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Every day thousands of tourists in Rome toss coins into the Trevi Fountain.
One of the most popular traditions for tourists visiting Rome involves throwing a coin into the waters of the Trevi Fountain in the hopes of re...
Parco Archeologico del Celio and Forma Urbis Museum open to public from 12 January.
Rome has opened a new museum and archaeological park in a forgotten corner of one of the capital's famed seven hills - the Caelian - ag...
Urban regeneration project gets underway in 'Bronx'.
Naples is set to demolish a landmark mural of the late Argentine football legend and Napoli hero Diego Maradona as part of an urban regeneration project in the southe...
Rome hosts Lazio-Roma match at Stadio Olimpico
Italy's senate closed earlier than scheduled on Wednesday, the same day of a highly-anticipated derby match between SS Lazio and AS Roma in Rome's Olympic Stadium, Italian...
Venice is home to one of the world's best-loved carnivals.
Venice, the Italian queen of carnival cities, will host 18 days of Carnevale this year, with events taking place along the city's canals and across its bridges...
Sgarbi denies any wrongdoing and says he will not resign.
Italian junior culture minister Vittorio Sgarbi is under investigation for his alleged role in a case involving a stolen painting that was allegedly altered to d...
Rome installs new stolpersteine memorials.
Rome has installed new brass cobblestone memorials to Holocaust victims at 21 locations across the capital, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January.
D...
Pontiff was guest of Che Tempo Che Fa in 2022.
Pope Francis is to return as a guest of the popular Italian television chat show Che Tempo Che Fa on Sunday 14 January, two years after his last appearance on the programme...
Rome to become "open-air construction site" as city prepares for influx of pilgrims in 2025.
Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has pledged that the slew of public construction projects underway in the Italian capital ahead o...
Where to watch Six Nations 2024 rugby matches in Rome.
Italy will play two home games in the 2024 edition of the Six Nations rugby union championship - against England on 3 February and Scotland on 9 March - with both m...
Rome’s fake street painters and bracelet scammers unmasked in viral videos.
Lithuanian magician Rokas Bernatonis has exposed a scam involving prints of Rome landmarks being sold as original watercolours to tourists visi...
Rome exhibition retraces a marvellous decade in the 17th century.
The first half of Urban VIII’s long papacy (1623-44) saw science and the arts proceed intertwined, the one complementing the other as perhaps never befor...
Azzurri to face England and Scotland in Rome.
Italy will play two home games in the 2024 edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union championship which kicks off on 3 February and ends on 16 March.
The Azzurri will...
Celentano's catchy cult classic endures the test of time.
A stomping 1972 hit by Italian singer Adriano Celentano continues to reach new audiences thanks to social media and the song's use on soundtracks of several rece...
Tiger cub is not yet visible to the public.
Rome's Bioparco zoo has announced the birth of a female Sumatran tiger, a critically endangered species native to the tropical forests of the Indonesian island.
The tiger c...
ITA Airways cancels 20 flights due to strike.
Air travellers in Italy face disruption on Monday 8 January due to a nationwide 24-hour strike by airport security staff and baggage handlers.
The strike will involve bag...
Dog's age yet to be verified by Guinness Book of Records.
Italy is home to the oldest dog in the world, according to the owners of Lilly who celebrated their pet's 24th birthday in a town near Naples on New Year's Day....
Bumper year for bringing Ancient Rome back to life.
Ancient Rome was a hot topic in 2023, exploding as a trend on TikTok and making headlines around the world frequently throughout the year.
Here is a round-up of som...
Christmas and New Year opening hours for Rome museums.
Rome's city-run museums will be open on 24 December, Christmas Eve, and on 31 December, New Year's Eve, from 10.00 to 14.00.
They will be closed on 25 December,...
Händel’s Messiah was target of latest blitz by climate activists in Italy.
Climate activists on Thursday evening interrupted a performance of Händel’s Messiah in Rome in the latest of a series of protests in cities acro...
Italy lures international luxury hotels to Rome.
Rome is second only to London for attracting the world's top luxury hotel brands in 2023, according to a new report by Luxury Travel Intelligence.
The LTI rankings put...
Influencer makes €1 million donation to Turin hospital amid storm over misleading charity claims
Italy's top fashion influencer, Chiara Ferragni, is at the centre of a controversy for allegedly profiting handsomely from...
Carabinieri recruit Saetta, the robot police dog.
Italy's Carabinieri military police on Tuesday unveiled Saetta, a remote-controlled robotic dog which initially will be assigned to the bomb squad in Rome.
The four-l...
Rome's public transport system follows reduced schedule on main holiday dates over 2023 Christmas season.
24 Dec. Christmas Eve. Rome's entire public transport system will be free this day. All metro, buses, trams and...
S.P.Q.R. quiz is devoted to Ancient Rome.
A new quiz game designed to test players' knowledge of Ancient Rome has been launched in Italy in time for the Christmas market.
Aimed at players aged upwards of 14, the boxe...
Rome to transform grounds in front of landmark church.
Italy's annual May Day concert will leave behind its traditional venue outside Rome's Basilica of S. Giovanni in Laterano next year and move to the Circus Maximus,...
Population of Italy continues to shrink.
Italy's population has dropped to under 59 million, national statistics agency ISTAT said on Monday, with the number of elderly people continuing to rise as the nation's birth ra...
A list of the best museums in Rome.
The city of Rome is an historical treasure trove. You could spend an entire lifetime here and still not manage to see everything it has to offer.
Paintings, sculptures, tapestries...
Becciu expected to appeal sentence by Vatican court.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu was convicted by a Vatican criminal court on Saturday of embezzlement and fraud and sentenced to five and a half years in jail in a historic ru...
Italy marks 800 years since first Nativity scene in Greccio.
The pilgrimage town of Assisi in Italy's central Umbria region lights up this Christmas in honour of the first living Nativity scene created by St Francis in...
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