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Project to concentrate on Pigneto and S. Lorenzo
Rome is to install surveillance cameras in a bid to combat drug dealing in Pigneto and S. Lorenzo, districts which have seen growing protests by residents in recent mo...
Famous Dublin statue restored before return to streets
The statue of legendary Dublin fishmonger Molly Malone will soon return to the streets following a two-month restoration programme costing an estimated €50,0...
75 per cent of waters contain bacteria
Much of the sea water around Rome is not suitable for bathing, according to data released recently by the Lazio branch of Italian environmental body Legambiente.
In early Jun...
A book belonging to John Keats has been bought by the Keats Shelley House in Rome and will go on display this autumn in the museum at the bottom of the Spanish Steps.
Keats’s autographed copy of Tacitus’s...
Rome exhibition reflects the colour and tragedy of Kahlo's life and art
Frida Kahlo, the world's best known exponent of Latin American art, had her first major exhibition in her native Mexico City in April 1953. By th...
Movie theme park located in Castel Romano
The long-awaited theme park dedicated to the magic of cinema will be opened on 16 July along Via Pontina in the Castel Romano area, about 10 km from EUR, south of Rome.
Des...
25 cyclists undertake charity cycle from Ireland to Rome
A group of 25 non-professional cyclists is undertaking a cycle of over 2,000 km from Ireland to Rome, to raise funds for 23 different cancer charities.
Centr...
Basilica is only landmark in Italy in travel guide's top ten St Peter’s Basilica in Rome has made the world's top ten list of landmarks in Tripadvisor’s second Travelers' Choice Attractions Awards, based on...
Shoppers should be wary of discounts more than 50 per cent
Summer sales in Rome begin on Saturday 5 July with discounted prices on offer for the following six weeks.
Italian business association Fismo-Confesercenti...
Plans to refloat shipwreck in mid-July
The Costa Concordia shipwreck will be towed away from the small Tuscan island of Giglio to be scrapped in the north-west Italian port of Genoa, following approval by the Italian...
The British pavilion in Milan will focus on the importance of the honey bee to our planet
British beekeepers will be delighted by the news that the winning design for the British pavilion at Milan's Expo 2015 designed...
Our second feature on traditional Italian crafts
The Amalfi Coast is one of Italy's most popular tourist spots, and yet few visitors venture from the coast to explore the craggy Lattari mountains that rise above the s...
Popular park reopens following restoration
Rome's newly-restored Villa Celimontana park has reopened after being closed to the public since April 2013.
The €970,000 restoration project focused mainly on a 20,0...
Bypass closed since January landslides
The tangenziale ringroad at Corso Francia in northern Rome has reopened following a five-month closure caused by landslides during the storms in January.
Rome's mayor Ignazio...
St Stephen's School on the Aventine celebrates 50 years in Rome on the weekend of 27-29 June.
The school was founded in 1964 by Revd John O. Patterson with an ethos focusing on a classical liberal arts education, mode...
Rome celebrates its Sts Peter and Paul
Although traditionally a public holiday in Rome, with public offices, schools and many shops closed, this year the feast day of St Peter and Paul falls on a Sunday so won't make...
Cars banned in additional areas around Colosseum and Piazza di Spagna
The second phase of pedestrianisation along Rome's Via dei Fori Imperiali begins on 28 June and remains in effect until 31 August.
During that t...
Visitors over 65 to pay for tickets
Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini has introduced new legislation regarding visiting times and ticket prices for Italy's heritage sites, taking effect from 1 July. The mi...
Team of Rome-based priests and seminarians travels to England
The Vatican-based St Peter’s Cricket Club, comprising priests and seminarians, has announced its first tour to England on 12 September.
The so-ca...
Rome mayor under fire for low fee
Rome's mayor Ignazio Marino has come in for heavy criticism after it was revealed that the Rolling Stones were charged just below €8,000 to use the Circus Maximus as their conce...
Private money needed to retore Rome's monument
Italy is seeking a corporate sponsor to provide the estimated €31 million required to preserve Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea in central Rome.
Situated on the Oppian...
Extra finances result of protest by festival organisers
Rome is to provide an additional €600,000 to the organisers of Estate Romana, under whose banner a range of festivals take place in the capital each summer...
Street closures around Circus Maximus
Rome is gearing up to welcome the Rolling Stones who perform the only Italian date of their world tour 14 on Fire at the Circus Maximus on Sunday 22 June.
The preparations inc...
Ban affects areas most frequented by young people at night
Rome has introduced a ban on the consumption of alcohol in public every night from 22.00, following appeals from residents tired of anti-social behaviour in...
An ecumenical gardening project in the heart of Rome.
The monastery and church of S. Gregorio al Celio was founded by Pope Gregory around the year 575, when he converted his family’s patrician villa into a monastery....
Tickets on sale from 13 June
Additional tickets have gone on sale for the upcoming Rolling Stones concert in Rome on 22 June, after the first round of 50,000 sold out in under two hours in March.
The extra tickets...
Visit includes meeting with Pope Francis
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will meet Pope Francis as part of his three-day visit to Rome from 14-16 June. The visit comes exactly one year since the pontiff fi...
Wanted in Rome outlines ten of the best venues in the capital to watch the upcoming World Cup tournament which begins on 12 June.
The city will show the Italy games on a maxi screen near Piazza Madonna di Loreto near...
Imperial Roman monument on Appia Antica restored
The Mausoleum of Romulus on Rome's Via Appia Antica has reopened to the public after more than two decades. Built in the early fourth century AD, the circular monument...
Overhaul part of reorganisation plan by Rome's bus company
ATAC continues to reorganise its service, changing another batch of bus routes on 9 June. The changes affect 13 routes mainly in the Tiburtina, Prenestina an...
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