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A spectacular example of ancient Roman sculpture will be on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City from June 22 through Sept. 29 in Kirkwood Hall. The Fauno rosso, a red marble sculpture of a satyr (also called "faun"), was given to the Capitoline Museums in 1746 by Pope Benedict XIV. It was commissioned by Hadrian, the great empero...

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Dazzling with diamonds, emeralds and gold, 70 pieces of treasure — said to be some of the most valuable in the world — have been transported from a vault in a Naples cathedral to a museum in Rome. They'll stay there until February, marking the first time they've ever been displayed outside of Naples.   The head of the foundation organizing t...

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Adam Nathaniel Furman, architect and winner of this year's Blueprint Award for Design Innovation, is currently undertaking his tenure as the recipient of the 2014/15 Rome Prize for Architecture at the British School at Rome.   His ongoing project, entitled The Roman Singularity, seeks to explore and celebrate Rome as "the contemporary city p...

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It is officially called the Calendario Romano, or Roman Calendar. But on the streets of Rome, the annual line-up of strapping young men of the cloth is better known as the "hot priest calendar". Tourists can often be seen expressing dismay as they stumble across the calendar adorning gift stands close to the Vatican, before snatching a peek, h...

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Tornerà a brillare, tra un anno e mezzo, la Fontana di Trevi. Domani, 5 giugno, partirà il restauro griffato Fendi per la fontana della Dolce Vita e il complesso delle Quattro Fontane.   Ma visitatori e turisti potranno continuare a vedere il monumento e a lanciare monetine dei desideri nell'acqua, grazie ad uno speciale cantiere didattico c...

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Just like fresh air revitalizes the soul, open air markets stimulate the senses. Rain or shine, tented tables regularly bring neighbors, tourists, and communities together from spring to fall, providing a taste of Earth's bounty and a vast assortment of handmade collectibles and vintage wares.   Grab your family and meet your friends at an o...

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by John Harney   The actor who would become Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia in a few hours sat in his living room, the windows framing a sparkling spring landscape of the Central Park Reservoir and the Upper East Side. The fat suit that would help transform the actor, Tony Lo Bianco, into New York's 99th mayor had been folded into a large suitc...

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When: December 6th, 2012Where: Auriana AuditoriumTime: 2:00 pmA Retake Rome workshop will be held at AUR on December 6 in collaboration with Fondazione Insieme per Roma to inform high school and university students of its work and hopefully get them involved and spreading the word. Retake Rome is a non-profit organization that works to "clean up" t...

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In a room full of boxes containing the dreams of young Italians, an archivist browse a file with the future plans of students and researchers: someone wish to open a business of robotics, someone else to start an IT company or to work on a biotechnology lab.   This is the beginning of "Change your Life Change Italy" campaign copy (http://you...

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by Silvia Marchetti   ROMAN countesses, actresses and designers like the Fendi sisters have picked the Pontine islands, a cluster of paradise-atolls near Rome, as their élite summer retreat. But it wasn't so in the past.   It was a female inferno. Forget the glossy boutiques, wild night-life and elegant lounge bars packed with ta...

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