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The Trevi Fountain could become pay-as-you-go: here's how and why

The Trevi Fountain in Rome could soon become accessible only by closed numbers and reservations in order to better manage the flow of tourists and prevent crowds. This is the proposal brought forward by Alessandro Onorato, Rome's Councillor for Major...
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Not just House of the Dragon: the 5 most iconic illustrations of dragons in art history

It has been around forever, but in recent years it is known to be the creature of George R. R. Martin's tales, which later became the Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon series: It is the dreaded fire-breathing winged dragon. In his fantasy tales...
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What friends of museums do. Interview with FIDAM president Italo Scaietta

Museums in Italy would not be the same if there were not the associations of "Friends of Museums": enthusiasts, patrons, donors, lovers of the arts and letters who, thanks to their contribution, financial or even intellectual, guarantee an important ...
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"Here's how we restore the ancient sunken floor." Archaeologist Enrico Gallocchio speaks.

In the Underwater Archaeological Park of Baia, the restoration of a precious marble floor, which in ancient times decorated a reception room of a Roman villa, started a few days ago. An important work to protect one of the most interesting recent dis...
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Ruins as warning and memory: the Platonic Oath and the Acropolis of Athens

In 1945, theArchitectural Press in London published a book of a few pages entitled Bombed Churches as War Memorial. The pamphlet argued that ruined churches damaged by the bombs of war should remain as such so that they could be transformed into visu...
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The concert of concerts, Pink Floyd's 35th anniversary in Venice

Indispensable, unique, avant-garde. We all know this, Pink Floyd, a British group founded in the 1960s, has been around since before time and even before music itself. Yet, those tunes and their presence still resonate too foreign, far too far ahead ...
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Vincenzo Bellelli (Cerveteri-Tarquinia director): "here's how the Park has changed thanks to automia."

The Cerveteri-Tarquinia Archaeological Park became autonomous as of 2021. Since then, thanks to autonomy, this important complex, which brings together the Cerite National Archaeological Museum, the National Archaeological Museum in Tarquinia, and th...
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Petra and its ruins: places and experiences to discover the fascination of its history

Nestled in the desert in southern Jordan, Petra is famous for its architectural structures, including temples, monuments and houses carved out of red sandstone rock, but it is more than just an archaeological wonder: it is an immersion in the history...
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