History &amp; Culture

Rome: Artemisia Gentileschi was a pioneering and fearless Roman artist whose trailblazing artistic legacy is only being fully appreciated in...

Cake cutting ceremony held to mark National Day of China

Peshawar: A cake cutting ceremony was held at the Chinese Cultural Center Peshawar to mark 73rd National Day of China....

China Cultural Center launches series of lectures on ‘Online Chinese Culture Talk’

Islamabad: China Cultural Center (CCC) in Pakistan has launched a series of lectures on ‘Online Chinese Culture Talk.’ The first...

Italy: October in Rome – What is Ottobrata Romana?

Ottobrate romane were originally October day trips to Rome's countryside.The expression "ottobrata romana" generally conjures up images of basking in...

Italy: Why did the Roman Empire split in two?

Joe Phelan Rome: An old adage states that Rome wasn't built in a day, meaning that big projects take time...

Italy marks European Heritage Days 2022 this weekend

Rome: Italy hosts a nationwide programme of cultural events to mark the 2022 edition of European Heritage Days which is...

Chinese Cultural Counsellor holds meeting with new PNCA chief, discuss cultural cooperation

Islamabad: Cultural Counsellor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Pakistan Zhang Heqing has held a meeting...

Italy opens museums and archaeological sites for free

Rome: State museums and archaeological sites in Rome and across Italy remained open for free on Sunday thanks to the...

2022 China Tourism and Culture Week to kick off in Pakistan on September 6

Islamabad: China Cultural Center in Pakistan Saturday launched a series of online activities to celebrate the global “2022 China Tourism...

Italy museums offer €2 tickets to 18-25 year olds

Rome: Italy's state museums, archaeological sites and monuments offer visitors aged 18 to 25 a special reduced admission fee of...

3rd Century Head of Bodhisattva, illegally traded by discredited Indian Art Collector returned to Pakistan

Canberra: In a momentous ceremony at the High Commission for Pakistan, Canberra, a Gandharan Head of Bodhisattva, dating back to...

Italy marks 50 years since discovery of Riace Bronzes

Rome: Italy marks 50 years since the discovery of the Riace Bronzes, two ancient Greek warrior statues found by chance...

Italy: Rome opens archaeological dig to public

Rome: Rome opens an archaeological dig in Largo Corrado Ricci to visitors, with free guided tours on select dates over...

7000 people registered for Pakistan Food and Cultural Festival organized at Langfang, China

Islamabad: Pakistan Embassy, Beijing organized a Food and Cultural Festival at the state-of-the-art Silk Road Art and Cultural Centre in...

Getty to return three major sculptures to Italy

Tom Mashberg and Elisabetta Povoledo Rome: A beautifully preserved grouping of three life-size terra-cotta figures dating to 300 B.C. that...

Italy: Roman bridge discovered during road works in Rome

Rome: Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman bridge from the Imperial era during an excavation alongside the Via...

Italy: WW2 bomb revealed in drought-hit waters of River Po

Borgo Virgilio: Heatwaves sweeping Europe this summer have brought not just record high temperatures and scorched fields: the drought-stricken waters...

Italy opens Museum of Italian Language in Florence

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Florence: Italy will launch a new Museum of the Italian Language, at the S. Maria Novella complex in Florence today...

Italy opens new museum of rescued treasures in Rome

Rome: Italy has opened a new museum showcasing ancient artefacts that were looted from Italian archaeological sites and trafficked abroad...

Italy to help preserve cultural heritage

Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government and Italy are working very closely in...

Italy to help preserve cultural heritage

Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government and Italy are working very closely in...

China Soong Ching Ling Foundation “Junior Cultural Ambassadors” Event launched

Gwadar Pro Islamabad: In order to promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning, and tighten people-to-people bonds between different countries, China...

Festa della Repubblica celebrated

Rome: Italian Republic Day, also widely known as ‘Festa della Repubblica’ for Italians, was nationally celebrated on Thursday. The historical...

CCC to launch eight-episode documentary series about Chinese generation

Islamabad: The China Cultural Center (CCC) will launch an eight-episode documentary series about Chinese generations post-80s and 90s. The documentary...

Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica with public holiday on June 2

Rome: Italy celebrates Festa della Repubblica, Italy's Republic Day, with a national public holiday on Thursday 2 June 2022. This...

Italy: The day Michelangelo’s Pietà was vandalised

Rome: 50 years ago today, a Hungarian man called Laszlo Toth climbed over an altar rail in St Peter’s Basilica...

Italy: Open House Roma 2022: Discover Rome’s hidden architectural gems

Rome: Registration is open for the 2022 edition of Open House Roma which opens the doors of 200 of Rome’s...

Italy seeks Unesco world heritage status for Appian Way

Rome: Italy has begun the candidacy process to have the Via Appia Antica inserted in the Unesco World Heritage List,...

Italy: Tourist falls in Rome’s Borghese Gallery, damages Guido Reni painting

Rome: Rome museum experts are assessing the damage caused to a painting by Baroque master Guido Reni after a visitor...

Italy: Court says kids should take surnames of both parents

Rome: Italian rules requiring children to be given automatically only their father’s surname are unlawful, the country’s constitutional court ruled...

