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During Rome's International Film Festival, the city has paid homage to the Italian stage and film actress Anna Magnani by dedicating a square in Villa Borghese to her, in recognition of the contribution she made to Itali...
On 7 November you can run, walk and cycle in support of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are victims of gang rape, mutilation and war.
There are starting points around Rome, in Villa Borghese, Prati, Par...
On 7 November you can run, walk and cycle in support of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are victims of gang rape, mutilation and war.
There are starting points around Rome, in Villa Borghese, Prati, Par...
European summer time (EST) officially ends on Sunday 31 October when clocks go back one hour at 02.00. Mornings are lighter one hour earlier but evenings are darker earlier. Summer time returns again on 27 March 2011 at...
The Via Francigena was a holy mediaeval pilgrimage road to Rome and can still be walked today.With the help of European Union funding, Italy is trying to emulate the phenomenal success of the Camino Francés to Santiago d...
Due to open to the public in mid-November, it is immediately evident that no expense has been spared on the luxurious new vision of the Egyptian Academy in Rome by Egyptian architect (and former academy resident) Hatem S...
28 October - 5 November 2010. Established in February 2007, the Fondazione Cinema per Roma organises the International Rome Film Festival. Celebrating its fifth edition, the International Rome Film Festival includes 22 f...
After a trial period, which began last May and finished on 16 October, shops in Trastevere will be permitted to remain open until one o
After a major restoration the excavations under Palazzo Valentini have now opened to the public on a permanent basis. A small baths complex dating from the second century AD was discovered seven metres below street level...
The marble cornerstone of the Cavour monument in Piazza Cavour has been removed as part of the square
In a series of events designed to promote the art of diplomacy between nations, 30 meetings, seminars and round table discussions take place as part of the Festival of Diplomacy between 16 and 24 October.
Internation...
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...
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