearranged its collection in the 10 rooms which opened to the public in the...
Title of 2019 Venice Biennale is May You Live in Interesting Times.
The 58th edition of the prestigious Venice Biennale, taking place from 11 May-24 November, is under the direction of the American-born, UK-based curato...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery.
New Zealanders and Australians in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2019 with a memorial service on Thursday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia, in the Testaccio d...
Rome celebrates 74th anniversary of liberation on 25 April.On 25 April Italy celebrates the 74th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world wa...
Rome parade on 22 April will feature centurions, gladiators and vestal virgins.
A parade, featuring 1,500 participants dressed in ancient Roman costumes, takes place in Rome on Monday 22 April to mark the city's 2,772n...
Warning of strong winds in Rome for Pasquetta on 22 April.
Rome's civil protection agency has issued a weather warning for Easter Monday, or Pasquetta, for Rome and the Lazio region on 22 April.
The weather alert is...
ATAC had predicted opening of Spagna metro station in time for Easter in Rome.
The three central metro stations on Rome's Metro A line - Repubblica, Barberini and Spagna - will remain closed for Easter, despite recent r...
Rome highlights the environment with Earth Day 2019 in Villa Borghese.
Rome marks the 2019 edition of Earth Day with five days of events on the theme of the environment and sustainability at the Galoppatoio area of Vill...
Fendi to stage Rome fashion show in honour of Karl Lagerfeld.
Luxury fashion house Fendi is to stage a couture catwalk show in Rome on 4 July in homage to its late creative director Karl Lagerfeld.
The event will pay...
Second-hand buses from Tel Aviv are too polluting for Rome's streets.
The 70 second-hand buses leased recently by Rome's public transport company ATAC are sitting in a garage as they do not conform to the European Union...
Giardino di Filly opens on the banks of Rome's river Tiber.
Roma River Ranch, a horse riding school in the Marconi suburb of Rome, has opened a new educational farm for children aged two to 12, on the banks of the Tiber...
Pope Francis leads Via Crucis ceremony at Colosseum on 19 April.
The Colosseum, Palatine Hill and Roman Forum will close to visitors at 13.00, with last entry at midday, on Friday 19 April.
The closure comes ahead of...
Random discovery took place in grounds of Rome's Corsini palace.
Rome archaeologists have presented the well-preserved remains of a ancient Roman workshop with large-scale furnace, or kiln, used in the commercial produc...
Climate activist met pontiff in St Peter's Square.
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist, met Pope Francis briefly following the pontiff's general audience in St Peter's Square on 17 April....
Rome's birthday celebrations for Natale di Roma include historical re-enactments including a costumed parade and gladiator fights.
Rome celebrates its 2,772nd birthday on 21 April which this year coincides with Easter S...
English-language religious services in Rome and the Vatican during Easter Week 2019.Vatican ceremonies 18 April. Holy Thursday. Chrism Mass, Vatican Basilica, 09.30.19 April. Good Friday. Papal Mass, Vatican Basilica 17...
Rome dogs have fun at the seaside as Baubeach reopens for the 2019 season.
Baubeach, Rome’s beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners reopens for the summer season on 19 April and this year celebrates its 2...
When the highest notes arise from the deepest sighs: the tragic story of Italy's castrate singers.
“Alessandro Moreschi Angelo di Roma, Cantore nella Capella Sistina 1858-1922” reads a tomb on the upper level of Rome’s...
The Irish founder of St Isidore's College arrived in Rome 400 years ago.
Luke Wadding, an Irish Franciscan priest, arrived in Rome on 17 December 1618. He came as theological adviser to a royal delegation sent by Philip...
Colossal fire at Cathedral of Notre-Dame attracts messages of condolences and solidarity from Rome and around the world as firefighters succeed in saving main structure of Paris landmark.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has...
Rome to announce opening date of Repubblica metro station in coming days.The Spagna station on Rome's Metro A line is to reopen this week according to Franco Middei, the director of the city's public transport company AT...
Alcohol restrictions in Rome areas associated with nightlife.
Rome police caught a 35-year-old French tourist splashing around in the fountain of S. Maria in Trastevere in the early hours of 14 April.
The fountain, b...
Colosseum illuminated at night with almost 300 floodlights.
The Colosseum is once again fully lit at night after four teams of technicians from Rome's energy company ACEA replaced 120 floodlights and reactivated a furth...
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