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An estimated 300,000 Italian editions are in store for Pope Benedict XVI's The Childhood of Jesus after the Vatican resolved a price tussle with publishers, ANSA sources said Tuesday.
VENICE — Francesco Guardi’s pictures gained scant attention during his lifetime and fetched pathetically low prices.
After an earthquake and more than two years of restoration work, the striking Chapel of St. Nicholas in the lower Basilica of San Francis in Assisi is finally complete, revealing what experts say is proof that medieval master Giotto painted its frescoes.
The guest list of stars attending the seventh edition of the Rome International Film Festival from 9-17 November includes Jude Law, Bill Murray, Stephen Dorff and Adrien Brody.
A line-up of Italian VIPs - a famed Argentinian-born showgirl, a prominent member of parliament, and the chairman of the Berlusconi-controlled Medusa film company - testified on Monday for the defense in the trial of Italian ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi for alleged sex with an underage prostitute and alleged abuse of power.
For more than 400 years, Florence's Accademia della Crusca has studied and promoted the Italian language. And now, it's getting into social networking.
The South of Italy loses about 18,000 local university graduates each year when they receive job offers from central or northern Italy, according to the Svimez think-tank.The South of Italy also loses about 18,000 local university graduates each year when they receive job offers from central or northern Italy, according to the Svimez think-tank.
ROME (AP) -Inter Milan has just replaced Napoli as the top challenger to Juventus in Serie A and the timing couldn't be better with Italy's derby scheduled this weekend.
(Reuters) - Tourists in Venice put plastic bags over their legs and residents wore rubber boots as water rose to knee-high levels in many parts of the lagoon city on Thursday.
A year ago, a freak rainstorm hit the Cinque Terre, an idyllic string of five Italian Riviera towns. Within four hours, the region got 22 inches of rain — a third of an average year's total. While three of the towns went virtually undamaged, the other two — Monterosso and Vernazza — were devastated. Buried under nearly 10 feet of mud that slid down from the hillsides, the towns were left without water, electricity, or phone connections. It was a day residents will talk about for the rest of their lives.