The Circus Maximus is the location for this year's Corso Futurista on Saturday 4 September. Meaning 'futuristic run', the run is inspired by an artistic movement founded by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti at the start of the t...
Police are in the process of closing down and evacuating illegal camps which are occupied by the city's Roma community.
The authorities say they are beginning this task by concentrating on the camps they consider mos...
1 Sept-31 Nov 2010. The special visits to the beautiful frescoed and stuccoed rooms of Palazzo Spada continue every first Sunday of the month. During the next appointments on Sun 3 Oct and Sun 7 Nov (at 10.30, 11.30 and...
James Walston finds something profoundly depressing about the recent visit of the Libyan leader to Rome for the fourth time in just over a year.
He continues his political observations about Ghedaffi and Silvo Berlusco...
The Colosseum and the Baths of Caracalla are now open for guided tours every Saturday night until October.
The tours, conducted by archaeologists, bring to life the workings of the Colosseum, from its functionality to...
50 years after Rome hosted the 1960 Olympics, city authorities are to host a series of commemorative events, the first of which takes place at the municipal headquarters in Piazza del Campidoglio on Wednesday 25 August....
This summer sees the arrival of new additions to Rome's zoo (Biopark). Perhaps one of the biggest attractions so far this year has been the recent birth of Righetto, the baby zebra. His name, based on the Italian word fo...
Normally associated with late autumn and early winter, the pruning season for Rome's trees has instead begun in August. The order forms part of the programme of work taking place on Rome's streets, otherwise largely dese...
Rome has launched a new project to light areas of the city not already illuminated at night. Over 53,000 lights will be installed in approximately 3,700 streets at a cost of
There they were, five bones lying on red silk in a glass casket. They had been escorted with great devotion from the place of his birth to the place of his death. Experts were at hand to give advice along the way to make...
The summer is typically a period of increased conflict in Italian politics as the need or desire to finalise legislation before the August recess can result in a series of provisions that are pushed through parliament wi...
The Lazio chapter of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by Rome city council to privatise parts of the capital
A mural depicting a Madonna and Child in the company of saints Peter, Paul, Sabina and Serafia has been discovered in the basilica of S. Sabina on the Aventine hill. Described as an exceptional find, experts date the wor...
In the city center, a few steps from Termini Station, the Policlinico, La Sapienza University and the main Ministries we propose the rental of a three-room penthouse apartment of a...
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