On 21 April 753 BC according to legend, tradition and the calculations of Rome’s own ancient scholars, a man named Romulus ploughed a furrow around the Palatine Hill and founded a city. Today, that city, Rome, turns 2,779 years old.
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The Italian government is prepared to restart the nation’s coal-fired power plants as a contingency measure. They will be put into action if natural gas prices surge to €70 per megawatt hour, Environment and Energy Security Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin announced on Monday.
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A newborn baby boy was safely recovered on Sunday morning after being left in the “Culla per la vita” (Cradle for Life) operated by the Italian Red Cross in Bergamo’s Loreto district. Emergency services were alerted automatically at 9:45 am. The infant was swiftly transferred to the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, where doctors confirmed he […]
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A trans activist and Torino Pride volunteer has been slapped in the face by a group of teenagers in central Turin after being targeted for their rainbow backpack. The incident, which occurred near the Cinema Massimo late on Saturday evening, has prompted swift condemnation from the city’s mayor, the President of the Piedmont Region, and […]
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Roman tennis star Flavio Cobolli reached the final of the BMW Open in Munich with a commanding straight-sets victory over world number three Alexander Zverev. He then broke down in tears, dedicating his win to a 13-year-old friend who died in Rome just days ago.
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The double killing outside the Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur Ji in Covo has left a well-established local community in shock. A suspect, described as a regular worshipper at the Sikh temple, remained at large as investigators worked to establish a motive.
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Born Giovanni Antonio Canal, Canaletto became the greatest view-painter of the 18th century. His luminous vedute of Venice, Rome and London still the definitive image of a city at the height of its gilded, fading glory.
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Conservation groups condemn a suspected deliberate poisoning campaign in the Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise. They warn that the killings reflect a growing climate of hostility towards wolves fuelled by weakening legal protections.
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The works, spanning paintings, prints and sculptures, were hired from a Belgian company and presented to visitors as genuine. Investigators describe it as a clearly organised criminal operation with reach across Europe. They ranged from Warhols to pieces by Banksy and Keith Haring.
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The cost of visiting the Pantheon in Rome, one of the ancient world’s best-preserved monuments, will rise to €7 from 1 July. This comes under a new agreement between Italy’s Ministry of Culture and the Diocese of Rome.
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