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Rome celebrates Augustus 2,000 years after his death

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/18/2013 - 03:00

In the photo: The famos statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus.Rome pays homage to its first emperor with an exhibition, “Augusto”, opening today at the…

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Talking To: Sarah Dunant

by Carol King | Wed, 10/16/2013 - 08:30

Carol King talks to acclaimed author of the Italian Renaissance Sarah Dunant about her novel on the Borgias and more.British author, broadcaster and critic…

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Italy's Treasures: The Vatican

by Magda Lauer | Tue, 10/15/2013 - 07:30

The signing of The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent state in 1929. With little more than 400 citizens including Swiss guards,…

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Italian Families: Borgia

by Carol King | Mon, 10/14/2013 - 08:21

In our series focusing on famous Italian families, Carol King looks at one of Italy’s most notorious: the Borgias.The Borgia family of the Renaissance went…

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Cleopatra Exhibition Opens In Rome

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 10/14/2013 - 05:35

More than two thousand years after her death, the allure and mystery surrounding the last queen of Egypt remains very much alive. Now a major exhibition in…

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Genoa’s Most Famous Explorer Christopher Columbus And The Museum Of The Sea

by Carol King | Fri, 10/11/2013 - 08:31

As the world gets ready to celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas, Carol King visits Genoa’s Galata Museum of the Sea where…

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Getty Villa Mounts Tiberius Exhibition

by Carol King | Tue, 10/08/2013 - 05:00

Statue of Tiberius, Roman, A.D. 37, Bronze, 96 7/8 in. (246 cm) high. Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei – Museo Archeologico…

World's Smallest Theater Used As Wedding Location

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 10/07/2013 - 09:00

Photo courtesy of FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano Not a church, but the world’s smallest theater was the original location for the recent wedding of a Tuscan…

Archaeologists Discover Etruscan Prince’s Tomb

by Carol King | Sun, 10/06/2013 - 04:00

words by Carol King Italian archaeologists have unearthed the tomb containing the skeleton of what experts believe is an Etruscan prince, who died…

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"Blood & Beauty" Novel On The Borgias Released

by Carol King | Wed, 09/25/2013 - 05:30

Portrait of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) --------------------------------------------------------- Acclaimed novelist of the Italian Renaissance Sarah…