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On 31 October Pope Benedict XVI marks the 500th anniversary of the completion of the Sistine Chapel frescoes by renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti.
The pontiff will hold a vespers prayer service in the chapel,...
The city of Rome has shelved an electric carriage project to replace the controversial horse-drawn carriages, known as "botticelle
Police in Rome have discovered a new system used by thieves to steal money by tampering with bank machines.
Known as "cash trapping" the method involves inserting a metal clip into the banknote dispenser, in a manner...
Wanted in Rome offices in Rome (Via dei Falegnami 79) will close for the Tutti Santi (All Saints’) long weekend on Thursday 1 November and open again on Monday 5 November.
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All Saints’ Day, or Ognissanti, on Thursday 1 November, a public holiday in Italy. The All Saints’ festival is followed by All Souls Day on 2 November, a Catholic tradition of mourning the dearly depar...
A parked car was "swallowed" by a giant pothole in Piazza Albana on Rome's Aventine hill on the afternoon of 29 October.
The crater measures ten by three metres wide and has a depth of four metres. Nobody was injured...
The Fontana delle Tartarughe is being restored again. This is what Wanted in Rome wrote on 21 November 2003.
The late 16th-century turtle fountain in Piazza Mattei, one of Rome's best-loved monuments, is being fitted...
Traces of cocaine, cannabinoids, nicotine and caffeine have been found in the Roman air, according to a report released recently by the Institute of Atmospheric Pollution at Rome’s national research agency Consigli...
From 1 November, the limited traffic zone (ZTL) in Trastevere and S. Lorenzo will be active only on Friday and Saturday nights from 21.30 until 03.00 the next day.
The winter timetable stays in effect until Apri...
Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in prison and three years interdiction from public office after being found guilty of tax fraud. The Milan court handed down the sentence on F...
Commuters in Rome face two public transport strikes on Friday 26 October. The first strike action, organised by trade union Faisa Cisal, involves 81 bus routes operated by Roma TPL in the city suburbs, from 08.30-17.00 a...
Rome's security forces are on high alert for the scheduled "No Monti Day" protest at 14.30 on Saturday 27 October. The demonstration, which involves trade unions, students, left-wing parties and various protest groups, h...
During the night between 27 and 28 October, at 03.00 to be precise, don’t forget to set your clocks backwards by one hour. We will gain an hour’s sleep, but we will lose an extra daylight one.
A couple of days ago, 20 October 2012, a family of four living in the province of Pisa, mother father and two children collected some wild mushrooms, took them home, ate them and died, all four. The mushrooms they collec...
The eleventh Rome Supercat Show will run in the Nuova Fiera di Roma on 3 and 4 November, following last year’s success with over 30,000 visitors. The two-day meeting of national and international cat-lovers wi...
Reports in the international media indicate that there is growing concern in international scientific circles over the stiff sentencing by an Italian court in L'Aquila of experts who failed to predict the 2009 earthquake...
This article was first published by Wanted in Rome on 15 September 2010 in memory of the Italan military hero who died in June of the same year.At daybreak on 21 January 1941, only the sentries and the cooks were awake i...
Services on Rome's number 8 tram will be disrupted over six days between 26 October and 4 November to allow the replacement of tracks in Piazza di Porta S. Paolo and Viale Trastevere.
Work begins on the night of 26 Oc...
Italy’s Winter Sports Federation (Federazione Italiana Sport Invernale) said plans are underway to host an Alpine skiing World Cup city event in Rome’s historic centre.
However the mayor of Rome Gianni Ale...
Rome has dedicated Sunday 21 October as Spqr Sports Day, with Via dei Fori Imperiali being transformed into an open-air gym from 10.00-18.00.
The family-friendly day out features dozens of mini sports camps along the...
A series of protests over the coming days will disrupt Rome’s public transport, with the main upset to commuters centred around the S. Giovanni district.
Two large-scale protests have been scheduled by Ita...
Rome has launched a line of merchandise aimed at promoting the capital to the tourist market, with the first items going on sale in the capital in mid-January. The Rome-branded objects will be split into two categories:...
by Mike Dilien
"Sei operata? Sei dotata? Quanto costa?" Four youngsters in a sports car are hassling all prostitutes in front of the abattoir. Valeria, an elegant mulatta, turns her head and scans the square for clien...
Civil protection authorities in Rome have declared a state of alert ahead of a storm predicted on Monday 15 October.
Some of the districts most at risk are identified as Prima Porta, Fiumicino, Tiburtina and Piana del...
Rome's Palazzo Farnese, home of the French embassy to Italy, has launched a tender for the restoration of its Carracci Gallery, a 17th-century baroque masterpiece.
The €1.2 million one-year restoration project, w...
Spanish archaeologists believe they have found the exact location where Julius Caesar was stabbed, on the Teatro Argentina side of Largo di Torre Argentina in Rome’s historic centre.
After six year’s of re...
The city of Rome has banned the circulation of all traffic within the fascia verde (green belt) from 08.30 to 17.30 on Sunday 14 October, to make way for the cycling event Gran Fondo Campagnolo Roma which involves some 5...
The newly-restyled Piazza Cavour in Rome's Prati district has become the scene of large-scale organised street fights over the last two weekends.
Up to 300 youths congregated in the square on the night of Saturday 6 O...
The Pantanello Natural Park – 70 km south-east of Rome – reopens to the public on Sunday 7 October.
The park is adjacent to the Gardens of Ninfa, located near Sermoneta at the foot of the Lepini mountains....
The mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno has moved to clarify the city's recent legislation restricting camping and consuming food and drink on Rome's streets. Describing the order as "anti-camping, not anti-panino", Alemanno s...
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