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Virginia’s state-run fine arts museum, give back stolen Arts
January 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Virginia’s state-run fine arts museum has begun the process of returning 44 pieces of ancient art to their countries of origin after law enforcement officials presented the institution with what it called “irrefutable evidence” that the works had...
Pope Francis has already given directions for his funeral
January 2024 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Pope Francis told a Mexican broadcaster he will break with tradition and simplify papal funeral. Pope Francis has said he has “already prepared” his tomb in a Rome basilica in a further sign of the pontiff’s quest to break from longstanding Vatican...
A flower's collection 500 years old
December 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A collection of pressed flowers taken from the hillsides of Bologna 500 years ago is unlocking knowledge about how the climate crisis and human migration is changing landscapes in northern Italy. Picked between 1551 and 1586 by the Renaissance...
A diver has discovered thousands of old bronze coins near the coast of Sardinia
December 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
An Italian diver’s sighting of something metallic near the coast of Sardinia has led to the discovery of tens of thousands of Roman bronze coins, Italy’s culture ministry has said. After the man alerted the authorities, divers from an art...
Now you can visit the room where Michealangelo hid from Pope Clement VII
December 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The room where Michelangelo hid from Pope Clement VII in 1530, whose walls are covered with his etchings, opened to the public last month. Sketches drawn on the walls of a small room in Florence by Renaissance artist Michelangelo as he hid from an...
Seagulls have occupied the runways of Venice airport
November 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Venice’s Marco Polo airport was forced to close briefly last month after an unusually large number of seagulls “invaded” the runway, leading flights to be delayed or redirected. Various tools were deployed to ward off the gulls, including a...
The parchments burned by Vesuvius in 79AD will be read by the AI
November 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
When the blast from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached Herculaneum in 79 A.D., it burned hundreds of ancient scrolls to a crisp in the library of a luxury villa and buried the Roman town in ash and pumice. The disaster appeared to have...
Campi Flegrei alerts the population near Naples
November 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
At press time, the Italian government was planning for a possible mass evacuation of tens of thousands of people who live around the Campi Flegrei super volcano near Naples. The new measures, which include a scheme to check on the strength of...
Raynair threatens to abandon flights to Italian islands
October 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
At press time, Ryanair was threatening to cut more routes due to Italy’s flight price cap. "We have already reduced flights by 10 percent to Sardinia and we will do the same for Sicily this winter," O'Leary said early last month, amid an ongoing...
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