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The Holy See Press Office is tucked under the arcades of Via della Conciliazione, just outside St. Peter’s Square, in a 1930s building constructed during the Fascist era as part of an urban renovation overseen by Mussolini. The boulevard symbolizes the reconciliation (hence its name) between the Catholic Church and the Italian state, an axis that v...

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For the first time in history, archaeologists have mapped an entire ancient Roman city using ground-penetrating radar. According to The Guardian, the buried town of Falerii Novi contained a bathhouse, theater, several temples and shops, and a large monument of a kind experts have never seen before. Once a proud, 75-acre outpost 31 miles north of Ro...

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Italy remains one of the most sought-after cultural destinations in the world, with its cities of art continuing to attract increasing attention from global tourists. This is highlighted in the 2025 Cultural Tourism Report, which offers a comprehensive analysis of the cultural tourism trends in Italy, utilizing Artificial Intelligence, Machine Lear...

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The Jubilee in Rome is one of the most significant religious events in the world. The opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican marks the beginning of a deeply meaningful year for the Catholic Church. Rome eagerly embraces this occasion, celebrating the arrival of visitors from all corners of the world and sharing its rich his...

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From Isabella Rossellini to Léa Seydoux, from Alfonso Cuaron to Olivier Assayas, a long list of renowned directors and actors have signed an appeal launched by Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jane Campion, Wes Anderson and Ari Aster urging President Sergio Mattarella and Premier Giorgia Meloni to prevent movie theatres that have been shut do...

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In Rome there is a deeply cultured, extremely deep-rooted, too hidden, almost secret Design. It is the Design of the theatrical and film tailors of the Urbe, who for decades have been producing garments of extraordinary beauty for the productions of the national and international audiovisual industry. One reality that represents a flagship of this...

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The Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano (FAI) gathered hundreds of volunteers at Teatro alla Scala in Milan - the city where FAI was founded and operates - to celebrate its 50th anniversary since its establishment in 1975. Rather than just a retrospective celebration, the event was an opportunity to express gratitude to the volunteers, members, donors, s...

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The report "The value of AACUPI Study Programs in Italy" (by S. Duranti, M. Donati, and R. Paniccià, bilingual publication) was presented by AACUPI – Association of American College and University Programs in Italy last November at the John Cabot University in Rome. Introduced by the President of JCU, Franco Pavoncello, Silvia Duranti and Renato Pa...

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120 hectares of wellness where a thousand-year-old spring from which a unique, powerful water flows at the foot of a medieval village. Here stands the Terme di Saturnia Natural Destination Resort, whose uniqueness is encapsulated in the water of its Spring, which emerges naturally after a forty-year journey into the folds of the Earth and gushes ou...

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In May 2023, on a regional train from Naples to Pompeii, I was reading a memoir by an American woman. She'd moved to Naples for an internship, met the love of her life, and, despite regularly indulging in ragù and sfogliatella (a sweet pastry), had somehow lost 20 pounds. Lucky her, I thought with admiration and slight envy. I, on the other hand, f...

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