After two areas of Pompeii crumbled yesterday – part of the Temple of Venus and part of a tomb at the Nocera Gate – another part collapsed this morning: a 2 metre-high wall in via Nola. The new Culture Minister, Dario Franceschini, has called an urgent meeting for tomorrow morning. This morning’s collapse was of part […]
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Igor Yebra answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition
Q&A When did you start dancing? When I was 13 years old. Why did you start dancing? Because I liked it and in my house it was something normal to see ballet; although first I wanted to be a football or basketball player! Which dancer inspired you most as a child? Fred Astaire, Antonio Gades and Vladimir […]
John Malkovich’s World Theatre Day message
The 50th annual World Theatre Day, which is March 27, will see John Malkovich give the opening address which will make him the first American actor to do so. He will deliver this year’s message at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris on March 22. Jean Cocteau delivered the first World Theatre Day message in 1962, and the list […]
UNESCO agrees to help Italy restore Pompeii
The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO and the Italian government have agreed to join forces to restore rain-damaged Pompeii. UNESCO said it would work with Italy over the next nine months to rebuild villas and other parts of the famed Roman site that have collapsed over the last year. Under the deal, UNESCO will provide […]
Special events banned near Rome tourist icons until 2012
Special events will be banned at Rome’s iconic tourist attractions Piazza Navona and the Trevi Fountain until the end of the year because of a rash of recent attacks by vandals. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno released a statement on Tuesday saying the decision was taken “to protect the public assets of the city of Rome […]
