Al-Quds Day reminds Muslims of commitment to Palestine: Pakistani Mufti
Islamabad: Pakistani Sunni mufti says Imam Khomeini’s decision to commemorate the International Day of Quds…
History & Culture
Pakistan, China sign deal to enhance cultural ties, business connectivity
Islamabad: Pakistan and China has signed the bilateral Partnership to increase cultural ties and understanding…
Italy unveils winning floor design for Colosseum arena
Rome: Rome’s Colosseum will have a new retractable arena floor within the next two years…
Italy: Rome celebrates 2,774th birthday in 2021
Rome: Rome celebrates its 2,774th birthday on 21 April 2021. Known as Natale di Roma,…
Italy: ANZAC Day memorial service in Rome will be online on 25 April
Rome: The New Zealand and Australian embassies in Italy will commemorate ANZAC Day this year…
Italy: Who was Dante Alighieri and why is The Divine Comedy so important?
Rome: Dante Alighieri is making news around the world, 700 years after his death, particularly…
Italy: The story of Easter cake Colomba
Rome: The traditional ‘dove-shaped’ Colomba di Pasqua or Colomba pasquale has been a firm fixture…
Italy: Dante sculpture in Florence likened to Rome’s infamous Christmas tree
Florence: When Florence unveiled a large sculpture inspired by Dante on the 700th anniversary of…
Dante: Italy celebrates the Father of the Italian Language
Rome: Italy celebrates Dante Alighieri, the mediaeval poet and philosopher known as the Father of…
Italy’s The Trevi Fountain: A Brief History
Rome: The English poet Percy Blythe Shelley said that “fountains are enough to justify a…
Italy: Tracing the origins of Rome’s Circus Maximus
Rome: Early morning. But for a man slowly walking his dachshund, the vast oval of…
Italy: Rome remembers Julius Caesar
Rome: The Ides of March was the 74th day in the Roman calendar, determined by…
Exhibition displaying photographs of historic moments of Pakistan-China friendship held in Beijing
Beijing: An exhibition displaying photographs of important historic moments of Pakistan-China friendship to commemorate 70th…
Italy has a new way to combat over tourism
Rome: Selfies in front of Botticelli’s Venus. Closeups of David’s manhood. Bottlenecks climbing to the…
Italy: Pompeii discovers ancient processional carriage
Pompeii: The Pompeii archaeological park has announced the discovery of an ancient four-wheeled processional carriage,…
Italy: Pope Francis visits Holocaust survivor Edith Bruck in Rome
Rome: Pope Francis paid a visit to the Rome home of Edith Bruck, a Holocaust…
Italy appoints Gabriel Zuchtriegel as new Pompeii director
Rome: Italy’s culture ministry has appointed Gabriel Zuchtriegel, a 39-year-old German archaeologist, as the new…
Italy: Rome reopens Palatine Museum
Rome: The Palatine Museum has reopened to the public, after an extended closure under Italy’s…
Italy: The 2,000-year history of favorite dish
Naples: What first springs to mind when you think of Italy? For some, it’ll be…
Italy: Carnevale Romano, the story of Rome’s carnival
Rome: This year, due to the covid-19 crisis and Italy’s restrictions on crowds, Carnevale in…
Italy: Rome moves bus terminal before opening Mausoleum of Augustus
Rome: Rome is to move the city bus terminal from Piazza Augusto Imperatore ahead of…
China Cultural Center in Pakistan plans online programs to celebrate Chinese New Year 2021
Islamabad: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relation between…
Italy: Domenico Bianchi exhibition at Lorcan O’Neill Gallery in Rome
Rome: Bianchi is known for the recurrent use of biomorphic signs in his works, and…
Italy: Rome has a new culture councillor
Rome: Rome mayor Virginia Raggi has reshuffled her cabinet, making the 19th change to her…
Italy: Pompeii unveils its treasures in reopened Antiquarium museum
Rome: Pompeii’s museum has been given a new lease of life after a long history…
Beautiful island will be Italy’s Capital of Culture for 2022
Naples: The tiny and beautiful island of Procida has just won the title of Italy’s…
Stolen 500-year-old Leonardo Da Vinci painting recovered in Italy
Rome: Italian police have found a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi in…
Covid-19: Are museums in Italy about to reopen?
