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...
History & Culture
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...
Covid-19: Are museums in Italy about to reopen?
Rome: Museums and archaeological sites in Italy's 'yellow zone' regions could reopen from 16 January, under a new emergency decree,...
Italy: Pompeii’s Alexander Mosaic to be restored
Naples: Pompeii's celebrated mosaic of Alexander the Great's victory over King Darius III of Persia is to undergo a major...
Italy: Rome’s Arch of Septimius Severus to be restored
Rome: The Arch of Septimius Severus - one of ancient Rome's most recognised monuments - is to undergo a programme...
Italy begins year of Dante anniversary events with virtual Uffizi exhibition
Rome: Eighty-eight rarely seen drawings of Dante’s The Divine Comedy have been put on virtual display as Italy begins a...
Italy: Rome streets bid farewell to cobblestones
Rome: Rome's traditional cobblestones or sampietrini are to disappear from 68 streets in the centre, including several thoroughfares with heavy...
2000-year-old Roman-era equivalent of fast food stall unearthed in Italy
Rome: A 2,000-year-old fast-food stall unearthed from the ash of Pompeii has given researchers new clues about the snacking habits...
Wealth of intangible heritage in China is amazing: Convention secretary
China Economic Net Beijing: The wealth of intangible heritage in China is amazing, said Tim Curtis, Secretary of the Intangible...
Italy: Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus to reopen after 14 years
Rome: Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus will reopen to the public on 1 March 2021 following a major restoration funded principally...
Italy to establish cultural center in Islamabad: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese
Islamabad: The Italian Ambassador to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese said Tuesday that Italy wanted to establish a culture center in Islamabad...
Italy: Domenico Bianchi exhibition at Lorcan O’Neill Gallery in Rome
Rome: Roman artist Domenico Bianchi shows new large-scale works, made using wax and cherry wood, and a group of watercolours...
Zardari felicitates Sindhis all over the world
Islamabad: Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Asif Ali Zardari has felicitated Sindhis all over the...
Italy: Did Michelangelo carve a graffiti portrait in Florence?
Florence: A carving of a man’s face on the walls of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, often attributed to Michelangelo in...
Italy: Pompeii unearths bodies of master and slave
Rome: The skeletal remains of two men, believed to be a master and his slave, have been discovered at Pompeii,...
China Economic Net organizes webinar on ‘China-Pakistan agricultural cooperation and prospects’
Karachi: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Fakhar Imam on Thursday said that seed technology of Pakistan required...
China Focus: China retrieves 68 cultural relics from Britain
Beijing: A total of 68 cultural relics have been returned to China from Britain, said the National Cultural Heritage Administration...
Italy: Rome unearths remains of Caligula’s lavish palace and gardens
Rome: Traces of the depraved emperor's luxurious palace and ornate gardens have been discovered under an office building in Rome....
Italy: Rome exhibition by Anna Di Paola: Misero Blu
Rome: Maja Arte Contemporanea presents the first solo exhibition by Anna Di Paola, a young artist from Italy's Molise region,...
Photographic exhibition ‘Ancient Silk Road Kingdom of Kucha’ opens
Islamabad: A travelling photographic exhibition “Ancient Silk Road Kingdom of Kucha” opened at COMSATS Art Gallery on Friday. The exhibition...
