Italian Cultural Heritage Minister Dario Franceschini at conference on stolen artifacts, June 15th, 2022.

Italy’s Cultural Heritage Minister Dario Franceschini was joined today by the General of the Carabinieri (Italy’s paramilitary police), Teo Luzi, at a conference on stolen artifacts which thanks to the Carabinieri’s highly specialized stolen art unit has been returned to Italy.  The unit itself is considered by many as one of the best in the world.

The venue in central Rome (the old Planetarium) has been now named the “Museum Of Salvaged Art” and will be located in the “Museo Nazionale Romano”.   It will become a permanent showpiece of many recovered artifacts including several hundreds of them from the United States (some pieces date to the 7 century B.C.). 

 

Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri presides over the 80th edition of the “Premio Roma” international rose competition, May 21st, 2022.

Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri presides over the 80th edition of the “Premio Roma” international rose competition, May 21^st, 2022.

Rome’s famous rose garden which is located right in front of the city’s famous Circus Maximus and Palatine Hill (where Rome was founded some 2,797 years ago) hosted the 80th edition of the “Premio Roma” (Rome Prize) international rose competition. 

The rose garden currently occupies 10,000 square meters and was once home from 1645 to 1934 to Rome’s Jewish Community’s Cemetery.  The “Premio Roma”, which dates back to 1933, saw this year 88 different roses from Belgium, Denmark, France, England, Italy, New Zealand, Holland, Poland and the U.S. 

France was this year’s big winner taking home eight awards.  The event’s guest of honor was Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri.