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Colosseum Restoration Begins After Three-Year Delay

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,…

Culture

Italy's Most Tweeted Monuments

by Anonymous (not verified) | Tue, 11/26/2013 - 09:28

Take a look at the Italian monuments most often tweeted about.

Lifestyle

Possible Threat to Colosseum From Construction Of Underground Line

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

Day Tripper: One Night For Rome

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

Fendi Pays To Restore Rome’s Trevi Fountain

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

Rome Renames Piazza After Pope John Paul II

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

Romanino and the Sistine Chapel of the Poor

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

'Restyling' Antiquity: When Tod's Restored The Colosseum

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

Rome: a private Tour of the Vatican and its Museum

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

The Lions of Venice

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.…