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Can you imagine still using roads that were built centuries ago? Can you imagine the changes they brought about in society and the magnitude of their construction? The roads of ancient Rome, named viae Romanae in Latin, were first constructed around 300 B.C. to connect and consolidate the Roman Republic and the expanding Roman empire. They provided...

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Cinema Troisi is an art movie house in central Rome. Its stark, white, minimalist façade contrasts with the ornate 19th-century buildings nearby. It was built in the 1930s as the headquarters of the Fascist Youth Organization — the GIL. But there is no plaque explaining its link to the dictatorship. Italian rap music plays in the background as youn...

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I first visited Rome in 1992, and my love for the city has only grown since. I wrote my first book about the city in college, and rarely does a year go by since then when I don’t visit my favorite piazza (Navona), enjoy my favorite gelato (cioccolato e limone con panna) or gaze upon my favorite art (Raphael’s Stanze…among many others). Rome can see...

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Among the achievements of the ancient Roman Empire still acclaimed today, historians list things like aqueducts, roads, legal theory, exceptional architecture and the spread of Latin as the language of intellect (along with the Latin alphabet, memorialised nowadays in many popular typefaces). Rome was not known, though, for substantially advancing...

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Ittinsect, a Rome-based biotech startup developing a sustainable alternative to aquaculture feed, has closed its first investment round of €625K in which CDP Venture Capital, through the Accelerators Fund, Katapult Ocean, Indico Capital Partners, LVenture Group and two angel investors participated. This investment comes on top of a series of public...

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It is a secret of thousands of years, a real feast for the eyes that has been hiding right under the noses of millions of tourists. Rome is not unjustly characterized as an "open-air museum" as in addition to its magnificent and imposing monuments, it also hides great treasures hidden under the ground. One of Rome's most famous landmarks, the Trevi...

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Since mid-January, the Via Appia regina viarum has officially begun its journey to UNESCO with the signing of the memorandum of understanding for the site's candidacy on the World Heritage List. Aiming at that summa of wonders march new dossiers in the proposal stage, some of them quite advanced. Italy already leads the world with its 58 registered...

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Rome's La Sapienza University is to build a mega-library that will house more than two million volumes, combining the vast book collections of its faculties of humanities and philosophy. The library project, designed by Rimini-based Mijic Architects, was presented on Monday by the university's rector Antonella Polimeni and the capital's mayor Rober...

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For just one semester more years ago than I care to count, I lived in a campus dorm on a vineyard outside of Rome, where sunflowers grew tall in salutation to the sky and the pears that fell from the orchard trees sent sweet juice dripping down your chin, leaving behind the sticky residue of pure, childlike joy. I was majoring in English, minoring...

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Two flags, one heart….Lead the game. These two quotes might seem unconnected but after a closer look, they represent the same visions and goals. Rome City Institute is an International University located in Rome, Italy, that has built a culture of bringing Americans and other International students to Italy, focusing on the combination of sports an...

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