Giulio Andreotti, seven-time Italian Prime Minister, dead at 94
ROME -- “Power wears out those who do not have it”. This is one of Giulio Andreotti more famous aphorisms that is a part of Italian history.
Mr. Andreotti has died at his home in Rome. He was 94 years old ...
The spirituality and culture of Aboriginal Australians at the Vatican Museums
Display goes all year
Student protests erupt all over Italy sparked by tuition increases and education cuts
PISA, Italy -- Student protests literally exploded all over the Italian peninsula this week in an effort to block the approval of the new infamous Gelmini reform, which aims at privatizing the public university...
Roman and Chinese Empires come together in art exhibit in Italy
ROME -- Exhibits from the two great empires, the Eagle and the Dragon, comprise more than 400 works on Roman and Chinese empires, spanning second century BC to fourth century AD, on display now in Rome at Palaz...
Landslide causes heavy damage to historic Pompei
POMPEI, Italy -- Serious damage occurreed at the Italian artistic heritage in the archaeological site of Pompeii where the entire “Domus of Gladiators” fall down. It was the place where the athletes were train...
Mario Schifano’s laboratory
ROME -- Starting Tuesday, the exhibition “Laboratory Schifano” will open at the MACRO museum, realized in collaboration with the International Film Festival in Rome. In "Laboratory Schifano" will be presented f...
Yoko Ono is back in Rome
ROME -- Sights and sounds inspired by the Italian Futurist movement
Raphael, Caravaggio and many more at Rome’s Palazzo Barberini
"Portrait of a Young Woman" on display
The Coliseum will burn
ROME -- The Colosseum or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome,...
Palazzo Pitti hosts the exhibition of the way of the wine in the antiquity
ROME -- From Mesopotamia to our table today, from the rite of communion to lewd drunkenness, from a distasteful habit to the gates of spirituality, wine and the vine are the protagonists of this exhibition &quo...
China in Rome
ROME -- Chinese art has landed in Rome and risks never leaving the historical Roman palace of Palazzo Venezia.
The Beijing government will, at least for the next five years, manage an area in a Roman museum...
Medieval frescoes discovered behind wallpaper
ROME -- Behind the yellowed wallpaper in one of Rome's no longer used municipal offices, a discovery was made. What has come to light is probably a Triumphant Christ with his faithful followers Peter and Paul p...
Dungeons under the Colosseum will be open
ROME -- From August the dungeon under one of the more famous monument of the world will be open to the public. A guided tour of the famous "ipogei" which will take visitors into a fascinating jour...
