Festa della Repubblica celebrated
Rome: Italian Republic Day, also widely known as ‘Festa della Repubblica’ for Italians, was nationally celebrated on Thursday. The historical...
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CCC to launch eight-episode documentary series about Chinese generation
Islamabad: The China Cultural Center (CCC) will launch an eight-episode documentary series about Chinese generations post-80s and 90s. The documentary...
Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica with public holiday on June 2
Rome: Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica, Italy's Republic Day, with a national public holiday on Thursday 2 June 2022. This...
Italy: The day Michelangelo’s Pietà was vandalised
Rome: 50 years ago today, a Hungarian man called Laszlo Toth climbed over an altar rail in St Peter’s Basilica...
Italy: Open House Roma 2022: Discover Rome’s hidden architectural gems
Rome: Registration is open for the 2022 edition of Open House Roma which opens the doors of 200 of Rome’s...
Italy seeks Unesco world heritage status for Appian Way
Rome: Italy has begun the candidacy process to have the Via Appia Antica inserted in the Unesco World Heritage List,...
Italy: Tourist falls in Rome’s Borghese Gallery, damages Guido Reni painting
Rome: Rome museum experts are assessing the damage caused to a painting by Baroque master Guido Reni after a visitor...
Italy: Court says kids should take surnames of both parents
Rome: Italian rules requiring children to be given automatically only their father’s surname are unlawful, the country’s constitutional court ruled...
Italy: Rome’s 100 Painters return to Via Margutta
Rome: 100 Pittori, Rome's historic open-air art event, returns to Via Margutta with its 117th edition from April 28 to...
Italy to celebrate Labour Day on May 1
Rome: Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a nationwide...
Italy: Rome museums free for city’s 2,775th birthday on 21 April
Rome: Rome celebrates its 2,775th birthday by opening city-run museums for free on Thursday 21 April 2022. The free opening...
Italy: Ancient Rome comes to life for city’s 2,775th birthday
Rome: Rome celebrates its 2,775th birthday on 21 April 2022. The annual event, known as Natale di Roma, is based...
Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese, Albana Ferrarese greet Christians on Easter, wish global peace
Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy Andreas Ferrarese and his wife Albana Ferrarese on Sunday greeted the Christians in Italy, Pakistan and...
Italy: May Day concert returns to Rome piazza after two years
Rome: The traditional concert to celebrate Labour Day in Italy returns to Rome's Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano on 1...
Italy: President inaugurates Italy’s Capital of Culture 2022
Rome: Italian president Sergio Mattarella visited Procida on Saturday to inaugurate the tiny island in the Gulf of Naples as...
Italy: Rome marks ANZAC Day 2022
Rome: The embassies of Australia and New Zealand in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2022 with a memorial service on...
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: Rome reopens underground Roman houses on Caelian Hill
Rome: The Case Romane del Celio is an underground archaeological site comprising 20 rooms on various levels under the church...
Fossils of dinosaur footprints, water ripples found in East China
Jinan: Well-preserved fossils of dinosaur footprints and water ripples were found during a field survey carried out by Zhucheng Dinosaur...
Rome: Rome will celebrate its 2,775th birthday on 21 April 2022.
Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday celebration is based on the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in...
Italy: Rome remembers the Fosse Ardeatine massacre
Rome: On this day 78 years ago, the Nazi forces then occupying Rome carried out one of the most horrific...
Italy celebrates Italian Unity Day
Rome: Italian president Sergio Mattarella marked Italian Unity Day on Thursday by saying that Italy and "other countries that share...
Italy: Pesaro wins county’s Capital of Culture 2024 title
Pesaro: The Italian seaside city of Pesaro has been proclaimed as the country's Capital of Culture 2024, the culture ministry...
Italy: Ides of March – Rome remembers Julius Caesar
Rome: The Ides of March was the 74th day in the Roman calendar, determined by the full moon, and corresponded...
Italy: Rome in March means Marathons
Rome: The 2022 Rome-Ostia half marathon returned to the capital on Sunday (March 6), resulting in numerous street closures and...
Italy: 75 Italian photographers show history
Rome: The Photo Exhibition Italiae, from Alinari to the Masters of Contemporary Photography, kicked off at Chongqing Library on Monday,...
Chinese cultural event ‘Lantern Festival’ celebrated at UoS
Sargodha: Chinese cultural event, Lantern Festival, was celebrated at the University of Sargodha (UoS) here. The event was co-organised by...
Italy: Shelley in Rome film screening at Spanish Steps
Rome: Rome's Keats-Shelley House will host a free public screening of the short film Shelley in Rome on the façade...
Beijing makes progress in Central Axis application to world heritage list
China Economic Net Beijing: Beijing has made progress in the application for its Central Axis to be included in the...
Italy: Venice’s floating carnival returns
Hermione Kitson in Venice Venice: Italy's floating city of Venice is preparing for the return of its world-famous Carnival, which...
