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Italy celebrates UNESCO recognition of Italian cuisine
as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by lighting up the Colosseum in the colours of the nation’s flag.
as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by lighting up the Colosseum in the colours of the nation’s flag.
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Italy celebrates UNESCO recognition of Italian cuisine
as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by lighting up the Colosseum in the colours of the nation’s flag.
as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by lighting up the Colosseum in the colours of the nation’s flag.
Blue skies in Rome today
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Blue skies in Rome today
One of the most unusual Nativity scenes in the ‘100 Presepi’ display in St Peter’s Square over Christmas is housed inside a Rome city bus.
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
One of the most unusual Nativity scenes in the ‘100 Presepi’ display in St Peter’s Square over Christmas is housed inside a Rome city bus.
A butterfly rests on an angel in the hallowed grounds of Rome’s Non-Catholic Cemetery.
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A butterfly rests on an angel in the hallowed grounds of Rome’s Non-Catholic Cemetery.
Baroque genius Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born in Naples on this day in 1598.
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Baroque genius Gian Lorenzo Bernini was born in Naples on this day in 1598.
A tiny, glorious detail of the monumental façade of the Duomo di Orvieto, a jewel of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A tiny, glorious detail of the monumental façade of the Duomo di Orvieto, a jewel of Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
Today is the feast day of Santa Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians, portrayed here by Guido Reni in a 1606 painting in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Today is the feast day of Santa Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians, portrayed here by Guido Reni in a 1606 painting in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum.
Rome’s new one-way traffic system in Piazza Venezia, in place until 2031, as works continue on the Metro C station.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Rome’s new one-way traffic system in Piazza Venezia, in place until 2031, as works continue on the Metro C station.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A massive rescue effort is underway in Rome tonight to free a man trapped under rubble inside an upper floor of a mediaeval tower that partly collapsed twice today during renovations. #TorredeiConti
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A massive rescue effort is underway in Rome tonight to free a man trapped under rubble inside an upper floor of a mediaeval tower that partly collapsed twice today during renovations. #TorredeiConti
A cat visits the Rome grave of English Romantic poet John Keats who was born on this day in 1795.
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A cat visits the Rome grave of English Romantic poet John Keats who was born on this day in 1795.
Umbrella pines in Rome’s rose garden frame a view of the Vittoriano
October 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Umbrella pines in Rome’s rose garden frame a view of the Vittoriano
Oscar Wilde, who was born on this day in 1854, in front of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius at the Campidoglio in Rome in April 1900, seven months before his death in Paris.
October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Oscar Wilde, who was born on this day in 1854, in front of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius at the Campidoglio in Rome in April 1900, seven months before his death in Paris.
Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus minus the cypress trees that the city cut down
October 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus minus the cypress trees that the city cut down
Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of Rome in solidarity with Gaza.
October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of Rome in solidarity with Gaza.
Organisers of last night’s protest in Rome in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla estimated that 50,000 people joined the march from the Colosseum.
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Organisers of last night’s protest in Rome in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla estimated that 50,000 people joined the march from the Colosseum.
Caravaggio was born on this day in 1571
September 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Caravaggio was born on this day in 1571
Rome steps closer to opening the Metro C subway station at the Colosseum
September 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Rome steps closer to opening the Metro C subway station at the Colosseum
On this day in 1870, with the Breach of Porta Pia, Italian Bersaglieri led by Raffaele Cadorna marched down Via Pia, having defeated Pope Pius IX's papal troops. Rome subsequently assumed capital city status from Florence and Via Pia was renamed Via XX Settembre.
September 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
On this day in 1870, with the Breach of Porta Pia, Italian Bersaglieri led by Raffaele Cadorna marched down Via Pia, having defeated Pope Pius IX's papal troops. Rome subsequently assumed capital city status from Florence and Via Pia was renamed Via XX Settembre.
Michelangelo’s Pietà recreated with drones over St Peter’s in the Vatican last night.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Michelangelo’s Pietà recreated with drones over St Peter’s in the Vatican last night.
Dante Alighieri, known as the father of the Italian language, died on this day in 1321.
September 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Dante Alighieri, known as the father of the Italian language, died on this day in 1321.
Rome remembers the victims of 9/11
September 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rome remembers the victims of 9/11