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The river running through Rome, Italy, is the Tiber (or Tevere in Italian) which flows south on the western side of the city. The Tiber is the third-longest river in Italy, rising some 210 kilometres (or 130 miles) to the north, from water springs on Mount Fumaiolo in Emilia-Romagna’s Apennine Mountains. After passing through Rome, the river continues in an Read more...
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English Romantic poet John Keats is buried in the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome (also called the Protestant Cemetery). Keats died in Rome aged 25 in 1821 from tuberculosis. His tombstone does not bear his name but reads: This grave contains all that was mortal, of a young English poet, who, on his death bed, in the bitterness of his heart, Read more...
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Actor James Gandolfini died after suffering a heart attack while staying at the Boscolo Exedra Roma Hotel (now called Palazzo Naiadi) in Rome, Italy on 19th June, 2013. Attempts to resuscitate 51-year-old Gandolfini were unsuccessful and he was declared dead at the hospital. The Emmy Award-winning actor was best known for playing New Jersey crime boss Tony Soprano in HBO’s Read more...
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