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ANSA. Friends and family unable to join foreign couples tying the knot in Venice will now be able to follow the ceremony live online thanks to a new webcam service. The municipal council has organized a system that allows civil ceremonies taking place in Venice city hall a few steps from the Rialto Bridge to be broadcast online at an extra charge. (Read the article)
ANSA. An unemployed man who lost his home in the devastating earthquake which struck the Abruzzo region in April has asked to be put up in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's luxury villa in Sardinia or his stately palazzo in Rome. (Read the article)
ANSA, Celenza Valforte, August 13 - The ducat, Europe's common currency for hundreds of years, made a brief reappearance on Thursday in this small town in the southern Puglia region. (Read the article)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. “It’s become a bit of a mad house,” said Paolo Valli, owner of the neighborhood Bar del Pino in southern Rome, where the number of wagers has tripled in the past month for the SuperEnalotto, which has not registered a winning six-number combination since January (Read the article)
AP. Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, they said Friday. The 2,000-year-old ruins were found about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Rome, near Cittareale, lead archaeologist Filippo Coarelli said. (Read the article)
ANSA. Stolen kisses are the theme of an exhibition currently under way at the castle where Dante's famous doomed lovers Paolo and Francesca locked lips. Works of 18th and 19th century art inspired by literature's most famous kisses between star-crossed lovers are on show at the Rocca di Gradara castle in the central Marche region. (Read the article)
ANSA. A selection of Roberto Capucci's legendary 'fabric sculptures', exploring the fashion maestro's creations in his 60-year career, will soon grace the halls of the lakeside Odescalchi Castle at Bracciano, near Rome. (Read the article)
ANSA. The capital's National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM) is celebrating the grand dame of 20th-century Italian art, critic Palma Bucarelli. Bucarelli, who was GNAM superintendent for 34 years, turned the museum into an international attraction and helped popularize contemporary trends in Italy and abroad. The exhibition commemorates the centenary of her birth with over 150 display items. (Read the article)
ANSA. Pope Benedict XVI is to release a CD of songs, prayers and music in time for Christmas, the Vatican said Friday. The CD is to be released on the Geffen UK label, whose parent company Interscope-Geffen-A&M is better known for stars such as Eminem, Guns N' Roses and the Pussycat Dolls. (Read the article)
ANSA. The ancient coastal town of Altinum, the forefather of Venice, has been mapped out for the first time ever by an Italian team of geographers from Padua University. (Read the article)