Rome seals off roads caked with droppings from birds that binged on olives
Heavy rain over the weekend washed bird droppings from trees that line the Tiber onto the streets, creating hazardous conditions Workers clean a Roman street after slippery asphalt caused by … Continue reading
Italy is morally rotten, says lawyer at start of ‘Mafia Capital’ trial in Rome
Italy is morally rotten, says lawyer of one-eyed former terrorist at the start of the biggest mobster trial in modern-day Rome Prosecutors Giuseppe Cascini, Paolo Ielo and Luca Tescaroli are … Continue reading
Italy to dig for ancient Roman treasure sought by Nazis
Haul from tomb of Alaric, king of the Visigoths who sacked Rome, thought to include gold, silver and priceless Menorah looted from Second Temple 19th-century illustration, “Burial of Alaric,” drawn … Continue reading
Drunken British architects facing obscenity charges for cavorting naked in historic Rome fountains
Six tourists, working with Cirencester-based firm Environmental Dimension Partnership, were fined for stripping off and plunging into La Fontana delle Naiadi Fountain of the Naiads, Piazza della Repubblica, Rome Photo: Rex … Continue reading
Rome is on the verge of collapse and needs urgent repair, leaders warn
No Roman Holiday – the Eternal City is in chronic decline as a result of a toxic mix of corruption, debt, poor administration and shabby infrastructure Bins overflow near the … Continue reading
Triumphal arches
With Wren and Hawksmoor it’s obvious, but what do Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid have to do with the baroque? Jonathan Glancey finds out in Turin The Guardian, Monday 12 … Continue reading
Massive triumphal marble arch built by Romans to honour Emperor Titus discovered
Archaeologists in Rome discover, at one end of the Circus Maximus chariot racing arena, the foundations of a huge triumphal arch built for the Emperor Titus The remains of the … Continue reading
Fallen Order: Intrigue, Heresy and Scandal in the Rome of Galileo and Caravaggio, by Karen Liebreich (Atlantic Books, £8.99)
In late 1643 the governor of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools broke out in a rash of flaky scabs. He tried several cures – from drinking … Continue reading
No way out
Piranesi’s sinister prison fantasies may have been meant as souvenirs of Venice, but they have inspired architecture from the Jubilee line to Hogwarts. By Jonathan Jones Blackly glittering worlds…Piranesi’s etching … Continue reading
Rome red light district given green light
Experiment in Eur business district aims to reduce the impact of a trade currently conducted on more than 20 streets in the neighbourhood Rome’s mayor, Ignazio Marino, has approved the … Continue reading
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