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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...
Pope Benedict XVI passed away
February 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Tens of thousands of Catholics lined up to pay their respects last month to former pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, at the start of three days of lying-in-state at St Peter's Basilica before his funeral. They began lining up before dawn to view...
The stolen art objects return to Italy
February 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Prosecutors in New York returned dozens of antiquities stolen from Italy valued at around $19 million, some of which were found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “These 58 pieces represent thousands of years of rich history, yet traffickers...
A Russian yacht keeps mysteriously disappearing
January 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A luxury yacht owned by a Russian oligarch that was supposedly seized under EU sanctions mysteriously disappeared from a port on the Italian island of Sardinia this summer. The 72-foot Aldabra is owned by Dmitry Mazepin, the billionaire owner of a...
Sheep pastures to revive Pompeii
January 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
In late November, a flock of lawn-mowing sheep were released to trim unruly grass surrounding the ruins of Pompeii as part of an agricultural initiative for the site that also includes plans to revive ancient vineyards. The 150 sheep arrived in...
The Italian population is getting older and older
January 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italy is ageing at a considerably faster rate than its EU peers, with the country’s population having fallen to under 59 million, The Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) said last month. Such significant population decline is a major...
5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Italy’s Adriatic coast
December 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Italy’s Adriatic coast just after 7 a.m. local time on November 9 and was felt most strongly in the Marche region, where panicked residents ran out into the streets. The quake, which struck off-shore at a depth of...
Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany
December 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany believed to date back to ancient Roman times. The statues were discovered under the muddy ruins of an ancient bathhouse in San Casciano dei Bagni, a hilltop...
An Italian woman travel blogger arrested in Iran has been released
December 2022 | La Gazzetta Italiana
An Italian woman travel blogger arrested in Iran in late September has been released and is on the way home, the office of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said last month. "After intense diplomatic work today Alessia Piperno was released by...
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