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Mystery surrounded the identity of the Rome artist behind the saintly Einstein poster.
Selecting covers for our magazine is often a random process. Sometimes they are submitted by galleries, sometimes we request permis...
"I miss you very much" Michele wrote to Rina in Rome.
A postcard sent 60 years from Milan has finally turned up at its destination, the Centocelle suburb in Rome, according to Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica.Addre...
By Annabel Holland
In collaboration with the American University of Rome
For many travellers, it is easy to get caught up in the magnificence of Rome. However, in addition to the city's ancient sites it is worth co...
The colourful career of 18th-century artist and archaeologist Robert Fagan revolved around his discoveries in Rome.
By Peter Murray
Although described as an ”amateur” and ”an antiquarian and a great digger”, Robert F...
Scotland-Italy Six Nations rugby match on 17 March.
Italy will face Scotland in the Six Nations rugby union championship at Rome's Olympic Stadium at 13.30 on 17 March.
The 19th edition of the annual Six Nations – w...
Polls point to hung parliament after 4 March vote.
By Laura Clarke.
On 4 March Italians go to the polls to elect their new parliament, as well as the regional councils in Lazio and Lombardia. The parliamentary e...
Hummustown offers Syrian cuisine while helping Rome's Syrian refugees.Fundraising efforts are underway to support Hummustown, a Rome-based initiative to give Syrian refugees economic independence by cooking and deliverin...
Free-floating bicycle sharing service bails out of Europe.Gobee.bike, the free-floating bicycle sharing service, has announced that it is abandoning Rome, Milan and Turin on 15 February due to significant vandalism to it...
Street in Rome suburb collapsed into construction site.
Rome's public prosecutor has launched an investigation following the collapse of a street in the city's north-west suburb Balduina on the evening of 14 February. T...
Panic, collision, the silence of an empty road
By Anna Johnson, Year 11, St George's British International SchoolWe don’t decide what it is that we remember. From the thousands of finely interconnected events building u...
MAXXI and Ara Pacis have two-for-one ticket offer for lovers.
Rome's MAXXI Museo delle arti del XXI secolo celebrates St Valentine's Day with a two-for-one offer for "all couples: friends, lovers, grandparents and grand...
Open-air film festival to swap Piazza S. Cosimato for Rome's suburbs.Rome's popular open-air Festival Trastevere Rione del Cinema is leaving its base at Piazza S. Cosimato for three locations in the suburbs following a h...
Rome's Carnevale season ends on 13 February ahead of Lent.
Ash Wednesday or mercoledì delle ceneri signifies the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar and this year occurs on 14 February. It marks the end of Carne...
By Annabel Holland
In collaboration with the American University of Rome
As spring comes closer, Rome’s most popular attractions are beginning to flood with people from all over the world. Some sites, however, are...
Forgotten Project to hold Rome's first Free Art Friday on 17 March.
Four well-known British street artists will participate in the second edition of Forgotten Project, an urban art project dedicated to the forgotten bui...
Romantic suggestions for Valentine’s Day in Rome.Current exhibitions in Rome with an air of romance include Bernini at Galleria Borghese, Artisti all'Opera at Palazza Braschi, The Klimt Experience in Piazza S. Giovanni a...
Norwegian Air offers cheap flights from Rome to US later this year.
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air has launched cheap flights between Rome's Fiumicino airport and San Francisco, beginning on 7 February.
The new route f...
Second phase of Rome's tram project would connect Via dei Fori Imperiali with Piazza Venezia.Rome city council has presented plans to introduce a new tramline connecting Via dei Fori Imperiali with Piazza Vittorio as par...
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Deputy Rome mayor to seek approval for project from Italy's future culture minister.
Rome city council wants to introduce free entry to the Roman Forum, according to plans announced by the capital's deputy mayor and cul...
Festival Trastevere Rione del Cinema threatens to leave Rome over dispute with city councilRome risks losing its popular open-air Festival Trastevere Rione del Cinema over an escalating dispute between its organisers and...
By Laura Clarke.
In mid January 170 people applied for registration at Rome's juvenile court to be included in the list of voluntary guardians (tutori volontari) for unaccompanied foreign minors. All had been trained by...
Villa Sciarra's statues, park furniture and children's area seriously damaged by vandalsVilla Sciarra, one of Rome's smaller and lesser-known parks, will now be locked each night after it was the subject of serious vanda...
Wanted in Rome’s guide to the Six Nations in Rome, including the city's best venues to watch the rugby matches.While the Olympic Stadium is obviously the best place to watch Rome's two Six Nations matches - England at 16...
Tight security and street closures in Rome for visit of Turkish leader.Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay an official two-day visit to Rome on 4-5 February, during which time he will meet Pope Francis, Itali...
On-duty soldier shot himself at Rome's central Barberini station.A police investigation has opened after an Italian soldier killed himself while on duty at Rome's Barberini metro station at 11.00 on Thursday 1 February.T...
Rome university and medical centre presents masterplan.The Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, in the Trigoria area south of the capital, is to undergo a major expansion thanks to a €200 million investment.
The privat...
By Andy Devane.
The artistic legacy of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma is brought to life in a sumptuous exhibition at Palazzo Braschi in Rome
When he became sovrintendente of Rome's opera house in 2013, Carlo Fuortes was “a...
Organisers say Carnevale Romano 2018 should have already started.Fans of Rome's carnevale may have to travel outside the capital to enjoy the celebrations this year, following a statement from the Carnevale Romano organi...
A new home for Rome's American Catholic community is also a happy outcome for the Irish Augustinians.
By Andy Devane
On 23 September a removal team hauled 28 wooden pews out of the church of S. Susanna alle Terme di...
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