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The sight, smell and taste of roasted chestnuts are one of the hallmarks of an Italian autumn - but production of the nuts has hit a "historic low" in 2016.
Dante and his Divine Comedy rank highly on the list of Italy’s best cultural exports, but even if you haven't actually got round to reading his work, why not soak up some of his genius by visiting one of the towns where the poet spent his days?
Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago put a definitive end on Tuesday to Rome's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the city's newly elected mayor refused to support the project.
Archaeologists working in the Etruscan necropolis of Vulci near Viterbo have found 17 tombs containing a variety of ornaments and jewellery left by relatives of the deceased to facilitate their passage to the afterlife.
October 3, 2016, marks three years since a shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa killed 368 migrants, a tragedy seen by many as a key moment in Europe's migrant crisis.
The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, located at the foot of Venice's Rialto bridge, reopens to the public on Saturday as a luxury retail centre with space for culture as well.
Art exhibitions opening across Italy at the weekend feature masterpieces by prominent names in the contemporary art world at a new show at Rome's Chiostro del Bramante titled 'Love'.
Italian singer and rapper Lorenzo Cherubini, best known as "Jovanotti", turns 50 on Tuesday and is celebrating several decades of chart and musical success.
Rome’s iconic Spanish Steps officially reopened to the public Thursday after a cleaning and repair job financed by luxury jeweler Bulgari, the latest in a series of privately-funded restorations of Italy’s cultural treasures.
A show exploring the iconographic repertoire that fed the imagination of Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto on the 500th anniversary of the publication of his epic poem Orlando Furioso opens tomorrow in Ferrara.