Morricone pulls out of three Rome performances over back problems.
Celebrated Italian composer Ennio Morricone has cancelled three concerts in Rome due to two collapsed spinal vertebrae, according to the Accademia S....
Rome plays its part in marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
Andy Devane
"Not that I loved Caesar less but that I loved Rome more." This is the Shakespeare quotation chosen by Christopher Prentice, Brit...
Night visits at the Vatican Museums until October.
The Vatican Museums open every Friday evening from 19.00-23.00 from 6 May to 29 July, and from 2 September until 28 October.
Online booking is mandatory, with last...
Street art by Alice Pasquini, Gaia and Fintan Magee in Rome.
Roman street artist Alice Pasquini has created a new mural in the capital featuring a couple kissing based on the famous image taken in Paris by Italian pho...
The spectacular tradition of rose petals fluttering down through the oculus of the Pantheon can be enjoyed on Sunday 15 May following 10.30 Mass for the feast of Pentecost.
The ancient ceremony...
World’s top tennis players come to Rome.
The 73rd edition of the Rome Master tennis tournament, known officially as the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, is currently taking place at the Foro Italico until 15 May.
The e...
Rome museums enlivened by night with music, theatre and dance.
The nationwide Notte dei Musei returns on Saturday 21 May, involving the opening of museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites in Rome and thr...
Rome's annual Komen Race for the Cure begins and ends at Circus Maximus.
Registration is now open for the 17th edition of the Komen Italia Race for the Cure which takes place on the streets of central Rome on Sunday 1...
Linea Mare connects Rome to beaches throughout summer.
Rome’s bus service to beaches along the coast from Ostia south to Torvaianica resumed on 1 May and runs throughout the summer.
The daily 62 service connects Vi...
U2's The Edge becomes first rock musician to play in Sistine Chapel.
U2 guitarist The Edge made history on 30 April when he became the first rock musician ever to perform in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to raise awar...
Skunk Anansie to perform at free Primo Maggio concert in Rome.
On 1 May every year Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers, with a large, free concert taking place in Rome's Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano to c...
Harry Shindler loses high court battle over right to vote in Brexit referendum.
Two Britons living abroad have lost their high court bid to change a British law barring British expats who have lived abroad for more th...
Berlusconi backs Marchini as Forza Italia candidate.
Former civil protection chief Guido Bertolaso has pulled out of the Rome mayoral race, standing down as the Forza Italia (FI) candidate in favour of businessman Alf...
Fifth edition of Open House Roma features 200 buildings around Rome.
Many of Rome’s museums, libraries, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of charge ove...
Rome event to mark persecution of Christians around the world.
Rome's Trevi Fountain is to be illuminated in red in recognition of Christians who have died for their faith, at 20.00 on Friday 29 April.
The initiati...
Rome celebrates 71st anniversary of liberation on 25 April.
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 71st Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of worl...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery.
Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2016 with a memorial service on Monday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia, in the Testaccio d...
Night tours and light shows in English of newly-illuminated Roman Forum.
Two outdoor spectacles with music, light projections and historical commentary will be held at the Forum of Caesar and the Forum of Augustus eve...
Four-hour strike coincides with Rome's birthday.
A four-strike by Rome’s public transport company ATAC is scheduled between 08.30 and 12.30 on Thursday 21 April, the day of Rome's 2,769th birthday, affecting buses, tr...
William Kentridge triumphs with mural along the river Tiber in Rome.
Andy Devane
“Every country has both a heroic history and a shameful history,” noted the internationally acclaimed South African artist William Ke...
Rome highlights the environment with Earth Day.
Rome is marking the international Earth Day initiative with four days of events at the Galoppatoio area in Villa Borghese on the theme of the environment and sustainabil...
Renzi government survives threats to its oil policies.
The government of Matteo Renzi comfortably survived two no-confidence motions in the senate on Tuesday, just two days after a referendum it opposed on the durat...
Page open to young Wanted in Rome readers.
This pretend-interview with Judy Boone, a character with Asperger’s Syndrome from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, was written by 14-year-old Gennaro Fusill...
Rome's commissioner Tronca scraps Marino's "Rome & You" city logo.
Rome's commissioner Francesco Paolo Tronca has scrapped the controversial "Rome & You" city logo, introduced by former mayor Ignazio Marino in...
Historical groups evoke ancient Roman tradtions with Natale di Roma.
The capital celebrates its 2,769th birthday on Thursday 21 April, with events lasting until Sunday 24 April. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual bi...
Google Earth satellite imagery helps FAO with natural resource management.
The Rome-based United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with multinational technology giant Google in using s...
Mutua Basis Assistance (MBA) offers special benefits to Wanted in Rome readers.
Mutua Basis Assistance (MBA), Italy's largest mutual aid society, offers readers of Wanted in Rome an exclusive package of special benefi...
Children's cinematherapy at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
A premiere of Disney's new children's film The Jungle Book took place at a new cinema facility at the Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, one of Rome's ma...
Daily tours in English of normally off-limits areas of Rome's Castel S. Angelo fortress.
Visitors to the Castel S. Angelo museum in Rome can take the new Castello segreto (secret castle) tour which includes areas usua...
22nd edition of Rome marathon takes place under the sun.
The 22nd edition of the Rome marathon on Sunday 10 April was once again dominated by African runners, with Kenyan Amos Kipruto winning the men’s race and Ethiop...
In the city center, a few steps from Termini Station, the Policlinico, La Sapienza University and the main Ministries we propose the rental of a three-room penthouse apartment of a...
Bright and fully equipped office available for daily rent in a central and easily accessible location. Ideal for freelancers, remote workers, or small business meetings.
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