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The English language magazine of #Rome since 1985. News, events, culture and insights into Rome and #Italy .

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Rome celebrates its 2,777th birthday today with a grand parade through the Eternal City #NatalediRoma
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Rome inaugurates a 13-metre high replica of the ancient Colossus of Constantine.
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The town of Genzano near Rome carpets its main street with flower petals for the annual infiorata festival this weekend.
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The video that everyone is talking about in #Rome this week: a dozen wild boar walking calmly through traffic on Via Trionfale. #cinghiali
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Celebrating Rome’s 2,777th birthday today
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Celebrating Rome’s 2,776th birthday in style with the #NatalediRoma2023 parade
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A burglar who broke into an apartment in Rome last night was arrested after sitting down mid-robbery to read a book about Greek mythology.
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The Colossus of Constantine, reconstructed in its full 12-metre height, soon to go on display at the Capitoline Museums in Rome.
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Residents of Ladispoli, a seaside town near Rome, have been told to stay indoors after a lion escaped from a circus on Saturday. Efforts are underway to capture the animal.
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In a time-honoured tradition to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a firefighter makes the 27-metre climb to place a garland on the statue of the Madonna in Piazza Mignanelli.
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How it started: How it’s going:
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On this night 34 years ago, magic was created at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome where Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras gave an unforgettable performance.
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1887 2020 #Rome
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Climate activists glued their hands to Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’ at the Uffizi in Florence today. No damage was caused to the Renaissance masterpiece thanks to its protective glass.
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Restorers use laser to remove the ‘Aliens Exist’ graffiti from the Pantheon. #Rome
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Only in Rome ❤️
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Florence mayor Sara Funaro watches the Martinella bell ring out from Palazzo Vecchio as it did on this day 80 years ago to mark the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation.
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Caesar is dead! Rome re-enacts the funeral procession of Julius Caesar who was stabbed to death on this day in 44 BC. #IdesOfMarch
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Rome celebrates its 2,777th birthday today in a tradition based on the legendary founding of the city by Romulus in 753 BC. #NatalediRoma
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Water returns to the Baths of Caracalla after 1,500 years. Rome unveils a new reflecting pool at the ancient site.
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The hidden ruins of the ancient Bridge of Nero, or Pons Neronianus, emerge from the Tiber river bed in Rome due to this summer’s drought.
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Rome firefighters drop rose petals through the oculus of the Pantheon in a spectacular ceremony to mark the feast of Pentecost.
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Only in Rome: Santa Sabina versus Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. @romamedieval
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The Orchestra Italiana del Cinema performing music from The Gladiator soundtrack in the Colosseum as the sun goes down. Priceless.
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Rome’s Colosseum lit up tonight in the colours of the #Ukraine flag. 🇺🇦🇮🇹
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The Appian Way, or Via Appia Antica, has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Rome gets ready for the Italian Open with a spectacular light show at the Trevi Fountain
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Firefighters drop thousands of rose petals through the oculus of the Pantheon in a spectacular Pentecost tradition in Rome.
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A taste of Via Appia Antica #Rome
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The Italian Army Band celebrates Rome’s 2,777th birthday with a performance of the Gladiator soundtrack in the Circus Maximus tonight #NatalediRoma
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Sunday morning in Rome
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Happy Star Wars Day from Rome! #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Rome celebrates its patron saints Peter and Paul at Castel Sant’Angelo tonight with a spectacular fireworks display. #29giugno
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"A discovery that will rewrite history". Archaeologists in Italy unearth 24 ancient bronze statues at the #SanCasciano thermal bath site in Tuscany in what is being hailed as the most important find since the Riace Bronzes. Photo ANSA #Archaeology
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Rome lit up its Christmas tree tonight in Piazza del Popolo. Photo Roma Capitale.
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Night walks in Rome
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Naples takes #NewYear fireworks to next level
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Exploring the Baths of Caracalla #Rome
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Dawn of a new day in Rome
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Italian singer #AdrianoCelentano , who turns 85 today, is famed for his 1972 hit ‘Prisencolinensinainciusol’ whose nonsensical lyrics are intended to sound like English in an American accent.
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The star-covered ceiling in the church of San Gioacchino in Prati. #Rome
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All roads lead to Rome. Via Appia Antica
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What the Trevi Fountain looked like today
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In case you wondered what the Circus Maximus is looking like right now, here’s a little taste. #Rome
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On this day 4 years ago, Italy woke up in lockdown. How it looked at the Colosseum:
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Night walks in Rome
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Dawn in Rome
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Santa Maria in Trastevere by night #Rome
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The Vatican lights up its Christmas tree in St Peter’s Square tonight. Magical.
