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  • New Rooms Opened at Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo New Rooms Opened at Rome’s Ca... Published on Thursday, July 20, 2017 by
    Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome has opened previously closed-off spaces, including a series of three rooms known as the Cambellotti Rooms, to the public for the first time, and is also providing new ways for visitors to interact with and understand the historic monument. Guests can access...
  • Rome Turns Off Some Drinking Fountains Rome Turns Off Some Drinking Founta... Published on Friday, July 14, 2017 by
    A summer heat wave is prompting the city of Rome to turn off up to 30 of the city’s 2,800 public drinking fountains every day, much to the Roman public’s dismay. The fountains supply clean – and free – drinking water on street corners and in piazzas around the city, and some are co...
  • Fendi Funds Renovation of More Roman Fountains Fendi Funds Renovation of More Roma... Published on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 by
    Fendi, one of Italy’s most famous and respected fashion houses, will finance the restoration of four symbolic fountains in Rome—an announcement which follows Fendi’s recent financing of the Trevi Fountain restoration and renovation of Quattro Fontane. The latest fountains to get s...
  • Rome Bans Centurion Impersonators Rome Bans Centurion Impersonators Published on Sunday, December 6, 2015 by
    As Rome prepares for a Jubilee Year (otherwise known as a Catholic Holy Year), city authorities have banned actors who dress up as ancient centurion guards and charge tourists for photo opportunities of and with them. According to Reuters, new and extended security measures for the Jub...
  • Remains of Arch of Titus Discovered in Rome Remains of Arch of Titus Discovered... Published on Monday, June 29, 2015 by
    Back in 81 AD, the Roman Emperor would have entered the Circus Maximus in grand style, standing in a chariot steered through the newly constructed Arch of Titus. But until recently, the only records of that structure existed in medieval-era documents; stone that wasn’t pilfered sank bene...
  • Gladiator School in Rome To Be Restored Gladiator School in Rome To Be Rest... Published on Friday, June 12, 2015 by
    Rome’s gladiator barracks, part of the city’s famous Colosseum, may soon be accessible to the public—thanks, in part, to the Kuwaiti government. An ancient tunnel linking those training chambers to the main arena could be restored with funds from a multi-million dollar grant from ...
  • Curbing Rome’s Car Habit Curbing Rome’s Car Habit Published on Friday, April 24, 2015 by
    Via Urbana, a quiet cobblestone street, will be the first car-free street in Rome after a municipal council vote to make the street a wholly pedestrian area. Anyone who has ever visited The Eternal City will testify to its eternal din from scooters, cabs and honking cars of all shapes an...
  • Rome’s Catacombs of Priscilla Reopen, Mapped by Google Rome’s Catacombs of Priscilla... Published on Thursday, November 21, 2013 by
    The Catacombs of Priscilla in Rome, eight miles of tunnels off the Via Salaria, reopened to the public this week after years of restoration. Catacombs were used for Christian burial in Rome from the late 2nd century to the 4th century.  These series of burial chambers, carved out o...