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Visitors to Vatican Museums Increase Thanks to Pope Francis

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 01/12/2014 - 03:00

5,459 million people visited the Vatican Museums in 2013. "We reached almost five and a half million. The Pope Francis effect can be felt even in the Vatican…

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Museo del Tessuto: An Homage To Made In Italy In The Heartland Of Textile Production

by Carol King | Sat, 01/11/2014 - 04:00

For hundreds of years, the walled medieval city of Prato in Tuscany has produced some of the world’s finest fabrics that have become associated with Made In…

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Florence to Open 20th Century Art Museum

by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 01/10/2014 - 02:30

Florence will inaugurate its Museo del Novecento (20th Century Museum) on April 30, during the Notte Bianca cultural event (White Night): 800 square meters of…

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Reggio Emilia's Museo Del Tricolore Celebrates Italian Flag

by Carol King | Sat, 01/04/2014 - 04:00

The red, green and white bands of colour of the Italian flag, Il Tricolore (the tricolour), are seen everywhere in Italy. Flags fly outside homes, hotels and…

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Pope Francis Gets His Statue Inside Rome’s Wax Museum

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 12/15/2013 - 04:00

Pope Francis has just been immortalized as a wax statue, on display inside Rome’s Wax Museum. The statue was unveiled December 8, after three craftsmen worked…

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Uffizi Gallery in Florence Inaugurates Six New Rooms

by Silvia Donati | Sat, 12/14/2013 - 05:00

Six new rooms have opened at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, featuring paintings by Florentine artists of the 17th century. After the opening of the so-called…

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Riace Bronzes Return to Reggio Calabria Museum After Years of Neglect

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 12/11/2013 - 04:30

In the photo: The Riace Bronzes lied on their backs for years in a storage room of local government offices before being returned to the Museum of Magna…

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Caravaggio to Canaletto Exhibit on Show in Budapest

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 12/02/2013 - 05:00

Painting: Ecce homo (Behold the Man) by Caravaggio (1573-1610) Three years after its exhibition devoted to the Italian Renaissance which attracted more than…

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Inside the Vatican Museums

by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 11/29/2013 - 05:00

Sky Italia is launching a documentary film exploring the Vatican Museums, “Musei Vaticani 3D,” to be broadcast in Italy starting November 30 on Sky 3D and Sky…

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Climbing a Museum as if it Were a Mountain

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 11/22/2013 - 05:00

Six floors of glass, steel and wood make up Italy’s newest science museum, the Museo delle Scienze (MUSE), located in Trento. Designed by architect Renzo Piano…