The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Shock as another historic landmark is vandalized in Rome Police in Rome are examining CCTV footage in a bid to identify vandals who damaged one of the city's most famous pieces of public sculpture, Bernini's Elephant and Obelisk. https://www.thelocal.it/20161115/shock-as-historic-elephant-statue-damaged-in-rome Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:55:34 +0100 shock-as-historic-elephant-statue-damaged-in-rome Neighbour drills through 500-year-old Italian church fresco A sixteenth century fresco inside a Naples church was damaged on Tuesday when someone drilling next door accidentally perforated the artwork. https://www.thelocal.it/20160414/neighbours-accidentally-drill-through-500-year-old-italian-fresco Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:05:58 +0200 neighbours-accidentally-drill-through-500-year-old-italian-fresco Thieves steal part of Pompeii fresco Thieves have stolen part of an ancient fresco from Pompeii, breaking in to a closed area of the UNESCO World Heritage landmark and chipping off a portrait of a Greek deity. https://www.thelocal.it/20140318/thieves-steal-part-of-pompeii-fresco Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:14:00 +0100 thieves-steal-part-of-pompeii-fresco Renzi asks private sector to help save Pompeii Italy's new prime minister on Wednesday appealed to private investors to help restore the damaged ruins of Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage landmark. https://www.thelocal.it/20140306/italy-pm-call-on-private-sector-to-help-save-pompeii Thu, 06 Mar 2014 09:50:00 +0100 italy-pm-call-on-private-sector-to-help-save-pompeii Italy vows to spend €2m on saving Pompeii Italy vowed on Tuesday to unblock some €2.0 million to save the long-neglected ruins of Pompeii after rain caused further damage to the UNESCO World Heritage landmark. https://www.thelocal.it/20140305/italy-vows-to-spend-2m-on-saving-pompeii Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:35:00 +0100 italy-vows-to-spend-2m-on-saving-pompeii Pompeii crumbles after heavy rain The Temple of Venus and walls of a tomb and shop in the long-neglected ruins of Pompeii near Naples have been damaged, possibly due to heavy rain, officials said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140303/damage-found-in-ancient-ruins-of-pompeii Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:55:00 +0100 damage-found-in-ancient-ruins-of-pompeii