ROME - At last John Cornwell has found a pope he likes and admires, Francis, and he explains why in this book, after others on why he did not like John Paul II or Benedict XVI.

  VENICE - The imminent departure of the first cruise ship from Venice following the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions, despite laws banning their presence in Venice's protected waters, has caused

  GRANADA - UP till now the received knowledge has always been that Christopher Columbus, the supposed discoverer of America, was born in Genoa in 1451.

  ROME - Four American Academy in Rome (AAR) Fellows, responding to the restrictions and limits of the Covid-19 era, are producing sculptures that will be install

  BERGAMO - The third edition of the Ermanno Olmi Prize for Best Short Film, promoting young filmmakers, has opened for entries, offering a prize of up to 1,200 euros for the winning entry.

  FLORENCE - The all-female team, who for the last eight years have been restoring the interior of the New Sacristy of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, are this month preparing to officially reveal the

  ZARZIS - “It will be a heaven on earth,” has said the creator of a new cemetery for dead refugees, those thousands who have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean.

  ROME - The Rome Savoyards, a non-profit theatrical organisation, have announced their upcoming show, 'Curtain Up!', by renowned writer Peter Quilter, 

  MILAN - Carla Fracci, the ballet dancer, actress, and cultural “point of reference”, has died aged 84.

  ROME - After a year of streaming and anxiety, live cinema is returning with the launch of a new film festival in Porto Turistico in Rome, Cinelido.

  FAVIGNANA - Palermo's Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC) have made the spectacular discovery of four ancient amphorae at the bottom of the sea off Favignana, an isl

  CATANIA - The beloved Sicilian singer, songwriter and composer Franco Battiato has died aged 76.

  LONDON - 'Grimaldi's Last Act', an audio play based on Charles Dickens' telling of the life of an Italian clown in London in the 19th century, is the latest offering by the Tricolore Theatre Comp

  ROME - Car enthusiasts and Anglophiles gathered in the Italian capital for a two day event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type, the car which Enzo Ferrari called on its release

 TBILISI – Georgia is celebrating the 700^th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri with a constellation

  MILAN - A plate of 13 fossilised fish dating back to the Cretaceous period (145.5 - 65.5 milion years ago) in Lebanon has been returned to the Consul General of Lebanon in Milan, Dr.

  ROME - The poet and engineer Francesco Terrone, a frequent contributor to the 

  ROME - June 8 will see the opening of a new exhibition by English artist Damien Hirst at the Galleria Borghese, curated by Anna Coliva and Mario Codognato. Over 80 works from Hirst’s 'Treasures f

  VENICE - After two years of restoration work, Wednesday finally saw the reopening of the Palladio Wing of the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.

  ROME - For the last few years, emigration by the Turkish middle and upper classes has been an increasingly common thing.

  SIENA - When the Palio di Siena didn’t take place on its usual day for the first time since the Second World War, its reigning champion, Giovanni Atzeni, holed up in his backyard stable outside h

  FLORENCE - The museums and galleries of the Tuscan capital have announced the next stage of their reopenings, in line with Florence's transition into a yellow zone from Monday, starting with the

  VENICE - The Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice has announced its reopening for Wednesday 28 April, in line with the Veneto region becoming a yellow zone.

   MERCATO SAN SEVERINO -- The competition, made possible by the patronage of Sidelmed S.p.A.

  ROME  - On April 19, 1932, Luis Fernando Botero Angulo was born in Medellin, Colombia, the second of two brothers, in the home of David Botero Mejía and Flora A