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The Tower of Pisa is 850 years old
September 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The Tower of Pisa, one of the most admired and famous buildings in the world, has kicked off its 850th birthday celebrations after the laying of its first stone on August 9, 1173. Considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, together with the whole...
A ticket to visit Rome's Pantheon
August 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Tourists visiting Rome's Pantheon will now be charged €5 to enter. The July 3 introduction of an entry fee at Italy's most visited cultural site comes after an agreement was signed in March by the Italian culture ministry and church officials....
Paolo Di Paolo, Italian photographer, passed at age 98
August 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian photographer Paolo Di Paolo died in June at age 98 in his hometown of Larino, in Italy’s central region of Molise. His daughter Silvia confirmed that he “has arrived at the end of his extraordinary life and left us this morning.” Further...
A 2,000-year-old fresco found in Pompeii depicts a Pizza
August 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A still life fresco resembling a pizza was found among the ruins of ancient Pompeii. The fresco, which dates back 2,000 years, emerged during excavations in the Regio IX area of Pompeii’s archaeological park, which is close to Naples, the...
Extreme meteorological phenomena flood Emilia Romagna
July 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
After floods devastated much of the northeastern Emilia Romagna region last month, researchers said that climate change was not the only factor behind the "rare" event. After three cyclones hit the northern Italian region in mid-May, a team of...
The canals of Venice have turned green
July 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Venetians witnessed a strange sight in late May, as a patch of water in the city's central waterway appeared to have turned fluorescent green. Local authorities collected water samples and opened an urgent investigation. Speculation is rife as to...
Italy could shut down its coal-fired
July 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
According to Reuters, Italy could shut down its coal-fired power stations in 2024, a year earlier than planned, if gas prices remain at current low levels, Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said last month. Italy, which had to find an...
An American man decides to return the archaeological finds from Naples
June 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
An American man has returned 30 antiquities to Italy after reading a Guardian report about a compatriot who sent 19 antiquities back to their countries of origin amid growing coverage of looted ancient artefacts. Jay Stanley, who lives in Ben...
A real Tuscan Bridge in Da Vinci's picture “Monna Lisa”
June 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A small town in Tuscany is revelling in excitement after it was claimed that the bridge painted in the backdrop of the most famous portrait in the world – Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa – belongs to the town. The Italian historian Silvano Vinceti...
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