Heritage

    After 13 months of works and twenty years since last restoration, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II has been totally restored and will allow the access of passengers to all the sides and to shops.   The advanced machine …

The restoration of the 86 casts found in 1863 in Pompeii is now completed thanks to the technique developed by Giuseppe Fiorelli. Starting May 27, twenty of them will be displayed at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii for the exhibition “Pompeii …

The Alpini is a corp created as a special mountain infantry formation in 1872 by the Italian Ministry of War to work along the arc of the Italian Alps. The corps were composed of mountain men full of rigors of the Alpine …

Margie tells us about a unique experience from Tuscany: learn the Italian art of sculpture! Carrara in Tuscany is not your typical tourist location, but it is the city known for its immense marble quarries. I loved visiting this city …

Rome is hosting a spectacular exhibition displaying Giorgio Morandi’s numerous works at Complesso del Vittoriano until June 21. Including 100 paintings and over 150 works from museums and private collections, this is the largest Morandi display in the past twenty …

One of the most fascinating things about Lucca is the ancient wall that encircles the city. Originally the city was built by the Etruscans and later became a Roman colony in 180 BC. As the city grew so did the …

  The Italian Carabinieri have recovered three frescoes stolen from the ancient archeological area of Pompei in the 1950s, part of a private collection of a deceased United States businessman. The frescoes dates back to the first century BC and feature …

Margie explains what a cameo is and takes us where artisans make it. A cameo is a piece of art, is a part of Italian history, something for the life, something that you can use but almost something that pointed …

  As reported by the Institute for Conservation and Restoration, a 13th-century icon of the Madonna di Sant’Alessio is again shining in the Rectory Church of Saints Boniface and Alexius on Rome’s Aventine Hill following restoration work.     Experts …

Today is the 350th birthday of the Italian inventor of the piano. Indeed, the story of the piano begins in Padua, Italy in 1709, in the shop of a harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, who was employed by …