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The Maxxi: Italy’s first National Museum of Architecture

by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Sat, 04/27/2013 - 07:34

Rome’s architectural box of magic tricks welcomed Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum to its collection in 2010 as it slowly continues to paint the picture of…

Culture

Revamped Palace of Venaria Opens

by Carol King | Tue, 04/16/2013 - 13:48

Various parts of the Reggia della Venaria, Palace of Venaria in Venaria Reale, near Turin in Piedmont are now open to the public for the first time after…

Lifestyle

Outrage At Suggestion To Drain Venice Canals

by Carol King | Mon, 04/01/2013 - 05:51

Photo by MacmaroonThere has been outrage at today’s suggestion to drain the city of Venice, making it a dry city.The Italian city is famous worldwide for its…

Culture

Alarm Raised As Naples Churches Crumble

by Carol King | Sun, 03/17/2013 - 20:29

In the picture: Chiesa di Santa Maria della ScorziataSource:Ph Massimo ListriItalian newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’ ran a report revealing that approximately…

Plans To Build €1 Billion Artificial Atoll Off Italian Coast

by Carol King | Thu, 01/17/2013 - 06:53

There are plans to build an artificial atoll in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of the upmarket seaside resort of Riccione in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna.Known as T.…

Culture

Vatican Sells Stamps To Save St Peter’s Square

by Carol King | Wed, 01/09/2013 - 05:13

The Vatican has issued special stamps to help raise funds to restore the 17th-century colonnade surrounding St Peter’s Square.Pope Alexander VII commissioned…

Bronze Age Cave Paintings Discovered In Sicily

by ITALY | Fri, 12/28/2012 - 05:00

words by Carol KingCave paintings found on the small island of Favignana in the Aegadian Islands off the northwest coast of Sicily are believed to be 10,000…

Culture

Ancient Roman Temple And Tunnels In Rome Reopen

by Carol King | Thu, 12/13/2012 - 05:34

The tunnels and Mithraeum temple underneath Rome’s Terme di Caracalla (Baths of Caracalla) have reopened to the public after 10 years of restoration work.The…

Culture

Leonardo-Designed Bridge To Span Istanbul

by Carol King | Thu, 12/06/2012 - 04:46

A bridge designed in 1502 by Leonardo da Vinci will be built over the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the…

Archaeologists Find Where Julius Caesar Was Stabbed

by ITALY | Thu, 11/29/2012 - 04:32

words by Carol KingA team of researchers from the Spanish National Research Council has found the exact spot in Rome where Julius Caesar was assassinated in…