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Rome’s English language magazine since 1985.
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Today is the feast day of Santa Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians, portrayed here by Guido Reni in a 1606 painting in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum.
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Today is the feast day of Santa Cecilia, patron saint of music and musicians, portrayed here by Guido Reni in a 1606 painting in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum.
Rome’s new one-way traffic system in Piazza Venezia, in place until 2031, as works continue on the Metro C station.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Rome’s new one-way traffic system in Piazza Venezia, in place until 2031, as works continue on the Metro C station.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A massive rescue effort is underway in Rome tonight to free a man trapped under rubble inside an upper floor of a mediaeval tower that partly collapsed twice today during renovations. #TorredeiConti
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A massive rescue effort is underway in Rome tonight to free a man trapped under rubble inside an upper floor of a mediaeval tower that partly collapsed twice today during renovations. #TorredeiConti
A cat visits the Rome grave of English Romantic poet John Keats who was born on this day in 1795.
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A cat visits the Rome grave of English Romantic poet John Keats who was born on this day in 1795.
Umbrella pines in Rome’s rose garden frame a view of the Vittoriano
October 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Umbrella pines in Rome’s rose garden frame a view of the Vittoriano
Oscar Wilde, who was born on this day in 1854, in front of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius at the Campidoglio in Rome in April 1900, seven months before his death in Paris.
October 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Oscar Wilde, who was born on this day in 1854, in front of the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius at the Campidoglio in Rome in April 1900, seven months before his death in Paris.
Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus minus the cypress trees that the city cut down
October 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus minus the cypress trees that the city cut down
Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of Rome in solidarity with Gaza.
October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of Rome in solidarity with Gaza.
Organisers of last night’s protest in Rome in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla estimated that 50,000 people joined the march from the Colosseum.
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Organisers of last night’s protest in Rome in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla estimated that 50,000 people joined the march from the Colosseum.
Caravaggio was born on this day in 1571
September 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Caravaggio was born on this day in 1571
Rome steps closer to opening the Metro C subway station at the Colosseum
September 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Rome steps closer to opening the Metro C subway station at the Colosseum
On this day in 1870, with the Breach of Porta Pia, Italian Bersaglieri led by Raffaele Cadorna marched down Via Pia, having defeated Pope Pius IX's papal troops. Rome subsequently assumed capital city status from Florence and Via Pia was renamed Via XX Settembre.
September 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
On this day in 1870, with the Breach of Porta Pia, Italian Bersaglieri led by Raffaele Cadorna marched down Via Pia, having defeated Pope Pius IX's papal troops. Rome subsequently assumed capital city status from Florence and Via Pia was renamed Via XX Settembre.
Michelangelo’s Pietà recreated with drones over St Peter’s in the Vatican last night.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Michelangelo’s Pietà recreated with drones over St Peter’s in the Vatican last night.
Dante Alighieri, known as the father of the Italian language, died on this day in 1321.
September 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Dante Alighieri, known as the father of the Italian language, died on this day in 1321.
Rome remembers the victims of 9/11
September 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rome remembers the victims of 9/11
Postcard from Rome: Testaccio residents bid farewell to Marcello, who sold flowers in the neighbourhood for decades, covering his kiosk with messages of affection.
September 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Postcard from Rome: Testaccio residents bid farewell to Marcello, who sold flowers in the neighbourhood for decades, covering his kiosk with messages of affection.
Tucked away in a corner of Michelangelo’s Cloister in the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, a cat appears in a trompe-l’œil door painted by Filippo Balbi in 1855. #caturday
August 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tucked away in a corner of Michelangelo’s Cloister in the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, a cat appears in a trompe-l’œil door painted by Filippo Balbi in 1855. #caturday
“I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life… Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.” Goethe was born on this day in 1749.
August 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life… Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.” Goethe was born on this day in 1749.
Happy #InternationalDogDay from Rome
August 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Happy #InternationalDogDay from Rome
This brick-faced Case Popolari complex, a beautiful example of early-20th century social housing in Rome’s San Saba district, was designed by architect Quadrio Pirani and built between 1907 and 1923.
August 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This brick-faced Case Popolari complex, a beautiful example of early-20th century social housing in Rome’s San Saba district, was designed by architect Quadrio Pirani and built between 1907 and 1923.