Culture

In 325 A.D. the Nicean Council decided Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox, unless the first full moon also rose on a Sunday, in which case Easter would be …

The portraits of twenty eight wise men, scattered during the 17th century, have been temporarily reunited and coming back to the Studiolo of Duke Federico da Montefeltro, in the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino. Around 1476, Federico da Montefeltro had a …

The Golden Altar at the front of the nave was made in 835: the wonderful masterpiece of the golden altar for the Basilica of Saint Ambrose was commisioned by Bishop Erminio De Scalzi who was very careful about the iconographic details.  …

Turin got back its Egyptian museum after a 50-million-euro revamp and three years of renovation work. For the first time, visitors will have the chance to see the whole of the museum, famous for housing the world’s second-largest collection of Egyptian …

Italy will issue soon two new two-euro commemorative coins, one dedicated to Milan Expo 2015 and the other to poet Dante Alighieri.   According to the Treasure department, the coins will be legal tender throughout all of the eurozone countries, …

 The first of its kind, the Mediterranean Diet Roundtable is about to take place on Thursday April 9, 2015 at the CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue, New York City). This exclusive networking event will bring together an elite of …

According to farmers’ association Coldiretti, around four in 10 pizza makers in Italy are non-Italian. Indeed, at least 100K people are employed in the pizza sector on a regular basis with an additional 50,000 people hired at weekends to meet the rise …

Hidden between plants, Carabinieri found a precious statue of the Roman II-III century. A.D. depicting the god Mithras slaying the bull stolen through a clandestine excavation in Tarquinia. It has been estimated that the work value may be around 8 …

As last Sunday they helped distribute the pocket-sized Gospel Francis had prepared for pilgrims attending the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, now the Pope decided to be grateful and invite some of those 400 homeless people to visit the Vatican Museum. …

It will be hard not to get emotional by looking at the three Crucifixes by Donatello displayed in one solo exhibition called “Donatello unveiled. Masterpieces in comparison “, set in the halls of the Diocesan Museum of Padua, from March …