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For many visitors, Rome is synonymous with guided tours and luxury shopping in the sunny Eternal City. And it couldn't be any different: the city has too many things of interest. However, what if we say that there is also so much to visit very close to the city center? Far from the crowded streets and such? We have interesting advice that can pique...

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Caravaggio masterpiece Judith Beheading Holofernes has turned tactile for the blind in Rome's National Gallery of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini. From Wednesday on, visually challenged visitors will be able to trace the immortal lines of the pre-Baroque chiaroscuro master with their fingertips thanks to an innovative 3-D reproduction produced by...

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They saw dead bodies in the road, climbed over destroyed bridges and heard bombs pounding a nearby airport. A mother, her three children, escaping Ukraine, where they were born, came to safety in a 500-year-old villa in Rome owned by an Italian princess who once had ties to South Carolina. Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi of Italy, the former wif...

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Europe’s Ryder Cup team usually relies on teamwork and unity to challenge the powerhouse American squad. For next year’s edition on the outskirts of Rome, European captain Henrik Stenson might use history — ancient history — for motivation, too. On his first trip to Italy since being named captain two months ago, Stenson had the colosseum opened ju...

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Tuesday, June 7 at 7 pm. The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301. A presentation by Francesco Bonavita, Ph. D. In-person and virtual options. Register for in-person here. Register for virtual here. The epithet “Rome, the eternal city” has always resonated in Francesco Bonavita ever since he was...

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Walking along Via Veneto in Rome, one is mesmerized by the grandeur of the avenue, with its wide sidewalks, gigantic buildings that were once luxury hotels, the tall trees that line the road. It’s been known as Rome’s Champs-Élysées or the equivalent of Italy’s Fifth Avenue. The street was catapulted to fame by Federico Fellini’s iconic film “La Do...

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In the fall of 2019, our family made the decision to go on the proverbial “trip of a lifetime” to travel with my then 82-year-old mother Angela (Carolis) Battista to visit Italy in May of 2020.  My wife, Heidi, and our three adult children would travel with us and their “Mee-Maw” who could still speak Italian, with one of the main objectives to vis...

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Imagine being able to experience the Colosseum in a similar way to how an ancient Roman citizen would have experienced it.  The new night tour of the Colosseum’s underground passages and arena floor promises to do just that.  “La luna sul Colosseo” (Moonlight over the Colosseum) experience isn’t new, but for 2022 it offers a new path through the ma...

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The Fondazione Sicilia and the American Academy in Rome have announced the selection of the inaugural Fondazione Sicilia Affiliated Fellowships at the American Academy in Rome following a competitive selection process. In the category of visual arts, the artist duo Antonella Genuardi and Leonardo Ruta won. In the humanities competition, the scholar...

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When, in the 1920s, farmers on the Via Appia Antica in Rome in search of a space for garden produce opened the doors of that sort of bunker they found, by lamplight, wheelbarrows, pickaxes, work benches, sacks of bricks and a cool, humid temperature. Those constant 17 degrees that guaranteed the optimal environment in summer and winter for growing...

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