Rome: Museums and archaeological sites in Italy’s ‘yellow zone’ regions could reopen from 16 January,…
Italy: Pompeii’s Alexander Mosaic to be restored
Naples: Pompeii’s celebrated mosaic of Alexander the Great’s victory over King Darius III of Persia…
Italy: Rome’s Arch of Septimius Severus to be restored
Rome: The Arch of Septimius Severus – one of ancient Rome’s most recognised monuments –…
Italy begins year of Dante anniversary events with virtual Uffizi exhibition
Rome: Eighty-eight rarely seen drawings of Dante’s The Divine Comedy have been put on virtual…
Italy: Rome streets bid farewell to cobblestones
Rome: Rome’s traditional cobblestones or sampietrini are to disappear from 68 streets in the centre,…
2000-year-old Roman-era equivalent of fast food stall unearthed in Italy
Rome: A 2,000-year-old fast-food stall unearthed from the ash of Pompeii has given researchers new…
Wealth of intangible heritage in China is amazing: Convention secretary
China Economic Net Beijing: The wealth of intangible heritage in China is amazing, said Tim…
Italy: Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus to reopen after 14 years
Rome: Rome’s Mausoleum of Augustus will reopen to the public on 1 March 2021 following…
Italy to establish cultural center in Islamabad: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese
Islamabad: The Italian Ambassador to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese said Tuesday that Italy wanted to establish…
Italy: Domenico Bianchi exhibition at Lorcan O’Neill Gallery in Rome
Rome: Roman artist Domenico Bianchi shows new large-scale works, made using wax and cherry wood,…
Zardari felicitates Sindhis all over the world
Islamabad: Former President of Pakistan and President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Asif Ali Zardari has…
Italy: Did Michelangelo carve a graffiti portrait in Florence?
Florence: A carving of a man’s face on the walls of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence,…
Italy: Pompeii unearths bodies of master and slave
Rome: The skeletal remains of two men, believed to be a master and his slave,…
China Economic Net organizes webinar on ‘China-Pakistan agricultural cooperation and prospects’
Karachi: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Fakhar Imam on Thursday said that…
China Focus: China retrieves 68 cultural relics from Britain
Beijing: A total of 68 cultural relics have been returned to China from Britain, said…
Italy: Rome unearths remains of Caligula’s lavish palace and gardens
Rome: Traces of the depraved emperor’s luxurious palace and ornate gardens have been discovered under…
Italy: Rome exhibition by Anna Di Paola: Misero Blu
Rome: Maja Arte Contemporanea presents the first solo exhibition by Anna Di Paola, a young…
Photographic exhibition ‘Ancient Silk Road Kingdom of Kucha’ opens
Islamabad: A travelling photographic exhibition “Ancient Silk Road Kingdom of Kucha” opened at COMSATS Art…
Italy returns 1,800-year-old artifact to Turkey
Rome: Italian authorities have handed over a historical inscription that dates to the ancient Lycian…
Italy prepares for 700th anniversary of ‘Father of the Italian language’
Florence: Italy will mark the 700th anniversary of the death of the mediaeval poet and…
Italy: Rome’s MAXXI gets ready to open art museum in L’Aquila
Rome: MAXXI L’Aquila, a new contemporary art museum under the management of Rome’s Museo Nazionale…
Italy: Rome’s Circus Maximus comes to life with virtual reality
Rome: The Circo Maximo Experience, reopens after the summer break from 1-30 September, offering visitors…
Online activities continue at China Cultural Center in Pakistan during Coronavirus
Islamabad: The COVID-19 pandemic had a sudden and substantial impact on the arts and cultural…