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 Tourist tat sparks bomb alert at Doge's Palace in Venice Two small packages wrapped in rags sparked a bomb scare on Thursday morning, causing one of Venice's most popular tourist attractions to be evacuated. https://www.thelocal.it/20160324/tourist-tat-sparks-bomb-alert-at-doges-palace-in-venice Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:50:40 +0100 tourist-tat-sparks-bomb-alert-at-doges-palace-in-venice Twelve families found living in Italian palace for €5 a month The Italian Court of Audit is investigating how 12 families came to be living in the grounds of a Bourbon palace in southern Italy for a peppercorn rent. https://www.thelocal.it/20160307/italian-families-live-for-15-a-month-in-grounds-of-italian-versailles Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:51:25 +0100 italian-families-live-for-15-a-month-in-grounds-of-italian-versailles Italy's crumbling historic ruins get big cash boost Italy will pump hundreds of millions of euros into saving Italy's crumbling historic sites, with the Emperor Nero's party palace at the top of the priority list. https://www.thelocal.it/20160105/italy-to-spend-extra-300m-on-saving-cultural-heritage Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:10:15 +0100 italy-to-spend-extra-300m-on-saving-cultural-heritage Italian rams car into Paris presidential palace An Italian theatre manager rammed his car into the iron gates of an entrance to the French presidential palace on Thursday to protest against subsidy cuts for his Paris venue, police said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131227/italian-rams-gates-of-french-presidential-palace Fri, 27 Dec 2013 09:32:00 +0100 italian-rams-gates-of-french-presidential-palace Rome's secret palaces open to visitors A new initiative has been launched in Rome giving people the chance to take a peek inside the city's stunning private homes and palaces. https://www.thelocal.it/20131107/romes-secret-palaces-open-to-visitors Thu, 07 Nov 2013 16:30:00 +0100 romes-secret-palaces-open-to-visitors Chinese and Russian buyers eye Verdi's palace An elegant palace where the legendary Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi once created his finest work may be sold to a foreigner, with buyers from China and Russia showing particular interest. https://www.thelocal.it/20131003/chinese-and-russian-buyers-eye-verdis-palace Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:00:00 +0200 chinese-and-russian-buyers-eye-verdis-palace