Evviva S. Giuseppe! Each year local artisans and a religious order preserve the last remains of authentic Rome.
A group of men carry an altarpiece out of a church that stands between a hostel and a house. They are carry...
Free opening of state museums could be final Domenica al Museo in Rome.
Italy's state-run museums and archaeological sites are open free of charge on 2 September, in what could be the final installment of the monthly Do...
Nobody in the Roman Forum church at time of collapse.
The roof of the central Rome church of S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami collapsed on the afternoon of 30 August. There was nobody injured.
Located at the north-west corner...
American, Canadian and Russian tourists fined €450 each by Rome police.
Two American tourists in their fifties have been fined €450 each for jumping into the Trevi Fountain on 26 August, according to Rome police.
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Rome police hunt for "English-speaking" skinny-dipper tourists.
A 68-year-old American tourist has been fined €450 for dipping her feet in the fountain of the Altare della Patria monument in Rome's central Piazza Venezi...
Rome inaugurates new art spaces while reorganising the management structure and role of existing museums.In mid-May a gleaming new art museum opened at Rome's long-abandoned health offices on Via Merulana, following a €5...
Notte Bianca at 19 Rome churches on night of 11 August.
Pope Francis will hold a prayer vigil at Rome's Circus Maximus on the evening of Saturday 11 August ahead of October's Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith...
Tourists brawl over space for the perfect selfie at Rome fountain.
Rome city council is considering reviving a plan to shuttle tourists past the Trevi Fountain in single-file to deter large groups of visitors from congr...
Rome puts prisoners to work on the city's roads.
Prisoners from Rome's Rebibbia prison will be put to work fixing the city's pot-holed roads as part of an agreement between the capital, Italy's justice ministry and the...
Rome issues weather warning over heatwave.
Rome has been added to the Italian health ministry's list of cities on alert due to the ongoing heatwave.
The 11 cities on "level three alert" are Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, F...
Raggi says move is decisive step towards renewing Rome's bus fleet.
Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has announced plans to renew the fleet of ATAC, the capital's pubic transport company, by acquiring 227 new city buses.Raggi...
Free state museum openings could be Rome's final Domenica al Museo.
Italy's state-run museums and archaeological sites are open free of charge on 5 August, in what could be the final installment of the monthly Domenica...
Entry to Rome's river beach is free but swimming is banned in Tiber.
Rome has finally opened its long-awaited artificial beach along the banks of the river Tiber, between the S. Paolo and Marconi districts south of the...
Annual campaign calls on Romans not to dump their pets over summer.Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi has launched a campaign urging residents of the capital not to abandon their pets as they head off on summer holidays.
As pa...
Bioparco battles Rome heatwave with frozen fruit and swimming pools.
Authorities at Rome's Bioparco are ensuring the zoo's residents are coping with the current heatwave by providing the animals with swimming pools and...
Virtual reality transforms the graphic war scenes on Trajan's Column in Rome.
Rome’s most impressive novelties tend to be ancient, emerging after millennia from below ground. Viewable after a descent of two or three sto...
Free first Sunday of the month initiative at Italy's museums to end.
Italy's new culture minister Alberto Bonisoli is to abolish his ministry's monthly initiative granting free entry to state museums on the first Sunday...
Rome hosts rugby game between Italy and All Blacks on 24 November.
The Italian rugby team will face the All Blacks, the reigning world champions from New Zealand, on Saturday 24 November at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome....
27 July eclipse will be longest blood moon visible in Rome this century.Stargazers in Rome can look forward to witnessing the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century on the evening of Friday 27 July, when the moo...
Rome mayor hails "historic" decision to move botticelle from city streets.
Rome's horse-drawn carriages, or botticelle, are set to be moved off the streets to four of the capital's parks following legislation approved b...
Rome's artificial beach on the river Tiber expected to open in August.
Rome is preparing to open its long-awaited artificial beach along the banks of the river Tiber, between the S. Paolo and Marconi districts south of...
Rome's Biblioteca Apollinaire offers maximum of five books per person.
The Apollinaire Library of the Università degli Studi di Roma Tre is giving away free books throughout July, from its city-centre base at Piazza di...
Final works completed on first floor of Rome's Termini station.
Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi inaugurated the second part of the recently-completed reception and commercial space on the first-floor of the capital's centra...
"Europe's most beautiful youth hostel" on S. Severa beach near Rome.
The restored Castello di S. Severa, located on S. Severa beach about 50km north of Rome, is now home to a youth hostel following redevelopment by its...
Former Rome mayor Alemanno among 25 officials accused of fraud.
Rome's public prosecutor has concluded a major investigation that has uncovered alleged fraud amounting to €320 million in relation to the construction of...
Request by Beyoncé and Jay-Z rejected by Italian culture ministry.A last-minute request by hip hop couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z to film inside the Colosseum was reportedly turned down by Italy's culture ministry as the amphi...
Reports of large reptile swimming in canals around Maccarese area.
Officers from the carabinieri and forestry police are conducting searches of drainage canals around Rome's coastal district of Maccarese after several a...
A guide to Rome's best venues for all genres of live contemporary music, from rock to jazz.
With the exceptions of Monti, Testaccio and S. Lorenzo, which are reached easily by public transport, the key to finding the...
Outbreak of spider bites causes concern in south Rome districts.
Residents of southern Rome areas are reporting increasing cases of being bitten by a species of venomous spider known as the brown recluse spider, or viol...
Archaeological remains at Ponte Milvio could be one of Rome's earliest churches.Archaeologists are baffled over an important discovery of the remains of ancient Roman buildings, dating from the first to fourth century AD...
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