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Papa Francesco return to Greece Parthenon ornament
May 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
The desire of Pope Francis to right a wrong has led to the official return to Greece from the Vatican of three ornately carved fragments that once adorned the Parthenon. The sculptures were unveiled on the upper floor of the Acropolis Museum,...
Earthquake in Umbria
April 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit Perugia in Italy's central Umbria region on March 9 causing little damage but leaving residents shaken. The earthquake hit at 4:05 p.m. local time and reached a magnitude of 4.4, according to the National Institute of...
fourteen desperate migrants drown in the sea
April 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Fourteen people drown when an Italy-bound boat sunk off the coast of Tunisia. People from sub-Saharan African countries trying to cross the Mediterranean after a rise in racist incidents against Black Africans in Tunisia were on board. Tunisia’s...
Two Italian air force planes collided
April 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Two Italian air force planes collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground, killing both pilots in early March. The air force pilots were killed during an exercise when the light aircraft they were flying collided mid-air and crashed to the ground,...
Baseball: first time Italy faced Cuba
April 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Cuba and Italy had never faced off in World Baseball Classic play before their matchup in Pool A at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium on March 9. And after that game, fans may want them to face off in every WBC. The matchup had everything:...
Florence Baptistry, unique view of magnificent mosaics
March 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Restorers launched a groundbreaking project in Florence's historic Baptistry last month, allowing visitors a unique view of magnificent mosaics including a three-headed devil which inspired Italian poet Dante. For the next six years, tourists will...
Save the Verdi's house
March 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Opera houses across Italy have come together to help the government meet the shortfall on a bid to save for the nation a country house lived in by composer Giuseppe Verdi for 50 years. Villa Verdi in Sant’Agata di Villanova – close to the town of...
An ancient Roman statue discovered under via Appia
March 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
An ancient Roman statue of Hercules has been discovered during repairs to the sewerage system underneath a park in Rome. The statue, which apparently dates back to the Roman imperial period (27BC to AD476), emerged from the ground around the second...
The Uffizi Museum will raise its prices in peak-season
February 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
After Florence’s Uffizi announced it would raise peak-season prices, Italy's culture minister said it was the right move as the “average American family” could afford to pay more. The Uffizi art gallery in Florence said it was increasing its basic...
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