World-leading heritage protection taskforce known as the 'Blue Helmets' will have close ties with UN agency to operate abroad

From Michelangelo's horned Moses to Mussolini's cancelled Universal Exposition, we round up some of the Italian capital's unmissable artistic treasures

From the greatest stars of the Venetian School to the most mysterious painting in the city, here is our selection of unmissable masterpieces in La Serenissima

For the first time at the Venice Biennale, a single artist has been given the entire Italian pavilion to fill. Tosatti’s sprawling post-industrial installation asks the big questions

Slashing Ludovisi Casino's asking price by 20% did nothing to entice would-be buyers; the Italian state is being pressured to purchase the property before it is offered a third time

Culture ministry earmarks EU pandemic recovery funds to mitigate the impact of future disasters on religious buildings around the country

The Museo Fortuny has now been restored as a permanent venue celebrating the polymath designer's life and work

Plus, the Biennale of Sydney looks at the rights of rivers and Eduardo Navarro’s seed installation opens in London

Italian elegance has been applied to pieces collected over 400 years for the revamped archaeological gallery, which opened in the Palazzo Reale this month

Novel project will replace lost parts of the structure with hedges of boxwood, myrtle and privet

As the two countries look to rekindle historical bonds, a new show shines a light on an archaeological partnership spanning more than a century

Sustainable masterplan will cover Zaha Hadid building in solar panels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The 18th-century horseshoe-shaped structure followed principle of social theorist Jeremy Bentham, which allowed for constant surveillance of inmates

This Roman villa with its great masterpieces will be re-offered on 7 April at a 20% lower valuation

The Ludovisi Casino in Rome, with its masterpiece frescoes, is up for auction by the courts, estimate nearly half a billion euro

The council of state upheld a previous ruling preventing the fast food chain from opening at the popular heritage site

Repatriation could lead to resolution in other cases of looted art in museums

Loan initiative aims to decentralise Italian collections and encourage more people to visit smaller museums

Fake bust of Guglielmo Marconi in Villa Borghese park was spray-painted to draw attention to the manipulation of truth in the media

Monitoring system that includes drones and sensors will track the impact of extreme weather

Discovery announced as part of new excavations that will open up the ancient beachfront to visitors

Blasphemy laws in Italy are strict and can result in fines

Writer, translator of Virginia Woolf, and historian of gardening and farming she became a champion of conservation by co-founding Italia Nostra

Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao has been accused of "spreading anti-Chinese lies" in his works

The Cavedone studies were among 750 drawings plundered from the Czech villa of Arthur Feldmann, a Jewish lawyer who died in the Holocaust

Move follows long-running dispute with the Italian ministry of culture over the 13th-century Certosa di Trisulti

The New York-based gallery sued after US authorities seized a bust of Alexander the Great in 2018. The sculpture's ownership and future remains unresolved

Controversial “health pass” introduced to fight a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the Delta variant

Uffizi Galleries in Florence among major lenders to show marking 200 years since his death

Italian senate approved resolution that could pave the way to restitutions as politicians call for return of Ancient Greek bronze also known as Atleta di Fano