NAPLES - Observing, thinking and then writing. These are the three stages that for more than 30 years have characterised my poetic production.

  PROCIDA - The island, that was in January nominated as Italy's 2022 Culture Capital, announced on Thursday that it is to hold the inaugural '50 top rosé' competition.

  ROME - Shamira is a beautiful Venetian, and an artist who decided many years ago to aspire to a prestigious goal: to be, with her art, a vehicle for openness an

  VENICE - "We are ready to open all of the museums of the city on April 24 and 25," said Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro, l

Loving Modigliani: The Afterlife of Jeanne Hébuterne,

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  ROME - Nemi, a small town in the Alban Hills 27 kilometres from Rome, has scored a recent double coup 

  ROME - For the first time, the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome will be offering a Licentiate in Judaic Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations, th

  FLORENCE - To mark the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the French poet Charles Baudelaire, the Uffizi gallery will be releasing a video of his poem 'Hymn to Beauty' from his 'Fl

  MONZA - A 17th century painting by the French artist Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) has been recovered in an art dealers in Padua almost 70 years after it was taken from its Jewish owners in Poitier

  SIENA - The incredible discoveries in 2020 of the remains of a Roman sanctuary at San Casciano Dei Bagni are being published in an authorative work on the excavations of the site.

  ROME - A prayer vigil organised by the community of Sant'Egidio was being held Monday evening at 6:30 p.m.

  VENICE - To celebrate 1600 years since the city's founding, a chorus of bells rang out at 4 p.m. on Thursday to pay tribute to the city.

  ROME - With Italy’s Dantedì celebrations in full flow, an article from a German newspaper seemingly criticising the great poet has caused much polemics, with many furious Italians leaping to defe

  MILAN - As part of the “Per quel cammino ascoso” initiative celebrating Thursday’s Dantedì, the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the ‘Naufraghi Inversi’ theatre company have launched a project

  FLORENCE - The restoration campaign of the Giotto's frescoes in the Magdalene Chapel, which houses the oldest portrait of Dante, has come to an end, in time for the celebrations planned for the 7

  TURIN - The University of Turin has released its programme of conferences, lectures and exhibitions to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante, on March 25, or 'Dantedì'. 

  ROME -The Italian Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MIPAAF) has announced its support for the candidature of the ‘Italian coffee rite’ for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

  FLORENCE – The portrait of Dante by the Tuscan Renaissance artist Andrea del Castagno, held at the Uffizi Gallery, has been restored by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence.

  ROME - The permanent exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci in the Palazzo della Cancelleria has announced the launch of virtual tours through the gallery as museums throughout Italy have once again bee

  ROME - Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, has accused the Italian government of acting like a “third world country” after the Council of State, the body that monitors the legal

  FLORENCE - The green light has been given for work to start on the Vasari Corridor at the Uffizi Gallery in preparation for its public opening next year.

  FLORENCE – The Uffizi Gallery will mark 700 years since the death of Dante with a work of art by Giuseppe Penone to be officially opened on ‘Dantedì’ (Dante day) on March 25.

 One of my most vivid memories of John Fullerton, from when I met him while covering the Lebanese civil war, was his graphic description of the ferocious lice he encountered while working in Afghan

  ROME - The Vatican and the Republic of Azerbaijan have renewed an agreement on the restoration and enhancement of the Catacombs of Comodilla, in Garbatella.