ItalyUpdate

Experts are hoping to announce a scoop to mark the 400 th centenary of Caravaggios death by identifying his remains, located in a mass grave in the crypt of the cemetery of Porta Ercole (Tuscany).

Hotels in Italy are finally wakening up to the fact that there are a lot of dog owners around who want to take their pets on holiday with them.

Campi Flegrei, near Pozzuoli (Campania) will be the spectacular setting for the 5 th edition of Malazè, the Crater of Taste, a novel Fair formula, where gastronomy and archaeology are combined.

  ITALIAN MUSEUM  HAPPY HOURS 

Several leading Italian museums are introducing a Happy Hour with aperitif and entertainment, in order to attract a younger public.

Following the example of the London Tate Modern, which drew crowds with its highly successful Late at Tate iniziative, three Italian contemporary art museums - the Guggenheim Museum of Venice, the Madre of Naples and the Macro of Rome  are organizing Happy hour events over the summer, with drinks, live music and video showings included in the entrance price.

A previously unidentified bas-relief carving of the Greek wind god, Aeolus, has now been definitely attributed to the great renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarotti.

The small town of Genzano, in the Castelli Romani near Rome, is to hold the 232 nd edition of its famous Flower Festival on the 11-14 June 2010.... 

15 towns within a 60-km radius in the provinces of Piacenza and Parma, known as Terre Verdiana (Verdi Land) in honour of the famous Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, born at Roncole de Busseto, Parma in 1813, are staging a three month musical event between the 11 June- 29 August 2010.

Ten finalists have been selected for this years Most Beautiful Garden in Italy contest, organized by Briggs & Stratton, the US manufacturer of garden equipment and machinery.

An unusual exhibition in Rome involving eleven contemporary international artists and spread over five highly evocative Roman sights ....

The long overdue restoration of the great amphitheatre of Pompeii and its re-opening to the public will be celebrated with a concert on the 10 June 2010,