Milestone Rome

20/01/2026

«Night doesn’t fall in Rome; it rises from the city’s heart, from the gloomy little alleys and courtyards
where the sun never gets much more than a brief look-in, and then, like the mist from the Tiber,
it creeps over the rooftops and spreads up into the hills.» C. Llewellyn

08/01/2026

The Octagonal Hall of the Museo Nazionale Romano has a complex and varied history, whose stratification is reflected in the present state of the architecture.
Belonging to the same complex of the Baths of Diocletian, built under Emperor Maximian between 298 and 306 AD, the hall is covered by a majestic “umbrella dome” (“a ombrello”) with a diameter of about 22 meters, one of the largest in the Roman world. Discover more on Art and Culture journal: https://www.milestonerome.com/2026/01/the-museum-of-rescued-art-in-the-octagonal-hall-of-the-baths-of-diocletian-exhibiting-stories-of-art-looting-and-restitution/

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Facing piazza della Repubblica, the Octagonal Hall of the Baths of Diocletian (Museo Nazionale Romano) is the seat of the recently established Museum of Rescued Art (Museo dell’Arte Salvata), conceived to showcase periodically changing artworks saved from looting, theft, illicit trafficking, conflict contexts or natural disasters. The current display of newly recovered artworks, titled “New Recoveries” (Nuovi Recuperi), runs until 11 January 2026 and presents more than 100 archaeological objects, spanning a wide chronological range and originating from diverse cultural contexts, including Etruscan, Roman, Greek, Magna Graecian, Hellenistic, and Egyptian. These looted artworks are ultimately destined to be returned and displayed in their territories of origin. Therefore, the Museum of Rescued Art may be welcomed as an opportunity to reflect on the intangible value of cultural heritage for the identity of peoples and civilizations. Discover more on Art and Culture journal: https://www.milestonerome.com/2026/01/the-museum-of-rescued-art-in-the-octagonal-hall-of-the-baths-of-diocletian-exhibiting-stories-of-art-looting-and-restitution/

04/01/2026

New on Art and Culture journal! The Museum of Rescued Art in the Octagonal Hall of the Baths of Diocletian : exhibiting stories of art looting and restitution. Learn more: https://www.milestonerome.com/.../the-museum-of-rescued.../

04/01/2026

New on Art and Culture journal! The Museum of Rescued Art in the Octagonal Hall of the Baths of Diocletian: exhibiting stories of art looting and restitution. Learn more: https://www.milestonerome.com/2026/01/the-museum-of-rescued-art-in-the-octagonal-hall-of-the-baths-of-diocletian-exhibiting-stories-of-art-looting-and-restitution/
Museo Nazionale Romano

Facing piazza della Repubblica, the Octagonal Hall of the Baths of Diocletian is the seat of the Museum of Rescued Art (Museo dell'Arte Salvata), conceived to showcase periodically changing artworks saved from looting, theft, illicit trafficking, conflict contexts or natural disasters.

24/12/2025

Christmas Eve in Rome’s Rioni Parione and Regola. 💫🌟✨⭐️

07/10/2025

We’re glad that article on Palma Bucarelli is cited in “Pioneering Women Claiming Power in Art Museums across Europe with Laia Anguix Vilches – Culturally Curious Ep. 8”, published in Raffia, Magazine on Gender, Diversity, and Feminism (Radboud University): https://raffia-magazine.com/2024/09/13/pioneering-women-claiming-power-in-art-museums-across-europe-with-laia-anguix-vilches-culturally-curious-ep-8/

Read our article here: https://www.milestonerome.com/2019/05/palma-bucarelli-daring-icon-of-italian-art/

To celebrate the first day of the Museum Week sixth edition, we dedicate today’s theme on “Women in Culture” to Palma Bucarelli, a revolutionary figure of Italian art critic, historian and museum director in the 20th century, whose activity is usually referred to as mainly related to the histo...

08/06/2025

Today on Sunday, thousands of red rose petals are falling from the Pantheon oculus at the end of the religious mass, symbolizing the Holy Spirit descending in the guise of “cloven tongues like as of fire.”
Learn more on : https://www.milestonerome.com/2018/05/a-rainfall-of-petals-at-the-pantheon-to-commemorate-the-pentecost/