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Rome, Calatrava's Vela finally reborn after years of neglect

Rome, Calatrava's Vela finally reborn after years of neglect

Calatrava's Vela finally returns to shine in the skies of Rome. After more than fifteen years of neglect and incompletion, the former "City of Sports" in Tor Vergata has been handed back to the city in a completely renovated guise. An area that has a...
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GTI raises concerns about the call for the national tour guide exam

GTI raises concerns about the call for the national tour guide exam

The new examination program for the National Tourist Guide qualification, published by the Ministry of Tourism in recent days, has raised concerns from Italian Tourist Guides (GTI), a trade association that has been critical of the overall structure ...
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Bayeux tapestry at the British Museum for the first time in nearly 1,000 years

Bayeux tapestry at the British Museum for the first time in nearly 1,000 years

A landmark loan between France and the United Kingdom will bring theBayeux Tapestry to the United Kingdom for the first time, where it will be displayed at the British Museum in London. The official agreement, unveiled today, marks a significant step...
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Italian Capital of Culture 2028: here are the 25 candidate cities

Italian Capital of Culture 2028: here are the 25 candidate cities

Anagni (Frosinone) - Lazio, Ancona - Marche, Bacoli (Naples) - Campania, Benevento - Campania, Catania - Sicily , Colle di Val d'Elsa (Siena) - Tuscany, Fiesole (Florence) - Tuscany, Forlì - Emilia-Romagna, Galatina (Lecce) - Puglia, Gioia Tau...
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UK Parliament considers stop to oil company advertising: British Museum in crosshairs

UK Parliament considers stop to oil company advertising: British Museum in crosshairs

The UK Parliament will debate today, July 8, the possibility of banning advertising and sponsorship by fossil fuel companies. The debate, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. local time and streamed live on Parliament's official website, comes on the heels of a s...
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The Pope is on vacation at Castel Gandolfo, but the Polo Museale remains open to the public

The Pope is on vacation at Castel Gandolfo, but the Polo Museale remains open to the public

The Polo Museale delle Ville Pontificie of Castel Gandolfo in Rome will remain open to the public even during the summer stay of Pope Leo XIV, scheduled in two periods: from July 6 to 20 and from August 15 to 17. The Pope's stay will therefore not co...
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Sarzana bids to be Italian Capital of Culture 2028

Sarzana bids to be Italian Capital of Culture 2028

With the official handing over of the expression of interest to the Ministry of Culture, Sarzana has taken the first step on the path toward becoming a candidate for Italian Capital of Culture 2028. It is an initiative that transcends municipal bound...
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Minister Giuli wants to support Ostia Antica's Unesco bid: "It is our Pompeii."

Minister Giuli wants to support Ostia Antica's Unesco bid: "It is our Pompeii."

Rome needs much more than the Jubilee to regain its cultural centrality. This is the message that emerged from Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli's speech during Fratelli d'Italia's Festa, Piazza Italia, held in Rome July 3-5, 2025. Taking the stage, ...
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Trump increases U.S. national parks tickets for foreigners

Trump increases U.S. national parks tickets for foreigners

Visiting U.S. national parks will cost more in the future if you're not an American: that's the effect of an executive order signed last July 3 by U.S. President Donald Trump, who decided to raise entrance fees to places like Yellowstone, Yosemite an...
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Two works from the Kingdom of Benin returned from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to Nigeria

Two works from the Kingdom of Benin returned from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to Nigeria

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston formally returned two works of art to the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, in a ceremony held Friday, June 27, at the Nigeria House in New York City. In the presence of official Nigerian representatives and ...
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Greece, 20 euro tax for passengers on cruises to Santorini and Mykonos

Greece, 20 euro tax for passengers on cruises to Santorini and Mykonos

As of July 1, 2025, those who land a cruise on Santorini or Mykonos must pay a 20-euro tax per person. As reported by the weekly magazine Internazionale, the measure, adopted by the Greek parliament during 2024, officially came into effect on the two...
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Antonio Grulli appointed director of the new cultural course of the CAMeC of La Spezia

Antonio Grulli appointed director of the new cultural course of the CAMeC of La Spezia

CAMeC, La Spezia's Center for Modern and Contemporary Art, enters a new phase in its history with the appointment of the new director of the non-institutionalized public-private partnership for the enhancement of cultural activities: Antonio Grulli. ...
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The Historic Picture Gallery of the Estense Foundation permanently donated to the Ferrara Art Gallery

The Historic Picture Gallery of the Estense Foundation permanently donated to the Ferrara Art Gallery

The Historic Picture Gallery of the Fondazione Estense has been formally donated to the National Picture Gallery of Ferrara, thus strengthening the link between the city and its important artistic heritage. The collection, consisting of 109 paintings...
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Signed an international protocol the enhancement of Balzi Rossi in Ventimiglia

Signed an international protocol the enhancement of Balzi Rossi in Ventimiglia

A memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Culture - Regional Directorate National Museums Liguria, the University of Genoa and the Musée de Préhistoire Régionale de Menton - Municipality of Menton, France, was signed ...
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Trump wants to join the four presidents at Mount Rushmore

Trump wants to join the four presidents at Mount Rushmore

A clip features a camera moving slowly over a photograph of Mount Rushmore, the monumental sculpture located in the Black Hills of South Dakota that has depicted the faces of four American presidents since 1941-George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Th...
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Paris, even the Eiffel Tower closes due to extreme heat

Paris, even the Eiffel Tower closes due to extreme heat

The violent heat wave sweeping across Europe has also led to the closing of the Eiffel Tower: in Paris, where temperatures will touch 40 degrees this afternoon (and already yesterday was the hottest day France has ever recorded in its history in June...
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