Monuments
Culture
by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 12/12/2013 - 06:55
Restoration work on Rome’s Colosseum has begun, after almost three years of debate and delay.
A ceremony last week marked the official start of the project,…
Lifestyle
by Carol King | Mon, 06/24/2013 - 11:07
A probe has been launched into the delayed construction of Rome’s metro C underground line because of concerns regarding the foundation of the Colosseum.
The…
Travel
by Anne Harrison | Mon, 06/10/2013 - 05:07
By the time we left the hotel, it was already late afternoon, and our plane left at dawn. The buildings shimmered with a golden glow particular to Italian…
Culture
by Carol King | Tue, 03/26/2013 - 06:42
Italian fashion house Fendi is donating €2.12 million to restore Rome’s historic Trevi Fountain.Famous as a location in Federico Fellini’s 1960 movie ‘La Dolce…
Lifestyle
by Carol King | Wed, 03/06/2013 - 10:56
Rome council has agreed to rename a city square after Blessed John Paul II.The city’s Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano (St. John Lateran Square) will be renamed…
Culture
by Carol King | Wed, 01/30/2013 - 11:56
Carol King admires a magnificent fresco cycle by the Brescian painter who foreshadowed Caravaggio.Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City…
Culture
by Nicola Ferlei-Brown | Fri, 01/11/2013 - 05:25
Michelangelo’s David, wore a Missoni zig-zag bodysuit for a three month period in the meat packing district of New York, between 9th Avenue and 14th street,…
Culture
by Manya Kaczkowski | Wed, 03/21/2012 - 06:53
I stroll nonchalantly past the immense image of Christ in the Vatican’s Gallery of Tapestries. My guide, Giulio, tells me that people sometimes think Jesus…
Culture
by Myra Robinson | Thu, 07/14/2011 - 04:49
The proud image of the lion is everywhere in Venice; gazing down from buildings, looking out from the keystone of an archway, or standing on fluted columns.…
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