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The piazza is as Italian as it gets: not as an architectural or urban feature, but rather from a cultural and social point of view. In small villages, it’s where people meet, discuss and buy food, when it’s market day. In cities, the piazza is the equivalent of a grand palace’s living room, the place where you show the best your home has inside.  W...

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Italy, as we all know, is the country that alone holds approximately 70-75% of the world's artistic and cultural heritage. UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, is committed to protecting, safeguarding and promoting the sites of exceptional value and beauty registered as World Heritage Sites. Together with Ch...

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A special two-part virtual series on Thursdays, April 8 and 22. Presented by Carla Gambescia. 04/08 • Thursday 7 pm, Part 1: Humanizing Art – Giotto di Bondone; 04/22 • Thursday 7 pm, Part 2: Art as Propaganda in Baroque Rome. Organized by Casa Belvedere Carla Gambescia is the author of La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian C...

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The journal Cell Death & Disease (Nature) has published an international study on COVID-19 coordinated by Professors Giuseppe Novelli (University of Tor Vergata – University of Nevada, USA) and Pier Paolo Pandolfi (University of Turin – University of Nevada, USA), in collaboration with the Bambino Gesù Hospital (Rome), Istituto Spallanzani (Rome),...

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The Torlonia Collection, housed at the Capitoline Museum in the Villa Caffarelli is truly a spectacular sight. Considered as one of the world’s most important private collections of art, the collection features over ninety sensational sculptures dating back to the fourteenth century. Presented in the form of a story spread out across fourteen spraw...

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Formula E returns to Rome on 10 April, after last year's edition was cancelled due to covid-19, with 24 battery-powered electric cars battling it out on the streets of the city's southern EUR suburb. This will be the third time for Rome to welcome the world’s fastest electric cars, after the inaugural FIA Formula E World Championship was held in 20...

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Rome's exclusive shopping street Via Condotti is sealed off today as Ridley Scott films his movie House of Gucci with stars Lady Gaga and Al Pacino on set. Filming is taking place amid tight security around the Spanish Steps area, not far from the real-life Gucci boutique, reports Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Lady Gaga, who plays Gucci 'Black W...

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Rome's museums may be closed due to covid-19 restrictions but that does not mean their riches cannot be explored and enjoyed, thanks to new interactive virtual tours launched by the city. The immersive digital experience, available in Italian and English, is a valuable new resource for scholars, students and all those passionate about Rome's precio...

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Rome is blessed with more than 2,500 drinking fountains, known as nasoni, which provide residents and visitors with free fresh water all year round. Why are Rome's drinking fountains called nasoni? The iconic fountains, also known as fontanelle, get their nasoni ("big nose") name from the curved metal spout which pours cool fresh water round the cl...

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Each spring many Romans mark the Japanese tradition of hanami, an ancient custom of admiring the beauty of cherry blossoms, in the park at the laghetto in EUR. In 1959 Japan donated 2,500 cherry trees to Italy to decorate the lake in the southern EUR suburb. The blossoming period is generally from mid-March until the start of April when the floweri...

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