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Italy has begun the candidacy process to have the Via Appia Antica inserted in the Unesco World Heritage List, the Italian culture ministry announced on Thursday. The bid for Unesco recognition refers to the full route of the Appian Way, from Rome to Brindisi in south-east Italy, and including the Via Traiana, built by Emperor Trajan as an extensio...

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Rome museum experts on Thursday were assessing the damage caused to a painting by Baroque master Guido Reni after a visitor to Galleria Borghese fell against the 17th-century canvas. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon when the tourist, described in Italian news reports as an elderly American woman, fell onto Reni's painting of St Francis...

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Supported by a grant from the United States Embassy to Italy to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in museums, professionals from The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC will conduct a week of collaborative workshops from May 2 – 9 with Italian contemporary art museums in Turin (GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea), Rome (Mu...

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Going to Rome is like taking part in a living history lesson. Wherever you go, there are layers of evidence beneath your feet, or crumbling remains of former glory around every corner to remind you that here was a powerful civilized world when the rest of us were no more than tribal groups living in wooden huts. For a sense of how it was to live in...

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Rome has seen a flurry of headlines in recent weeks about foreign tourists disrespecting the city's cultural heritage, from crashing drones into landmark buildings to jumping into historic fountains. The latest incident occurred on Friday afternoon when police caught a tourist in the waters of Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona....

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For 100 years, Casa Rosa in Rome has been the final resting place for about 1,000 pets, from dogs and cats to hens, pigeons and even a lioness named Greta.   The pet cemetery, the oldest in Italy, was created in 1922 after the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini asked the veterinary for his Great Danes, Antonio Molon, to find a place where to bury th...

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One of the best ways to visit Italy is definitely on a cruise. There are many stops that the entire peninsula offers to those who decide to visit Italy on a cruise. A few steps from the sea are some of the most important Italian beauties and attractions. There are many cities you can visit on a cruise, but here are the best 5 stops to visit absolut...

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The 1960 Rome Olympic Games, also known as the SVII Olympiad in Rome, Italy, were spectacular, moving, and memorable. The 1960 Rome Olympics catapulted athletic competition worldwide like never before. The 1960 Games were held from August 25 to September 11 and hosted 83 countries and 5,338 athletes (4,727 men and 611 women) from around the world w...

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At the Glasshouse Chelsea in New York, ITA Airways, the new Italian national carrier presented to representatives of the American and International press as well as business partners in the US market the new connections with the American hubs launched with the 2022 summer season. The Company aims at offering six daily flights between the United Sta...

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Rome's Leonardo da Vinci international airport, known as Fiumicino, is set to open a major new boarding area to travellers on 19 May. Airport management company Aeroporti di Roma (AdR) has invested €400 million in building Boarding Area A, a three-storey structure covering 37,000 sqm and linked to Terminal 1. Construction of the new boarding area,...

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