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Rome has a myriad of underground sites in the centre and in the suburbs, from catacombs and church crypts to ancient Roman villas and pagan temples.Most of these sites are not open to the public on a regular basis, eithe...
9.6 million international tourists expected to visit Rome in 2017.
Rome ranks in 12th place on the 2017 Top 100 City Destinations survey, according to statistics compiled by market researcher Euromonitor International....
Rome commuters prepare for Black Friday as public transport strike looms.The latest strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC is scheduled on Friday 10 November, from 08.30 until 17.00 and from 20.00 until end of se...
Service at Commonwealth cemetery in Rome on 10 November.The annual Commonwealth Remembrance Day service takes place on Friday 10 November at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia 50 in th...
Generations of travellers on their Grand Tour have passed through the region of northern Lazio known as Etruria, briefly contemplating the abundant remnants of Etruscan civilization and Renaissance marvels before mo...
St Stephen's School: A selection of work from Moira Egan's Creative Writing Classes, 2016-17.**Winner of the 2017 Keats-Shelley House Poetry Prize**Cristina Rizzo (grade 11)Mud after Wilfred Owen
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Group of hardcore AS Roma ultras attack Chelsea fans in Irish pub.Several fans of Chelsea football club were attacked by a group of up to 40 AS Roma ultras who stormed an Irish pub in Rome's Monti area on 30 October.The...
Pontiff to visit American military cemetery in Nettuno and Ardeatine Caves in Rome.
Pope Francis will pay homage to war victims during a visit to the American military cemetery in Nettuno, south of Rome, on the feast...
Up to 200 Chelsea football fans under police observation in Rome.Rome police chiefs have met to discuss security arrangements in relation to the AS Roma-Chelsea football match scheduled in the capital's Stadio Olimpico a...
Graziano Cecchini repeats same 'vandalism-art' stunt as ten years ago.The waters of Rome's Trevi Fountain were turned red during the afternoon of 26 October by Graziano Cecchini, an anarchic activist-artist, who dumped r...
Archbishop of Canterbury installs Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi in Rome ceremony.Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi was installed as the new director of Rome's Anglican Centre by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, duri...
Public transport strike in Rome reduced to four hours in morning.The adherence of Rome's public transport network in the general strike on Friday 27 October has been reduced from a full day to four hours in the morning,...
Movies from 31 countries and numerous Hollywood stars in attendance.
The 12th edition of the Rome Film Fest features screenings, master classes, tributes, retrospectives, panels and special events, and runs from 26 Octo...
Piramide Cestia wins Europa Nostra heritage conservation award.
Rome's Piramide Cestia pyramid celebrates winning this year's Europa Nostra award for heritage conservation by opening for free guided tours throughout Wed...
Public transport and waste collection affected by general strike.
Rome is braced for a venerdì nero, or black Friday, due to a general strike called by trade unions representing workers from the city's public transport...
Italian Soccer Federation to investigate anti-Semitism at Rome stadium.
The president of the European parliament Antonio Tajani has condemned the actions of Lazio 'ultra' football fans who distributed anti-Semitic stick...
Seventh case of TB in four months at Fatebenefratelli.
Rome's Fatebenefratelli hospital says it is "monitoring and managing" an outbreak of tuberculosis which has infected seven of its employees over the last four month...
Daylight will begin one hour earlier.
Clocks go back one hour at 03.00 on the night between Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October, bringing an end to daylight saving time, or 'summer' time.
Mornings will be lighter one hou...
Hotel Eden wins prestigious Grand Prix award.Rome's five-star Hotel Eden has won the Grand Prix Best Hotel in Europe, as part of the annual Villegiature Awards which recognise top hotels in Europe, Asia, Africa and Middl...
US senate confirms Trump's nomination for the Holy See.
Callista Gingrich is the new US ambassador-designate to the Holy See following the US senate's 70-23 approval of her 19 May nomination by President Trump.As amba...
A loose lexicon of new and amusing terms between Italian and anglicisms.
Tired of wading through the political pages of, say, La Repubblica or Corriere della Sera – their column tracing who’s in power, who’s out, who’s...
74th anniversary of deportation of Rome’s Jews.
Rome's Jewish community is commemorating the the 74th anniversary of the deportation of more than 1,000 of the city’s Jews to the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz.
Th...
Pope Francis and G7 agriculture ministers convene at FAO.
Pope Francis joins several G7 agriculture ministers and the European commissioner for agriculture and rural development Phil Hogan to mark World Food Day at Rom...
By Mary Wilsey.
Rome was threatened with water rationing at the end of July but political bickering and mismanagement are as much a problem as the shortage of water itself.Roma, Regina Aquarum are the words that jump...
Historic department store makes a comeback in central Rome.
Rinascente, the Italian department store whose former flagship base on Via del Corso was taken over by Spanish retail giant Zara seven years ago, opens a new o...
A 24-hour strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC which had been programmed on Friday 13 October has been postponed to an undisclosed date, according to the city's mobility agency.
Rome’s buses, trams, metro and...
Latest 24-hour strike involves ATAC and Roma TPL.
A 24-hour strike by Rome's public transport company ATAC is programmed on Friday 13 October, from 08.30 to 17.00 and from 20.00.The strike will affect Rome’s buses, tram...
Second edition of RAW is supported by Italian culture ministry.
The second edition of Rome Art Week (RAW), the contemporary art festival of free cultural events in Roman galleries and studios, takes place across the cap...
Over 100 bank buildings open their doors across Italy.The 16th edition of Invito a Palazzo offers the public a glimpse inside the head offices of a variety of Italy’s banks, free of charge, on Saturday 7 October.The 102...
Suburra is first fully-Italian production for Netflix.
The new television series Suburra, set in Rome, will become the first fully-Italian production on Netflix when it launches on 6 October.
The ten-part series is a s...
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