A pleasant district with three to four-storey apartment buildings. Situated between the historic centre and Corso Francia it has become an important cultural centre of the city, thanks to the ...

4 November is included in Italy's list of free museum dates. State museums and archaeological sites across Italy will open their doors for free on Tuesday 4 November to mark National Unity and Armed ...

Olio di sansa e di oliva is the lowest grade oil. The sansa says it all. It is the dregs of the olive oil industry – the dry residue that is dumped in a smelly, fermenting heap outside the olive mill.

The Jewish Ghetto area in Rome stretches from Largo Argentina to the river Tiber. Not much of the original Jewish ghetto remains as it was razed to the ground after the unification of Italy when the ...

The Italian education system is free, and mandatory from ages 6 to 16. High school lasts five years, with most students attending university at 19. The Italian system differs from the English system ...

Trenitalia is staging a national strike on Friday 21 October from 09.00-17.00. There is skeleton service being provided for some long distance routes but regional trains are likely to be badly ...