Rome
Rome's Pantheon charges for tourist entry
Rome's 2,000-year-old Pantheon started charging for entrance on July 3, with tourists paying 5 euros ($5) to see Italy's most visited cultural site.
The building, one of the city's oldest and best loved, is currently a consecrated church and part of the proceeds from ticket sales will go towards the diocese of Rome, while the rest will go to the culture ministry.
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Rome, sacred ground for nearly 3,000 years, and counting
According to legend, Rome was born April 21, 753 BC, when Romulus, the survivor of its feuding twin founders, hitched his plow and furrowed a circular perimeter in the hills above the Tiber River. Everything inside was urbs, city space consecrated by priests who interpreted the will of the gods; everything outside was ager - unhallowed open territory.
Antiquities on show in Roman Forum
Hundreds of remnants of ancient Roman life, including colored dice, rain gutter decorations depicting mythological figures, and burial offerings 3,000 years old, have long been hidden from public sight. Until now.
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Church and state agree to Pantheon entrance fee
Tourists in Rome checking out the Pantheon, Italy's most-visited cultural site, will soon be charged a 5-euro ($5.28) entrance fee under an agreement signed on March 16 by Italian culture and church officials.
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Roman gate closed after bits of ancient stone fall off
Rome's ruins are such an integral part of the Eternal City that it can be surprising when sometimes bits of them fall off.
Nobody was hurt after a few fragments fell early June 14 morning from the Porta Maggiore gate, whose monumental double arches once provided a gateway through the third-century Aurelian Walls.
Rome villa with Caravaggio fails to sell
A villa in Rome containing the only known ceiling painted by Caravaggio went on a court-ordered auction block on Jan. 18, thanks to an inheritance dispute pitting the heirs of one of Rome's aristocratic families against their stepmother, a Texas-born princess.
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Rare stone discovered outlining ancient Rome’s city limits
Archaeologists have discovered a rare stone delineating the city limits of ancient Rome that dates from the age of Emperor Claudius in 49 A.D. and was found during excavations for a new sewage system.
Naked woman takes a swim in the centre of Rome (video)
She jumped in the Piazza Colonna fountain
Rome's coronavirus-hit Raphael exhibition to reopen in June
An exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Renaissance artist Raphael will reopen on June 2 in Rome and its run extended until Aug. 30, after it fell foul of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Göbeklitepe promoted in Rome
Göbeklitepe, considered to be the oldest temple in the world with its 12,000 years of history and also included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, was introduced in Rome, the capital of Italy, with a comprehensive event including panels and photography exhibitions.
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