Italy: Rome’s 100 Painters return to Via Margutta

Rome: 100 Pittori, Rome's historic open-air art event, returns to Via Margutta with its 117th edition from April 28 to...

Italy to celebrate Labour Day on May 1

Rome: Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a nationwide...

Italy: Rome museums free for city’s 2,775th birthday on 21 April

Rome: Rome celebrates its 2,775th birthday by opening city-run museums for free on Thursday 21 April 2022. The free opening...

Italy: Ancient Rome comes to life for city’s 2,775th birthday

Rome: Rome celebrates its 2,775th birthday on 21 April 2022. The annual event, known as Natale di Roma, is based...

Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese, Albana Ferrarese greet Christians on Easter, wish global peace

Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy Andreas Ferrarese and his wife Albana Ferrarese on Sunday greeted the Christians in Italy, Pakistan and...

Italy: May Day concert returns to Rome piazza after two years

Rome: The traditional concert to celebrate Labour Day in Italy returns to Rome's Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano on 1...

Italy: President inaugurates Italy’s Capital of Culture 2022

Rome: Italian president Sergio Mattarella visited Procida on Saturday to inaugurate the tiny island in the Gulf of Naples as...

Italy: Rome marks ANZAC Day 2022

Rome: The embassies of Australia and New Zealand in Rome will mark ANZAC Day 2022 with a memorial service on...

Italy: The story of Easter cake – Colomba

Rome: The traditional 'dove-shaped' Colomba di Pasqua or Colomba pasquale has been a firm fixture on the Easter calendar in...

Italy: Rome reopens underground Roman houses on Caelian Hill

Rome: The Case Romane del Celio is an underground archaeological site comprising 20 rooms on various levels under the church...

Fossils of dinosaur footprints, water ripples found in East China

Jinan: Well-preserved fossils of dinosaur footprints and water ripples were found during a field survey carried out by Zhucheng Dinosaur...

Rome: Rome will celebrate its 2,775th birthday on 21 April 2022.

Known as Natale di Roma, the annual birthday celebration is based on the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in...

Italy: Rome remembers the Fosse Ardeatine massacre

Rome: On this day 78 years ago, the Nazi forces then occupying Rome carried out one of the most horrific...

Italy celebrates Italian Unity Day

Rome: Italian president Sergio Mattarella marked Italian Unity Day on Thursday by saying that Italy and "other countries that share...

Italy: Pesaro wins county’s Capital of Culture 2024 title

Pesaro: The Italian seaside city of Pesaro has been proclaimed as the country's Capital of Culture 2024, the culture ministry...

Italy: Ides of March – Rome remembers Julius Caesar

Rome: The Ides of March was the 74th day in the Roman calendar, determined by the full moon, and corresponded...

Italy: Rome in March means Marathons

Rome: The 2022 Rome-Ostia half marathon returned to the capital on Sunday (March 6), resulting in numerous street closures and...

Italy: 75 Italian photographers show history

Rome: The Photo Exhibition Italiae, from Alinari to the Masters of Contemporary Photography, kicked off at Chongqing Library on Monday,...

Chinese cultural event ‘Lantern Festival’ celebrated at UoS

Sargodha: Chinese cultural event, Lantern Festival, was celebrated at the University of Sargodha (UoS) here. The event was co-organised by...

Italy: Shelley in Rome film screening at Spanish Steps

Rome: Rome's Keats-Shelley House will host a free public screening of the short film Shelley in Rome on the façade...

Beijing makes progress in Central Axis application to world heritage list

China Economic Net Beijing: Beijing has made progress in the application for its Central Axis to be included in the...

Italy: Venice’s floating carnival returns

Hermione Kitson in Venice Venice: Italy's floating city of Venice is preparing for the return of its world-famous Carnival, which...

Italy displays Michelangelo’s three Pietà sculptures together for first time

Florence: The three Pietà sculptures by Renaissance master Michelangelo will be displayed together for the first time in an exhibition...

Italy: Rome opens city museums for free

Rome: Rome's city-run museums are open for free to all visitors - residents and tourists - on Sunday 6 February....

Italy: The story of Rome’s carnival – Carnevale Romano

Rome: The first certain traces of Rome's carnival celebrations date back to the 12th century. The ludus carnevalarii saw the...

Roundtable on Gilgit-Baltistan’s rich history and placement in BRI organized

Islamabad: NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) has organised a high-level roundtable on Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), its rich history and placement...

Italy lowers price for 16th century Roman villa after first auction fails

Rome: An Italian tribunal lowered the minimum price for a 16th century Roman villa that boasts Caravaggio’s only fresco after...

Italy’s sale of the century: Rome villa with its own Caravaggio

Rome: Rome's Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, home to the world's only ceiling mural painted by Caravaggio, is up for...

The Exhibition ‘NINGYO: Art and Beauty of Japanese Dolls’ inaugurated at the National Art Gallery

Islamabad: To kick start the 70th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Pakistan, the Embassy...

Italy: Rome unearths ancient dog statue and tombs under street

Rome: Rome archaeologists have unveiled the remains of a 2,000-year old burial complex discovered during street works in the Appio...

Italy celebrates 100 years of Pasolini

Rome: Italy is to mark the centenary of the birth of the film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo...

Italy welcomes home trafficked antiquities from US museums