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Foreign media's impression of Rome

16 April, 2020
Writer James Joyce did not love Rome which he used to describe as a man who lives by exhibiting to travellers his grandmother’s corpse, but years have passed since those days and now foreign magazines and newspapers tend to praise…

Trajan's Baths to celebrate its 1900th birthday

1 April, 2020
Next Sunday (September 26) the baths of Trajan, a massive bathing and leisure complex in Rome, will celebrate its 1900th birthday. For the occasion, after eleven years, the famous Sette Sale or Seven Rooms,will be open to public for a…

Flood alarm in Rome

20 March, 2020
The Corbara dam near Orvieto is an artificial barrier that impounds the waters of the Tiber river; it was built to generate electricity by water power. In order to prevent the Tiber waters from overflowing (heavy rains have inflated the…

Jason Priestley's Roman summer

14 March, 2020
Jason Priestly has just arrived in Rome with wife and children in tow! The American actor who became famous thanks to his role in the Beverly Hills 90210 series back in the 1990s is spending a short holiday in Italy’s…