Luce: Vatican unveils cartoon mascot for Jubilee Year 2025
Oct 29, 2024 · Jubilee mascot designed to engage younger audience.. The Vatican on Monday launched the official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, a cartoon character called Luce, whose name means "light" in Italian.
Italy faces nationwide 24-hour train strike on 12-13 October
Oct 11, 2024 · Walkout by railway workers is one of a series of strikes in Italy in October.. Train passengers in Italy face disruption to rail services on the weekend of 12-13 October due to a 24-hour strike by railway staff, affecting train routes across the country.
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The history of the Italian national flag - Wanted in Rome
Dec 6, 2024 · The Italian flag, or “Il Tricolore,” is one of the most recognisable flags in the world. With its trio of green, white, and red splashed across Italian restaurant signs all over the world and printed on T-shirts in tourist kiosks across the country, the Italian flag is an icon of Italy and Italian culture. But stripes of greed, white, and red weren’t always synonymous with Italy…
Strikes in Italy to affect air travel, trains and local public ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Italy faces series of strikes affecting transport and travel in October.. People travelling and commuting in Italy face disruption in October due to a series of strikes affecting air travel, trains and local public transport services.
Rome Film Festival 2024: a quick guide - Wanted in Rome
Oct 16, 2024 · Festa del Cinema di Roma celebrates 19 years in Rome.. The 2024 Rome Film Festival offers cinema fans 12 days of movie premieres, screenings, masterclasses and special guests in the Italian capital from 16-27 October.. The Festa del Cinema di Roma, whose artistic director is Paola Malanga, is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica - Ennio Morricone, with events also taking place in other ...
Rome's Trevi Fountain bridge hosts 14,000 visitors over weekend
Nov 12, 2024 · Rome charity earns almost €5,000 in tossed coins.. More than 14,000 people crossed the new temporary footbridge over the Trevi Fountain on the first weekend after it was opened by Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Saturday morning.. The raised walkway is in place for the duration of maintenance works which are scheduled to finish in December, in time for the Vatican's Jubilee 2025.
Rome exempts classic and vintage cars from traffic restrictions
Nov 6, 2024 · Rome allows historic automobiles to circulate following court rulings.. Rome has introduced new ZTL (limited traffic zone) restrictions within the city's green belt, limiting the circulation of more polluting vehicles in an effort to reduce smog.
Naples mayor defends giant 'phallic' art installation
Oct 10, 2024 · Gaetano Pesce artwork sparks controversy in Naples.. A monumental art installation in Naples by the late Italian artist and designer Gaetano Pesce is at the centre of a controversy in the city over its "phallic" appearance.. The 12-metre high work, which reimagines the traditional costume of the 17th-century Neapolitan commedia dell'arte character Pulcinella, was unveiled in Piazza del ...