ItalyUpdate

During the closing months of World War II, two colossal Roman ceremonial barges were destroyed when the museum that housed them went on fire.

My husband and I came upon the Villa Garibaldi just by chance. We were driving around the lesser known byways near the Lazio-Abruzzo border when we came across the town of Riofreddo and a sign among the trees caught our attention.

  Glasses will be clinking merrily in the heart of Rome between the  29th February to the 2nd March during the first Rome Wine Festival.

The prestigious Hotel Malaspina Notturno Italiano, situated in the heart of Florence, is offering tempting......

The Eiffel Tower? Yes I know this is supposed to be about Italy and the Eiffel Tower is of course in Paris, France, not Italy.  But¦.








 

Napoleon Bonaparte was actually Nabulione, or perhaps Nicola, Buonaparte and his family was not Corsican in origin, but Tuscan, according to the town of San Miniato, near Pisa.

Rome Flaminio Stadium has now become the Italian capitals official rugby field, on par with Twickenham in England and Scotlands Murrayfield

The Focara  di Novoli, (16^th -18^th January 2016) one of Europe's biggest and most spectacular winter festivals, ushers in the New Year with an ambitious programme that incorporates both local and international dimensions. The Fňcara, a gigantic bonfire in honour of St. Anthony the Abbot, rises to a height of 25m and has involved the entire population of the town in its preparation ever since the first week of December.

The small town of Ariccia in the Castelli Romani hills south of Rome is the proud winner of two prizes from Rome Regional government for its selective waste collection policy. The recently awarded 4  prize regarding plastic recycling carries a cash award that the town council plans to use to invest in new plastic recycling initiaitves, as well as security cameras aimed at discouraging illegal rubbish dumpers.