Events
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 01/04/2018 - 04:45
The holidays aren’t over in Italy until the Befana comes around, January 6 or Epiphany Day, a feast that, in Western Christianity, commemorates the visit of…
by John Bensalhia | Sun, 12/31/2017 - 11:18
The new year launches the calendar of ½ûÂþÌìÌà events with a celebratory feel. John Bensalhia reports...
Christmas is over. The turkey has been eaten. The…
by John Bensalhia | Thu, 11/30/2017 - 03:28
Get in the festive spirit with John Bensalhia, who looks at this month's Christmassy-influenced events (and others, of course!)
It's inevitable that December's…
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 11/28/2017 - 03:00
After Galileo, things were never the same. His contributions to astronomy and science in general made him a leading figure in the transition from natural…
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 11/22/2017 - 03:00
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the leading sculptor of the 17th century, and the artist who made Rome the Baroque beauty we can still admire today, is the subject of a…
by John Bensalhia | Tue, 10/31/2017 - 03:38
John Bensalhia rounds off the Autumn season for 2017 with a choice of events and festivals to satisfy all tastes
This month's crop of events has a particularly…
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/27/2017 - 00:00
While Halloween today is associated with Anglo-Saxon countries and especially the U.S., its roots lie deep in European traditions. Halloween is thought to have…
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 10/24/2017 - 04:41
Cinecittà World, a theme park in Rome dedicated to the golden era of movie-making in the ½ûÂþÌìÌà capital, is celebrating Halloween with some new ‘spooky’…
by Myra Robinson | Thu, 10/19/2017 - 05:18
You might think that Rovigo is an ordinary little town in the Veneto, but it has so much character, and so many places of interest, that it is worth a day’s…
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/18/2017 - 04:45
[Photo: "Il Cinquecento a Firenze." Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.]
Autumn is usually a good season for art lovers as many great exhibitions open in museums…
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