The beautiful gardens of Villa Medici, which is home to the French Academy and located in Rome, as well as the English-style gardens of Ninfa near Latina are the top winners of the 2015 edition of the competition called 'The most beautiful park in Italy'. Among others, Villa Toeplitz in Varese, which is the former country residence of a Ge...
READ MOREby Alexandra Turney Rome is full of secrets. Explore the crypt of a church or peer through a keyhole, and you might be surprised by what you find. Go off the beaten path to discover the lesser-known treasures of the Eternal City. 1. The turtle fountain La Fontana delle Tartarughe, one of Rome's quirkiest fountains, is tucked...
READ MOREBeginning this semester, students at the University of Missouri will get a hands-on opportunity to study ancient artifacts through a pilot project with the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The museums have lent 249 Roman-era artifacts of black-glazed pottery to the university for students to research and catalog. Culled from the museums' cavern...
READ MOREÈ in corso al MAECI lo studio di fattibilità di un progetto che prevede di estendere ai Consoli Onorari la facoltà di captare i dati biometrici dei connazionali richiedenti il passaporto, lasciando alle competenti Ambasciate e Consolati di prima categoria il solo rilascio del libretto". Ad annunciarlo è stato il sottosegretario agli esteri Benedett...
READ MOREThe capital celebrates its 2,768th birthday on Tuesday 21 April, with events beginning on Sunday 19 April. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday celebration is based on the legendary foundation of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC. A novelty this year will be the switching on of a new lighting system at the Roman Fora of Nerva, Augustus and Trajan...
READ MOREMay 1 7:00 am — 9:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural CenterOne Generoso Pope Place , Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States The Roman Empire was one of the greatest civilizations in history. It began in Rome in 753 BC., at the height of its power it controlled over two million square miles stretching from the Rhine River to Egypt and from Britain to Asi...
READ MOREToday the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Directorate General for the Fight against Counterfeiting – Italian Patent and Trademark Office (DGLC-UIBM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). INTA and DGLC-UIBM recognize the vital role trademarks play in protecting consumers and companies and in promoting fair and effective comm...
READ MOREItalian Studies at Notre Dame invites junior faculty and advanced graduate students to apply for the sixth annual Rome Seminar, hosted by Italian Studies at Notre Dame, which brings together 30 scholars and students from diverse fields across the globe to reflect, discuss and train on a topic related to Italian studies. Notre Dame's Rome Globa...
READ MOREKim Karlsrud and Daniel Phillips, both graduates of Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, have won the prestigious Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. Each year, through a national competition, the Rome Prize is awarded to approximately thirty individuals who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities...
READ MOREÈ stata inaugurata lunedì 6 maggio dal Presidente della Repubblica, Giorgio Napolitano, la mostra "La Nazionale tra emozioni e storia. Un secolo di calcio azzurro", allestita a Roma, presso l'Auditorium Parco della Musica, fino al prossimo 27 luglio. La mostra presenta un patrimonio inestimabile di cimeli e documenti, alcuni dei quali ined...
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