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Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini has announced plans for a national museum dedicated to the Italian Resistance movement during World War II in Milan. The ... More

Italy’s biggest bank will inject €5bn (€6.1bn, £4.4bn) into the country’s heritage and tourism sectors, following a landmark deal with the country’s culture ministry to ... More

A historic shakeup of Italy’s museum directors has been thrown into disarray, after the courts overruled a decision by the country’s Culture Ministry on the ... More

Following Wednesday’s devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake in central Italy, the country’s culture minister Dario Franceschini has pledged funding from national museum ticket sales on 28 ... More

In an effort to boost its culture offering, Italy’s government has announced plans to provide high speed internet access at all of its 51 Unesco ... More

Rome's Archaeological Heritage Department has completed the first phase of a major restoration of the historic Colosseum, aimed at returning the landmark to its former ... More

After announcing plans in January to invest €300m (US$325m, £220m) to protect its most important heritage sites in need of restoration, Italy has earmarked €1bn ... More

After calls early last year to form a UN peacekeeping force to protect heritage sites worldwide, UNESCO and the Italian government have signed an agreement ... More

Italy’s government has approved €300m (US$325m, £220m) plans to protect its most important heritage sites in need of restoration. Despite having more UNESCO-recognised World Heritage ... More

After announcing plans in January for a historic shakeup of its museum sector, Italy’s Culture Ministry has appointed a number of foreign museum directors to ... More

Italy’s minister for culture has backed plans for the creation of a UN peacekeeping force to protect heritage sites across the world, following the destruction ... More

Italy is on the hunt for 20 new directors to be installed in the country’s leading museums including Rome’s Galleria Borghese, Florence’s Gallerie degli Uffizi ... More

Italy has abolished a long-standing practice to allow people aged 65 or over free access to the country’s 225 state-owned museums, galleries and archeological sites. ... More