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Historic Poggioreale is reborn: the ghost town of Belìce reopens to visitors 58 years after the earthquake

Historic Poggioreale (Trapani) returned to visitors as a cultural asset, fifty-eight years after the Belìce earthquake. Mayor Carmelo Palermo called the event "an extraordinary achievement, because we transform the memory of these places into ...
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Israel Museum (Jerusalem), a child punctures a 1959 Magritte with a pine cone.

A painting by René Magritte kept at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem was damaged by an incident that occurred a few weeks ago during a public visit. As reported by The Times of Israel, the work,The Castle of the Pyrenees (The Castle of the Pyren...
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A cycle of frescoes dating between the 16th and 17th centuries has emerged in the Library of Casa Leopardi

During consolidation and restoration work carried out in one of the rooms of Casa Leopardi in Recanati, a cycle of frescoes dating from the late 16th and early 17th centuries emerged in the Library. The works, which had been hidden for a long time un...
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Artificial intelligence enters the education, vocational and administrative system: implementing measures

Artificial intelligence enters the school system permanently, both as content to be known and as a resource for renewing teaching methodologies. This is one of the novelties of the legislative decree approved today in preliminary examination by the C...
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Sagrada Família, Tower of Jesus Christ prepares for blessing by Pope Leo XIV

The Sagrada Família 's Tower of Jesus Christ will be inaugurated and blessed on June 10, 2026 as part of the centenary celebrations of Antoni Gaudí's death. The announcement was made in Barcelona at a press conference of the Junta Const...
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Lucca Arts Center, work begins on new international cultural hub

The construction site for the Lucca Center for the Arts, a project intended to create a new museum and exhibition center within the city's urban walls, gets underway in Lucca. With the start of work in Piazzale Verdi, an initiative promoted by the Fo...
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Asciano (Siena), research on the fresco of Sant'Ippolito and links to Raphael's early environment

On Saturday, July 4, 2026, the Auditorium of the Basilica of Sant'Agata in Asciano (Siena) will host a study day entitled A Fresco, a Pilgrimage Route. The Sacred Conversation in the Parish of Sant'Ippolito and the Via Lauretana Senese, an appointmen...
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A rare 18th century manuscript enters the collections of the National Library of Naples

The National Library of Naples enriches its holdings with a new acquisition: a rare 18th-century manuscript by Michele Vargas y Machuca, duke (Salerno, 1733-1795), dated Naples, 1776. Demonstration of the origin, cause and effects of a red coral plan...
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Rome, Francesco Stocchi leaves the direction of MAXXI

Francesco Stocchi will leave the artistic direction of MAXXI in Rome at the end of his term. The announcement came through a communication from the MAXXI Foundation, which confirmed that his tenure will end in June 2026 and the shared decision not to...
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Uffizi, clash between Montanari and Giuli around Cda appointments

The new governance phase of the Uffizi Galleries opens amid controversy. Just days before the formalization of the appointments of the new board of directors for the five-year period 2026-2031, Tomaso Montanari, rector of the University for Foreigner...
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An oversight costs us a rare 13th-century painting by the Master of the Baptistery of Parma

The case of the Madonna and Child executed by the thirteenth-century painter of the Parma Baptistery dome, also known as the "Master of the Baptistery of Parma," at the center of a complex affair between the Italian state and a Swiss company, the own...
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Turin, €1 million heist at Sant'Agostino Auction House in four minutes

A theft with an estimated value of about one million euros was scored in Turin, Italy, at the Sant'Agostino Auction House on Corso Tassoni. The thieves acted in just four minutes, stealing jewelry and watches intended for an auction scheduled for Jun...
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Floridian's century-old plane tree in danger: new studies to avert felling underway

The future of the majestic century-old plane tree that welcomes visitors to Floridian Park in Naples is still uncertain. The Directorate of the Vomero National Museums has announced that it has ordered afurther technical assessment to verify the poss...
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The School of Digital Imaging and AI is born in Florence: training for the imaging professionals of the future

Generative artificial intelligence is radically transforming the processes of image conception, production and dissemination. In this scenario, with the support of Fondazione CR Firenze, Immaginari Contemporanei - School of Digital Imaging & AI P...
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Triennale Milano, Vincenzo Trione elected president of the foundation

The new Board of Directors of Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, which will serve for the next four years, took office today, Thursday, June 4, 2026. At its first meeting, the Board of Directors unanimously elected Vincenzo Trione as president of the...
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Farewell to Marjane Satrapi, the author of Persepolis who revolutionized the graphic novel

The world of international comics loses Marjane Satrapi. The French-Iranian artist, writer and director who was able to transform her personal experience into a universal tale of freedom and identity has passed away in Paris at the age of 56. The new...
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