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In the largest-scale tree planting operation to be undertaken by the city in modern times, by March 2011 Rome will have an extra 7,000 trees. The
In the largest-scale tree planting operation to be undertaken by the city in modern times, by March 2011 Rome will have an extra 7,000 trees. The
On 31 October 1820 the brilliant young English poet, John Keats, disembarked in Naples after an extremely hazardous journey by sea from England. It was his 25th birthday and he only had another four months to live.
Kea...
If you stop for coffee at the Teano service area travelling between Rome and Naples, you cannot but notice a grand mural of two men on horseback shaking hands. One has an officer
The city has announced the creation of 184 collection points for large-scale household rubbish in 19 districts across the city. The new free service by Rome's refuse collection company Ama will allow people to dispose of...
Opposition parties in the city government have put forward a motion to abolish Rome
Demonstrations in Rome could be limited to one on Wednesdays and Fridays and two on Mondays, Tuesday and Thursdays, only one of which could be in the historic centre. These are the new suggestions under examination by th...
Ordinary life in Rome promises to be difficult on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October when protests, combined with the U2 concert on Friday evening at the Stadio Olimpico, the main football stadium, are expected to bring tra...
Following the likes of New York and Paris, Rome has become the latest city to brand itself. Aimed primarily at the online audience, city authorities hope that the newly adopted logo will soon become a readily recognisabl...
For those who knew the old premises of the British Council in Palazzo del Drago on Via delle Quattro Fontane, its new home, just off Piazza di Spagna, could hardly be more of a contrast.
The wide elegant staircase at P...
Chiara asked my wife if she would like to come on a trip to Umbria to collect her mother Carla and bring her back to Rome at the end of the summer holiday. Marinella
Upon arriving in S. Maria di Castellabate, first impressions might suggest that the inhabitants of this charming fishing village are addicted to ice-cream.
Villagers of all ages stroll up and down the main thoroughfar...
Recently released figures show that MAXXI, the national museum for 21st-century art and architecture, welcomed 140,000 visitors in the first hundred days after it opened in May of this year. In addition, the museum
The ministry of cultural heritage has announced that from the second week in October a third level of the Colosseum will open to the public. The provisional opening date for the completely restored underground section of...
23 - 26 September. As part of a celebration of the life and culture of ancient Rome, the Museum of Ancient Roman Civilisation and its environs in EUR is hosting a
To coincide with the European Days of Patrimony, Rome is hosting a weekend of art, with free entry to state museums on 25 and 26 September. Held annually across Europe since 1991, the European Days of Patrimony are desig...
With the United States mid-term congressional elections coming up on 2 November US oversees voters are reminded to register to vote or to make sure that their registration is up to date.
The deadline for registration...
Google, the leading internet search-engine, is continuing to document the world's streets as part of its grand-scale photographic project Street View. They have now embarked on a photographic series of Italian "art citie...
Below is a list of the major museums and archaeological sites in Rome; in general, ticket offices shut approximately one hour before final closing time. In most cases admission is free for EU citizens under 18 and over 6...
For the second consecutive year, the leading travel booking and information website TripAdvisor.com has ranked Rome as the second worst city in the world for incidents involving pickpockets. Tripadvisor arrived at this r...
On 20 September 1870, in what came to be known as the Breach of Porta Pia, triumphant Italian Bersaglieri led by Raffaele Cadorna marched down Via Pia, having defeated Pope Pius IX's papal troops.
Rome subsequently a...
Preliminary plans have been revealed for a radical restructuring of the area surrounding the Ara Pacis museum complex, which, if passed will turn the area into a pedestrian zone with a large public park. The principal el...
It was a summer of high political drama and low intrigue; autumn and winter promise to maintain the tension. Both the theatre and the substance will continue and there is a fair chance of early elections in spring. For a...
Not many people have heard of Mario Nuzzi. And yet he was one of the most famous artists in 17th-century Italy. Commissions flooded into his atelier from the ruling houses of Rome, Florence and Turin. His works were sent...
The Vatican's Apostolic Library reopens on 20 September after a three-year renovation programme which cost
Rome's La Sapienza university has entered the ranks of the world's top 200 universities, climbing 15 places from last year to reach number 190. The figures have been compiled by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), an independent...
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