Rome marks Natale di Roma on 21 April. Rome celebrates 2,776 years today, 21 April, in a popular birthday tradition called
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Rome remembers Nazi deportation in Quadraro
Rome commemorates anniversary of Nazi raid. Today marks the 79th anniversary of the Nazi raid on Quadraro, a south-eastern suburb
Rome celebrates Italian Resistance with festival in Garbatella
Garbatella hosts Festa della Resistenza from 23-25 April. Rome will stage a festival dedicated to the Italian Resistance movement with
Italy senate speaker La Russa slams 1944 partisan attack in Rome
Italy’s partisan association ANPI brands La Russa’s words “shameful”. Italy’s senate speaker Ignazio La Russa was at the centre of
Rome celebrates 2,776th birthday on 21 April 2023
Rome blows out 2,776 candles this year. The Eternal City celebrates its 2,776th birthday on 21 April 2023 with historical re-enactments
Italy remembers the Fosse Ardeatine massacre
Rome marks the 79th anniversary of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre. On 24 March 1944 the Nazi forces then occupying Rome
Italy gives green light to Holocaust Museum in Rome
Works on Museo della Shoah could start this spring. Italy’s right-wing government has approved plans to build a Holocaust Museum in
Leonardo da Vinci’s mother was a slave, new research claims
Research claims that da Vinci was only half-Italian. Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci was the son of a slave who
Santa Francesca Romana: Rome patron saint of drivers
S. Francesca Romana monastery opens on 9 March for one day only. The feast day of the patron saint of
Ides of March: Rome re-enacts assassination of Julius Caesar
Rome’s Largo Argentina site to host historical re-enactment. Rome will mark the Ides of March and the assassination of Julius