Italy: Exhibition explores the birth of Rome as a capital city
Rome: Rome is hosting an exhibition that explores the first decades after the city became the capital of Italy. Titled...
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Italy: Netflix to debut first TV series about Black Italians
Milan: The Netflix original show Zero, Italy's first TV series centred on the present-day lives of Black Italian young people,...
Italy: Evidence of nine Neanderthals found in cave
Rome: The fossil remains of nine Neanderthal men have been found in a cave in Italy, the culture ministry announced...
Al-Quds Day reminds Muslims of commitment to Palestine: Pakistani Mufti
Islamabad: Pakistani Sunni mufti says Imam Khomeini’s decision to commemorate the International Day of Quds has been to echo the...
Pakistan, China sign deal to enhance cultural ties, business connectivity
Islamabad: Pakistan and China has signed the bilateral Partnership to increase cultural ties and understanding between the business community and...
Italy unveils winning floor design for Colosseum arena
Rome: Rome's Colosseum will have a new retractable arena floor within the next two years thanks to a hi-tech project...
Italy: Rome celebrates 2,774th birthday in 2021
Rome: Rome celebrates its 2,774th birthday on 21 April 2021. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday celebration is...
Italy: ANZAC Day memorial service in Rome will be online on 25 April
Rome: The New Zealand and Australian embassies in Italy will commemorate ANZAC Day this year with a virtual memorial service...
Italy: Who was Dante Alighieri and why is The Divine Comedy so important?
Rome: Dante Alighieri is making news around the world, 700 years after his death, particularly in Italy where is a...
Italy: The story of Easter cake Colomba
Rome: The traditional 'dove-shaped' Colomba di Pasqua or Colomba pasquale has been a firm fixture on the Easter calendar in...
Italy: Dante sculpture in Florence likened to Rome’s infamous Christmas tree
Florence: When Florence unveiled a large sculpture inspired by Dante on the 700th anniversary of his death, it triggered a...
Dante: Italy celebrates the Father of the Italian Language
Rome: Italy celebrates Dante Alighieri, the mediaeval poet and philosopher known as the Father of the Italian language, with the...
Italy’s The Trevi Fountain: A Brief History
Rome: The English poet Percy Blythe Shelley said that "fountains are enough to justify a trip to Rome". And he...
Italy: Tracing the origins of Rome’s Circus Maximus
Rome: Early morning. But for a man slowly walking his dachshund, the vast oval of grass and tawny-coloured gravel lies...
Italy: Rome remembers Julius Caesar
Rome: The Ides of March was the 74th day in the Roman calendar, determined by the full moon, and corresponded...
Exhibition displaying photographs of historic moments of Pakistan-China friendship held in Beijing
Beijing: An exhibition displaying photographs of important historic moments of Pakistan-China friendship to commemorate 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic...
Italy has a new way to combat over tourism
Rome: Selfies in front of Botticelli's Venus. Closeups of David's manhood. Bottlenecks climbing to the top of the famous Duomo....
Italy: Pompeii discovers ancient processional carriage
Pompeii: The Pompeii archaeological park has announced the discovery of an ancient four-wheeled processional carriage, believed to have been used...
Italy: Pope Francis visits Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck in Rome
Rome: Pope Francis paid a visit to the Rome home of Edith Bruck, a Holocaust survivor and writer aged almost...
Italy appoints Gabriel Zuchtriegel as new Pompeii director
Rome: Italy's culture ministry has appointed Gabriel Zuchtriegel, a 39-year-old German archaeologist, as the new director of the Pompeii Archaeological...
Italy: Rome reopens Palatine Museum
Rome: The Palatine Museum has reopened to the public, after an extended closure under Italy's covid-19 regulations, with new opening...
Italy: The 2,000-year history of favorite dish
Naples: What first springs to mind when you think of Italy? For some, it'll be the Renaissance art on display...
Italy: Carnevale Romano, the story of Rome’s carnival
Rome: This year, due to the covid-19 crisis and Italy's restrictions on crowds, Carnevale in Rome will be a much-reduced...
Italy: Rome moves bus terminal before opening Mausoleum of Augustus
Rome: Rome is to move the city bus terminal from Piazza Augusto Imperatore ahead of the much-anticipated reopening of the...
China Cultural Center in Pakistan plans online programs to celebrate Chinese New Year 2021
Islamabad: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relation between China and Pakistan, to celebrate...
Italy: Domenico Bianchi exhibition at Lorcan O’Neill Gallery in Rome
Rome: Bianchi is known for the recurrent use of biomorphic signs in his works, and for the use of materials...
Italy: Rome has a new culture councillor
Rome: Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has reshuffled her cabinet, making the 19th change to her council since 2016, and the...
Italy: Pompeii unveils its treasures in reopened Antiquarium museum
Rome: Pompeii’s museum has been given a new lease of life after a long history of "ups and downs," announced...
Beautiful island will be Italy’s Capital of Culture for 2022
Naples: The tiny and beautiful island of Procida has just won the title of Italy’s Capital of Culture for the...
Stolen 500-year-old Leonardo Da Vinci painting recovered in Italy
Rome: Italian police have found a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi in a Naples flat and returned...
