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 Venice's Royal Gardens, near the iconic Saint Mark's Square, will be restored in a multi-million euro project, the city's Garden Foundation announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170410/italy-to-give-venice-royal-gardens-a-5-million-makeover Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:44:42 +0200 italy-to-give-venice-royal-gardens-a-5-million-makeover Sculptures salvaged from the national museum in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra after it was destroyed by the Islamic extremist group, Isis, in 2015, are being restored in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20170209/italian-restorers-fix-palmyra-artefacts-destroyed-by-isis Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:14:03 +0100 italian-restorers-fix-palmyra-artefacts-destroyed-by-isis Tourists and locals will on Friday once again be able to saunter up and down the Spanish Steps, after a year-long renovation to the Rome tourist landmark. https://www.thelocal.it/20160923/rome-reopens-historic-spanish-steps-after-renovation Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:59:24 +0200 rome-reopens-historic-spanish-steps-after-renovation The first phase of a multi-million-euro makeover of Rome's Colosseum was completed Friday with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledging cash would be made available to spruce up other crumbling historic sites. https://www.thelocal.it/20160701/romes-colosseum-gets-multi-million-euro-face-lift Fri, 01 Jul 2016 16:20:35 +0200 romes-colosseum-gets-multi-million-euro-face-lift Beauty comes at a cost; a truth known both to Italy's world famous fashion houses and those working on conserving its equally renowned historic monuments. https://www.thelocal.it/20160401/italys-fashion-brands-step-in-to-save-milans-cathedral Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:57:46 +0200 italys-fashion-brands-step-in-to-save-milans-cathedral An elaborate restoration of a ruin once home to gladiators in the hours before they embarked on bouts to the death has got underway in Pompeii, five years after its collapse raised serious questions about the management of the famous Unesco site. https://www.thelocal.it/20160108/pompeii-begins-restoration-of-gladiator-armoury Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:30:51 +0100 pompeii-begins-restoration-of-gladiator-armoury Rome's famous Spanish Steps closed to the public on Wednesday for a restoration project funded by luxury jeweller Bulgari that is expected to last several months. https://www.thelocal.it/20151007/spanish-steps-closed-for-bulgari-funded-makeover Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:42:59 +0200 spanish-steps-closed-for-bulgari-funded-makeover A Dutch restoration company has offered to help Rome with repairs after fans of Feyenoord football club wrecked havoc in the capital last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20150225/dutch-firm-offers-to-help-restore-rome-after-football-riot Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:55:00 +0100 dutch-firm-offers-to-help-restore-rome-after-football-riot The Adoration of the Magi, an unfinished masterpiece by Leonardo Da Vinci, is beginning to reveal its full beauty after years hidden under layers of grime. https://www.thelocal.it/20140924/da-vinci-masterpiece-emerging-in-all-its-beauty Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:14:00 +0200 da-vinci-masterpiece-emerging-in-all-its-beauty Fashion house Fendi kicked off the restoration of Rome's famed Trevi Fountain on Monday, unveiling a transparent suspended walkway which will give tourists a whole new vantage point of the historic monument. https://www.thelocal.it/20140701/glass-walkway-unveiled-at-trevi-fountain Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:27:00 +0200 glass-walkway-unveiled-at-trevi-fountain Italy appealed on Wednesday for sponsors to help restore Emperor Nero's Golden House in the heart of Rome, saying €31 million was needed to repair the majestic complex. https://www.thelocal.it/20140619/italy-seeks-sponsors-to-restore-neros-party-villa Thu, 19 Jun 2014 10:00:00 +0200 italy-seeks-sponsors-to-restore-neros-party-villa 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 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 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 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 A local councillor for Milan inadvertently tore a hole in an 18th century painting when opening a bottle of sparkling wine during Christmas celebrations. https://www.thelocal.it/20140122/flying-cork-rips-hole-in-18th-century-italian-painting Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:31:00 +0100 flying-cork-rips-hole-in-18th-century-italian-painting Following the appointment of a former police chief to lead the restoration of Pompeii, one archaeologist tells The Local the decision could leave "a worrying lack of archaeological expertise at the top". https://www.thelocal.it/20131212/pompeii-needs-an-archaeologist-at-the-top Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:00:00 +0100 pompeii-needs-an-archaeologist-at-the-top Aspiring architect Andrea Gillono was in the news this week for his ideas to restore an abandoned village in northern Italy. The Local spoke to him to find out more about the plan, as well as his thoughts on Italian architecture and why villages are left to fall to ruin. https://www.thelocal.it/20131129/the-aspiring-architect-hoping-to-restore-an-abandoned-town Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:15:00 +0100 the-aspiring-architect-hoping-to-restore-an-abandoned-town Italy has until the end of the year to apply UNESCO-enforced measures to upgrade Pompeii or face having the ancient site scrapped from the prestigious World Heritage list. https://www.thelocal.it/20131126/italy-on-tight-deadline-for-pompeii-restoration Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:41:00 +0100 italy-on-tight-deadline-for-pompeii-restoration The village of Barmaz in northern Italy has been lying abandoned for 50 years, but a young architect has presented a plan for its restoration as part of his university thesis. https://www.thelocal.it/20131125/italian-architect-in-bid-to-restore-ghost-village Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:00:00 +0100 italian-architect-in-bid-to-restore-ghost-village