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#Rome never ceases to astound us.” #Archaeologists unveil the remains of a magnificent Roman domus, hidden for 2,000 years, under an apartment block on the Aventine Hill. The underground site will be open as a museum, two days a month, by reservation.
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Summer sunset at the Circus Maximus
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Rome’s candlelight procession for peace in #Ukraine went from the Campidoglio to the Colosseum 🇺🇦🇮🇹 #StandWithUkraine
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Life on the Appia Antica #Rome
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Visitors to Rome's new Forma Urbis Museum on the Caelian Hill can walk across a glass floor with fragments of a massive marble map of the city engraved in the early third century by order of Emperor Septimius Severus.
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Ferragosto night in Trastevere #Rome
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Once an electrical power station in the early 20th century, Centrale Montemartini was converted into a museum of ancient Roman art. Despite being one of #Rome ’s most unique museums, it is also one of the least visited. Slightly off the beaten track, on Via Ostiense, it’s a gem.
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Rome neighbourhoods if they were in a Disney Pixar animated film. Video zirabbie TikTok.
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Rome motorists react furiously to the latest roadblock protest by climate activists today.
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Via Appia Antica #Rome
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Italy’s firefighters mark Festa della Repubblica by unfurling a giant Italian tricolour at the Colosseum in Rome. #2giugno
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Rome’s Spanish Steps in full bloom #5maggio
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Morning has broken: bells and birdsong in the Roman Forum
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A perfect winter’s day in Rome
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Happy as a Roman cat in the spring sunshine
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Beautiful day at the Circus Maximus #Rome
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Italian police drive their Lamborghini Huracán in the Rome parade for Festa della Repubblica.
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The end of a day in Rome
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"It's my life's dream." #Pompeii has a new director: 39-year-old archaeologist Gabriel Zuchtriegel from Germany. #Italy
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On this night 33 years ago, magic was created at the Baths of Caracalla where Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras gave an unforgettable performance.
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A dog’s life in Sicily during the heatwave…❤️ 🇮🇹 🔥
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Rome’s newest museum houses the remaining fragments of the Forma Urbis Romae, a giant marble map of Ancient Rome engraved in the third century. Visitors to the Forma Urbis Museum on the Caelian Hill can walk across a glass floor over the original pieces of the map.
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Rome’s rose garden reopens today for the city’s 2,776th birthday. #natalediroma
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Rome sunset view from Piazzale Caffarelli
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May The Fourth Be With You! #Rome
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On the eve of the Italy-Spain match, the Italian Football Federation unveils a giant Azzurri jersey on the Spanish Steps. #EURO2024
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The Eternal City steps back in time as it celebrates 2,776 years. #Rome #natalediroma
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Night walks in Rome
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Ancient Rome comes to life on the Eternal City’s 2,777th birthday thanks to the Gruppo Storico Romano which has staged historical re-enactments for the last 30 years. #NatalediRoma
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Good morning from Rome #28ottobre
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Fireworks at Castel Sant’Angelo last night in honour of Rome’s patron saints Peter and Paul.
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Happy 2,776th birthday Rome! The Eternal City celebrates the Natale di Roma tradition based on the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus on this day in 753 BC.
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Festivities at the Circus Maximus ahead of Rome’s 2,777th birthday tomorrow
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Rome marches for peace in #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇮🇹
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Italy will launch a direct train service between Rome and Pompeii on 16 July, culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano announced today.
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Roman morning
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Night walks in Rome. Clivus Argentarius.
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Rome’s iconic umbrella pines
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One of Rome’s most spectacular spring traditions: azaleas on the Spanish Steps.
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Piazza della Rotonda today #Rome
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Sunday morning in Piazza Navona #Rome
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#Mussolini 's great-grandson plays #football for #Lazio youth team. #Italy
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Franciscan friars have snowball fight in Assisi
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Forum of Caesar in the early morning dew
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Christmas in St Peter’s Square #Rome
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Umberto Eco died 7 years ago today. Here he is tracking down a book in his personal library.
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Florence mayor Dario Nardella watches the Martinella bell ring out from Palazzo Vecchio as it did on this day 79 years ago to mark the liberation of the city from Nazi occupation.
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