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A Fascinating New App for Exploring Rome – Time Travel Rome

Time Travel Rome App

While we all know, I hope, that Rome was built by the Romans, and when exploring Rome, we rarely miss out on iconic sights such as the Colosseum, the nearby Forum and that architectural marvel the Pantheon, we miss an awful lot. This is no surprise as there are so many of them! This is […]

15 Best Things To Do For Christmas In Rome

Coliseum at Christmas

Christmas in Rome is a very special season. Here’s our list of the 15 Best Things To Do For Christmas In Rome 2016 with lots of great ideas for things to do if you are in Rome at Christmas time in 2016. 1. Christmas Markets ‘Tis the season to be jolly, so to get yourself in the mood, venture out into one […]

China to Take Over Management of Rome

After snapping up Italian tire maker Pirelli’s know-how and technology, China’s shopping spree in Italy continues. Indeed, details emerged today that China is to take over the management of Italy’s capital Rome. Italy’s cash strapped capital is to hand over the administration of the eternal city to China-Italia Holdings, a holding company recently set up for this specific purpose, in the Autumn […]

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Level 3.0 – Interactive Art Entertainment in Rome

The Level 3.0 art event in Rome aims to open your mind and help you discover the mysteries of art and knowledge. When is it: October 2, 2014, from 11 pm onwards. Where is it: VILLA ROSANTICA, Appia Antica, Rome, Italy. Organized by a team of visionaries, creators, movie directors and musicians who treasure both the classic and contemporary cultures, the […]

What about the Unsung Etruscans?

Etruscan bronze

The Who? You might well ask if, like me, school history lessons taught you that European civilisation developed from the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Romans. Actually, European civilisation probably started in Tuscany. What things come to mind when you think about Ancient Rome … aqueducts, plumbing, the “Roman” alphabet, paved roads, town planning, gladiators, […]

Rome’s Colosseum Risks Collapse

The Colosseum

Works to extend Rome’s underground rail network could pose a threat to the structural stability of one of the most famous landmarks in the world – the Colosseum.   Many Italian newspapers, such as Il Fatto Quotidiano are carrying stories which claim that the extension of Rome’s underground rail network could result in the collapse of the Colosseum – one […]

Into the Bowels of the Colosseum in Rome

If and when you visit the Colosseum in Rome, I suggest you take the underground tour. The underground Colosseum tour first opened late 2011 and then was closed right away due to storms.  It reopened in April this year.  Upon my travels to Rome I decided that I would go on one of these Colosseum […]

Rome Earthquake Fears

Rome by Night by Di Mackey

There is a rumour flying around the Italian web and a few doom spreading Facebook groups that Rome will be hit by a major earthquake tomorrow, May 11, 2011. There do, oddly enough, appear to have been some bouts of seismic activity recently, and not too far from Rome – keep reading to find out […]