Born 28 March 1472 in Savignano di Prato, Tuscany, Fra Bartolommeo, a Dominican friar and High Renaissance master, whose figures were said to move “with a seraphic grace that must have struck the young Raphael with the force of revelation.”
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A tiny devotional panel, Ecce Homo, by Antonello da Messina, worn smooth by centuries of prayer, went on display in Rome’s Senate on Thursday. At $14.9 million, it is almost certainly the last work by one of Italy’s most transformative painters still in private hands.
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The European Parliament has endorsed the creation of offshore migrant return hubs outside EU territory, exactly the model Italy pioneered with its controversial Albania deal. Meloni is celebrating, but her own centres have been frozen by the courts for months, and the price tag has soared to seven times the equivalent cost in Italy itself.
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The European Parliament has passed the bloc’s first-ever criminal anti-corruption framework by an overwhelming majority and Italy, which fought hard to keep abuse of office off the statute book, now faces a legal obligation to bring it back. The timing, just days after Meloni’s government suffered its referendum defeat on judicial reform, could hardly be […]
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Premier Giorgia Meloni has taken on the tourism portfolio herself after forcing the resignation of Daniela Santanchè, who faced a mounting pile of criminal probes. The decision to fold the ministry into the prime ministerial office rather than appoint a successor raises pointed questions about trust and priorities.
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A new immersive experience at the Museo dell’Ara Pacis will allow visitors to rediscover one of ancient Rome’s most important monuments through light, sound and narration.
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Workers will stage a series of multiple sector strikes on Friday 27 March, disrupting public transport, closing schools and affecting parts of the national press. The industrial action reflects growing dissatisfaction over wages, working conditions and the ongoing privatisation of public services.
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Rome’s vast Sapienza University has again claimed first place globally in Classics and Ancient History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026. For the first time, an Italian university has placed three subjects simultaneously in the top ten.
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Catherine Birmingham and her British husband Nathan Trevallion appealed to Italy’s Senate Speaker after their family was separated by social services last November. The couple were raising their three children off-grid, without electricity or running water, in the Abruzzo woods.
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Italy’s Tourism Minister, Daniela Santanchè, finally resigned yesterday afternoon (25th March). She gave in to an unprecedented public call from the prime minister, insisting she was no scapegoat for the government’s referendum defeat.
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