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The Eternal City: 3000 Years and Not Feeling Them (Almost)

letizia airos

A conversation with Mayor Ignazio Marino, A member of the center-left Democratic Party, Marino held a seat in the Italian Senate from 2006 until his election as mayor of Rome in...

Raphael's The Madonna of Foligno Travels Back

Natasha Lardera

Eni & Art: Bringing Classic Masterpieces to the Crowds. Italy's leading multinational oil and gas company, has worked hard to bring art to a wider public: the formula was...

Stolen Treasures on View at Quirinal Palace

Judith Harris

On view through March 16 in the stately halls of the Quirinal Palace in Rome is a stunning exhibition of 110 archaeological treasures, paintings and religious objects, retrieved...

Long life to the Befana!

A. B.

The old good witch who brings candies and coal to the Italian children. Its origin and multifarious celebrations.

A Mayor With a Mission

Giulia Madron

From December 10th to December 12th, Ignazio Marino, Mayor of Rome, was in the US with the mission of promoting the Italian Capital in the world.

Meet Italo, Italy's New High Speed Train - and the First Breach in a Long-Standing Industrial Monopoly

N. L.

It travels at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour between Milan, Rome and Naples. The new high-speed train is a welcomed novelty featuring innovative features, exclusive...

“Where the Tall Grasses Grow”: A peek into the secret archives of the Vatican

Judith Harris

For the first time in history the Vatican is offering the Roman public and visitors a peek into its famous “secret archives,” its collection of ancient and modern documents...

Thinking of the Next Pope: the Red Biretta Goes to Timothy M. Dolan

N. L.

New York's Archbishop was one of 22 Catholic churchmen who became Cardinals in a ceremony held in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI. Traditionally Americans are ruled out as papal...

China is Finally Near

Judith Harris

Last week in Rome, a Chinese shop owner named Zhou Zeng, his wife Lia and baby daughter, Joy, six months old, were leaving their store when two men whose faces were hidden by...

Rome is More: the Capital on Show in NYC

The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce in New York was transformed into an important showcase to present Rome, and more in general Lazio, as a land with wide-ranging offerings that...

The Vandals are Back in Rome, but Who are They?

Judith Harris

Yes, they are back. Visited annually by some 23 million visitors, Piazza Navona is perhaps Rome’s most beloved square after St. Peter’s. At 8:30 Saturday morning, while its...

The Wine of Rome: Frascati and Fontana Candida

Charles Scicolone

Fontana Candida Challenges the Common Perception that Frascati is a Wine to be Only Drunk Young.

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