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Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the Italian label Missoni, died at age 93
February 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the eponymous Italian knitwear label Missoni, died at age 93. The news was confirmed by the president of Italy's Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, who praised the brand's iconic "multicolored textures". He described...
The Monreale Cathedral has unveiled its newly restored mosaics
February 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Monreale Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sicily, has unveiled its newly restored mosaics, returning the 12th century masterpieces to their original splendor. The extensive project, funded in part by the European Union, involved...
Remarkable discoveries emerge from an ancient thermal spa
January 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Bronze snakes, statues, two gold crowns, jewelery, thousands of coins, and perfectly intact eggs are among the latest remarkable discoveries to emerge from the site of an ancient thermal spa in a small town in Tuscany. The trove had been preserved...
St. Peter’s tomb is now being livestreamed
January 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
St. Peter’s tomb is now being livestreamed as the Vatican embraces technology in its quest to connect with Catholics in far-flung places during holy year, an event expected to bring as many as 33 million pilgrims to Rome. Pope Francis on Monday...
Pompeii wil stop ticket to 20,000 a day
December 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pompeii is to limit visitor numbers to 20,000 a day and introduce personalized tickets in an effort to cope with overtourism and protect the world heritage site, officials said last month. This summer, a record 4 million people visited the remains...
Rome is working for the Jubilee 2025
December 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
To prepare for the Vatican’s Jubilee in 2025, Roman officials have announced big plans for the city’s iconic Trevi Fountain. The site will be thoroughly cleaned and restored and a new entry fee will be introduced. The fountain hasn’t received a...
New Museum space for Pompei artefacts in Naples
December 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A massive new museum space that will be dedicated to artefacts from Pompeii is under construction in Naples. MANN 2 will be an expansion of the city’s Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), which houses the largest collection of classical...
A real Picasso painting found in the junk
November 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A painting that was found by a junk dealer while he was clearing out the cellar of a home in Capri and was regularly decried by his wife as “horrible”, is an original portrait by Pablo Picasso, Italian experts have claimed. After he stumbled across...
Lea Pericoli Italian tennis star of the 1950s and 60s, died at age 89
November 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis star of the 1950s and 60s, died at age 89. Regarded as one of Italy’s top players, she reached the last 16 of the French Open twice and the Wimbledon championships three times. On top of her athletic achievements,...
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