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Barriers To Be Set Up Around Trevi Fountain in Rome

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/04/2020 - 05:54

Protective barriers are to be set up around the Trevi Fountain in Rome to prevent tourists from sitting on one of the Italian capital’s most iconic monuments.…

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Touring Rome’s Magnificent Fountains

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 08/22/2018 - 10:00

Rome is dotted with fountains – hundreds of them. From monumental to small, the city’s architectural landscape is very much characterized by the presence of ‘…

Culture

A Cinema-Themed Walk Around Rome

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 09/26/2017 - 06:48

Rome has been a favorite set for directors through the history of cinema, from Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, shot in 1960, to recent Oscar winner La Grande…

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Rome Experiments with Controlled Flow of Tourists at Iconic Trevi Fountain

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 08/16/2017 - 10:25

During a summer when problems caused by mass tourism have emerged more apparent than ever in a number of Italian destinations, Rome is experimenting with a new…

Lifestyle

Rome Bans Eating, Sitting and Bathing at Historic Fountains

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 06/13/2017 - 05:20

[Really?! Women bathing in the 17th-century Fontana dell'Acqua Paola last summer in Rome.] Enough with frolicking at Rome’s historic fountains. Rome mayor…

Culture

Arnolfo di Cambio’s facade Opera del Duomo

What's New in Italy for 2016

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 01/22/2016 - 00:00

[Photo: reconstruction of the original medieval facade of Florence's Duomo by Arnolfo di Cambio’s at the revamped and enlarged Opera del Duomo museum in…

Culture

Glowing and Flowing: Trevi Fountain Reopens After Restoration

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 11/11/2015 - 05:00

The Trevi Fountain is shining and flowing again – the 17-month restoration work, financed by fashion house Fendi for a total of 2.2 million euros, concluded…

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Trevi Fountain Restoration Attracts Even More Visitors to Site

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/12/2014 - 02:00

The Trevi Fountain is no doubt one of the most famous and visited monuments of Rome. The iconic fountain is undergoing a two-million restoration project,…

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10 Fun Things about Italy

by Barry Lillie | Tue, 07/29/2014 - 03:47

Everyone seems to like lists, and there is no shortage of Italian related ones; the top ten hotels, ten best beaches and the ten sculptures you should see. So…

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Restoration of Trevi Fountain Set to Begin in Rome

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 06/04/2014 - 04:49

Restoration work on the Trevi Fountain is set to begin Thursday, June 5. Entirely financed by luxury fashion house Fendi, the €2 million project to revamp the…