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Malaga Italian Film Festival features Camilleri tribute

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Malaga Italian Film Festival returns for its eighth edition from 15 to 24 May 2025, offering a line-up of contemporary Italian cinema.

Celebrating 300 years of the Spanish Steps

May 11, 2025May 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Keats-Shelley House in Rome launched a new exhibition to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Spanish Steps. Titled The Spanish Steps, Revisited the exhibition opened on 1 May 2025 and will run until 1 November 2025.

Casina del Salvi. Image credit: https://www.sovraintendenzaroma.it/content/la-casina-del-salvi

Casina del Salvi reopens as café and public study hall

May 2, 2025May 2, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome has reopened the 19th-century Casina del Salvi, located inside the Celio Archaeological Park near the Colosseum. The newly restored neoclassical building now hosts a café and public study hall.

Pietro Aretino painted by Titian. Pitti Palace, Florence

On this day in history: birth of writer Pietro Aretino

April 20, 2025April 21, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Italian Renaissance is often remembered for its celestial art and high-minded humanism, yet on 20 April 1492, a man was born in Arezzo who would spend his life exposing the grit, greed, and lust beneath that polished surface.

Rome Marks 2,778 Years with Grand Re-Enactments

April 20, 2025April 20, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

ROME, 20 April 2025 – Rome, the Eternal City, marks its 2,778th birthday tomorrow (21st April) with a colourful celebration of its legendary founding, complete with gladiator fights, trench-digging rituals and costumed parades. Known as Natale di Roma, the annual event is rooted in the ancient myth of Romulus, who is said to have founded […]

The School of Athens by Raphael. He is present as one of the thinkers as a self-portrait

On this day in history: death of Raphael

April 6, 2025April 6, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known to history simply as Raphael, died on 6 April 1520, aged just 37. The date marked the end of one of the most influential careers in Western art. Raphael died in Rome at the height of his fame, mourned so deeply that, according to accounts of the time, a crack […]

On this day in history: birth of Futurist Fortunato Depero

March 30, 2025March 30, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Fortunato Depero, a key figure in Italy’s Futurist movement, was born on 30 March 1892 in the Trentino region. Depero was a painter, sculptor, and graphic designer. However, he is best remembered for creating the distinctive conical Campari Soda bottle, which remains an icon of Italian design today.

On this day in history: actor Terence Hill born

March 29, 2025March 29, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Terence Hill, born Mario Girotti on 29 March 1939 in Venice, is a well-known actor. He is famous for spaghetti westerns and playing Don Matteo. His career has lasted more than seven decades in Italian cinema and television.

Palazoo Clerici. Image credit: Roberto Morelli, FAI

FAI Spring Days 2025

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

There is still one day left of the FAI Spring Days 2025. With more than 750 historic sites across Italy, the event, organised by the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI), takes place in 400 cities and towns nationwide. Visitors can explore rarely accessible cultural and landscape treasures with a voluntary donation.