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Top international athletes come to Rome
The 34th edition of the Golden Gala, Italy's annual track and field event, begins in Rome's Olympic Stadium on 5 June. As usual the sporting event is a who's who from the worl...
Annual Mille Miglia race includes 450 vintage cars
A fleet of vintage cars arrives in Rome on the night of 16 May, as part of the Mille Miglia race between Brescia and the capital.
One of the world’s oldest...
But Colosseum to remain closed
The nationwide Notte dei Musei returns on Saturday 17 May, involving the opening of museums, galleries, monuments and archaeological sites in Rome and throughout Italy, from 20.00 until...
Commuters greeted with lively murals
The Spagna metro station in Rome has become a free art gallery for commuters, thanks to the efforts of six street artists from France.
The corridors of the station most frequent...
Italy has no museums in top 10 list
The Vatican Museums have come fifth in the list of the world's most-visited art museums in 2013, according to the annual attendance-based survey by The Art Newspaper.
An increase...
Great Britian in Rome. Prince Harry to attend event at MAXXI
Rome's Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo MAXXI is holding a day-long event dedicated to British culture on 18 May. Entitled Great Britain in Rome,...
Beefed-up security around Olympic Stadium
The upcoming match between AS Roma and newly-crowned Serie A champions Juventus has been brought forward by three hours on Sunday 11 May over security concerns.
The match,...
Wanted in Rome's guide to Mother's Day
Ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday 11 May, Wanted in Rome offers ten suggestions of how to celebrate the occasion in and around Rome. Note that while Mother's Day is celebrated in...
World's top tennis players come to Rome
The 71st edition of the Rome Master tennis tournament, known officially as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, takes place in Rome's Foro Italico from 11-18 May and features the w...
Prince will attend event at MAXXI
British royal Prince Harry will visit Italy on 18 and 19 May to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino during world war two.
On 18 May Prince Harry will a...
30 new recruits being sworn in
There are 30 new papal Swiss Guards being sworn in at 10.30 on 6 May, after taking a solemn oath of allegiance to the pope at a ceremony in the S. Damaso courtyard of the Vatican's Apost...
American artist Finley involved in campaign
Graffiti has been removed from about 500 metres of walls around Piazza Annibaliano in the north-east Nomentana district by Retake Roma, the movement whose Italian and inter...
Three shootings before cup final in Rome
Italy's interior minister Angelino Alfano has threatened tougher measures for soccer hooligans in the wake of the violence that marred the weekend's Italian Cup Final at Rome's...
15th anniversary of Baubeach
Rome's beach designated exclusively for dogs and their owners reopens on 16 May and this year celebrates its 15th anniversary.
The 7,000-sqm stretch of sand known as Baubeach is located...
Open House returns to Rome with third edition
Many of Rome's museums, libraries, galleries and contemporary buildings to which there is normally limited public access are open free of charge over the weekend of 10-11...
Europe's largest conference centre slammed by Rome public contracts authority
Rome's controversial Nuvola conference centre project has come under fire from the authority for the supervision of public contracts (AVCP)...
Rome's summer bus service to beaches along the coast from Ostia south to Torvaianica resumed on 1 May and runs until 21 September.
The 070 Express operates on weekends only until 30 May, after which it becomes daily u...
Annual Primo Maggio concert in S. Giovanni
On 1 May every year Italy dedicates a public holiday to its workers. In Rome buses and trams will run from 08.30 to 13.00 and from 16.30 to 21.00, with regular night bus ser...
There is free entry to around 30 state museums and monuments in and around Rome on 1 May.
The participating museums include Galleria Borghese, Galleria Corsina and Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (GNAM) while for th...
Parade celebrates 20 years in Rome
The mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino will open this year's Gay Pride parade on 7 June.
The announcement came following a meeting with members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transse...
Renovation works complete
The Villa Borghese lake, popularly known as the laghetto, was reopened by Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino on 24 April following renovation works over the last eight months.
It has been out of...
Beach-side castle can be visited on limited basis
The Castello di S. Severa outside Rome reopens to the public until 4 May, following a closure of more than a decade. Guided tours of the castle will take place on an...
Life is filled with joys and sorrows, the happiness of a birth and the deep sadness on the death of a loved one. The last thing one needs on these occasions is to be bogged down by bureaucracy. We hope that the following...
Special Vatican website for canonisation
The Vatican has launched a website for the upcoming double canonisation of Popes John XXVIII and John Paul II on Sunday 27 April. It contains details about the two popes as w...
Annual event coincides with canonisation weekend
On 25 April Italy celebrates the 69th Festa della Liberazione which marks the country’s liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war...
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Allied bombardment
The group of local enthusiasts that has cleaned and opened long stretches of the mysterious bunker in the entrails of Mount Soratte will take visitors on guided t...
Annual commemoration at Rome War Cemetery
Australians and New Zealanders in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2013 with a memorial service on Friday 25 April at the Rome War Cemetery on Via Nicola Zabaglia, in the Piramide dis...
Focus on making cities greener
This year the focus of Earth Day on 22 April is "green cities" and the quest to make urban spaces more ecologically friendly.
There are numerous events taking place in Rome to mark th...
City museums open free of charge for Rome's birthday
Rome's municipal museums are open free of charge on Monday 21 April which, in addition to being Easter Monday, is the capital's birthday.
There is free admission...
Mayor says Rome is ready for event
Over 60 delegations from 54 countries are expected in Rome for the upcoming double canonisation of popes John XXIII and John Paul II at the Vatican on 27 April.
There will be 19 h...
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