The Cornaro Chapel in the Santa Maria della Vittoria church, Rome has been restored to its former glory. The chapel contains one of Bernini’s most celebrated sculptures The Ecstasy of St Teresa.
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The painting ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci is Jesus Christ blessing with his right hand and with his left hand holding a transparent globe. It is the subject of a documentary film – The Lost Leonardo – currently showing at the Rome Film Festival.
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Andrea Camilleri did not want his crime series continued by another writer. He left the concluding Montalbano novel with his publisher long before his death in 2019. It is now available in the UK.
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A “sensational” new find at Herculaneum is how Culture Minister Dario Franceschini described the partially mutilated skeleton of a 40-45-year-old man. Only a step from the sea and salvation, the discovery may shed new light on the last moments of life in the town in 79AD.
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For the first time, mozzarella outsells camembert in France, delivering a blow to a French gastronomic emblem. Mozzarella sales soared during the pandemic.
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In the microclimate around Mount Etna, Sicily, a special fruit grows. The red oranges, also known as Blood Oranges, are celebrated with a sagra as winter draws to a close.
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Shine is the new exhibition by Jeff Koons, held in the Strozzi Palace in Florence until 30th January 2022.
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Pisa Mayor Michele Conti announced a million euros fund to restore the Marconi radio transmission station at Coltano.
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A 3-D reproduction of Michelangelo’s David is on display at the Dubai Expo. However, visitors can only see the statue’s head. The torso, genitalia and legs are only visible at a lower level.
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The UNESCO hill town of Matera in southern Italy, where James Bond skilfully manoeuvres his Aston Martin DB5, is top of the list for many location hunters.
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