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A new space for hosting temporary exhibitions opened at Palazzo Barberini on 16 December, with a major show dedicated to Guercino, a leading figure in Italian 17th-century painting.
The additional 1,000-sqm on the gr...
The Tomb of the Scipios, a burial complex for the political and military Scipio dynasty during the Roman republic, has reopened after renovations began in 2008. To celebrate, on the weekend of 17-18 December there will b...
Rome's Capitoline Museums have installed a high-tech service that uses Near Field Technology (NFC) to explain the history behind some of their 300 art works.
By holding NFC-supporting smartphones near the antennas on...
An initiative to rid Rome's streets of used chewing gum has been launched in the area around Largo di Torre Argentina in the city centre.
A team from the refuse disposal company, AMA, has joined with voluntary associ...
Rome faces disruption to its public transport services due to a number of strikes between Thursday 15 and Friday 16 December against the new government's economic policies.
On 15 December a regional protest affects t...
There are over 442,000 foreign residents living in the province of Rome, with another 100,000 living in the greater Roman area, according to a report carried out by immigration officials in collaboration with the chamber...
Civil documents (stato civile) relating to birth, marriage or death are to become much quicker to obtain as of January, according to the city.
The process has been digitised, reducing the current average wait to 72 hou...
The opening of part of the new pedestrian underpass network at Termini station improves the connection between metro A and B lines and the railway station. The new section has four escalators to allow greater access to t...
The mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno turned on the lights of the 18m Christmas tree in Rome
Italy's main trade unions have scheduled a three-hour strike for Monday 12 December, in protest at Italian prime minister Mario Monti's emergency budget known as the Salva Italia plan.
The CGIL, CISL and UIL unions ar...
Fiumicino Airport
According to a report in the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera there has been a greater increase in flight connections out of Leonardo da Vinci international airport this year than at any other Europ...
On the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday 8 December, Pope Benedict XVI pays homage to the Virgin Mary by making a pilgrimage to Piazza Mignanelli beside the Spanish Steps at 16.00. In an annual tradition dat...
Rome’s city council removed a giant white papier-mâché Christmas tree on 6 December, the day after putting it up in Piazza Venezia.
Its removal followed widespread criticism of the city’s admi...
Plans to increase the cost of travelling on public transport in Rome are currently awaiting approval by the council of the Lazio region.
The measures, brought forward by Rome
Rome has prohibited the circulation of cars, motorcycles and mopeds with even-numbered licence plates within the Fascia Verde (the area inside the GRA ring road) on Friday 2 December from 09.00-13.00 and 16.00-21.00....
On the occasion of World AIDS Day on 1 December, the Italian ministry of health has launched an AIDS awareness campaign called “Non abbassare la guardia, fai il test” (Don’t lower your guard, take the t...
Residents in Italy who miss BBC television can view festive-themed programmes for free every day from 1-25 December via the global BBCiPlayer App. BBC Worldwide announced that the service is available exclusively from th...
The city of Rome has announced its lighting programme for Christmas which, alongside more traditional lights, features projections on maxi screens using high-tech
The city has barred the most polluting vehicles from circulating within Rome
Pope Benedict XVI will pay a pastoral visit to prisoners of Rome
The inauguration of the French Academy of Rome's restored Room of the Birds takes place at Villa Medici on 9 December.
The room forms part of the Pavilion of Ferdinando de' Medici, two halls constructed in the 16th c...
The newly-renovated Tiburtina train station is being inaugurated by the president of the republic Giorgio Napolitano on Monday 28 November at 11.30, causing road closures and bus detours between 10.00 and 12.00.
Tibu...
The Rome opera season began with Giuseppe Verdi
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