The Italian coffee company, Lavazza, asked Annie Leibovitz to shoot their 2009 calendar which artfully re-imagines iconic Italian images (and it's shot in a studio)
The province of Rimini, on Italy's east coast, commissioned giant replicas of standard beach equipment to decorate the beach for vacationers this August.
Caesar goes online! A cool website at Macquarie University lets you follow the life of Julius Caesar by studying ancient coins that attest to his achievements. I love it when antiquity meets modernity in such a successful way.
Badda Boom, Badda Bing -- Renaissance Style. A Sopranos actor turns Tony & Carmela into the Duke and Duchess of Montefeltro. And the painting sets a price record for Sopranos memorabilia.
Artist Troy Landwehr spent the 4th of July carving the signing of the Declaration of Independence out of a one-ton block of cheddar cheese in Times Square
Great photo of a replica of an ancient ship in the canal of Corinth. A crew with members from all 27 European Union member countries is re-enacting the mythical voyage of Jason & the Argonauts in this 50 oared vessel
An artist named Tommaso has installed tape sculptures in Rome's Pigneto district. The effort seems to be an outgrowth of Mark Jenkin's famous Storker Project.
Today is World Environment Day. In honor of the occasion, tourists in Venice, Italy are being given empty water bottles and a map of Venice's water fountains. The new initiative aims to cut down on the use of plastic bottles.
World Pillow Fight Day was in March, but the city of Rome celebrated yesterday with a massive pillow fight organized by the Committee for the Termination of National Apathy.
Can't get enough of the funky fragrances by Etat Libre et Orange - like Bellybutton, Bubblegum and Incense, and Delicious Closet Queen. But the one that really makes me happy is Jasmine & Cigarettes.
A new initiative in Torino, Italy, brings sheep in from the countryside to "mow" the grass in public parks. It's all-natural lawn mowing that's good for the environment (and the sheep).
The Notre Dame University Architecture Library is scanning all their old black & white lantern slides and uploading them to Flickr. Awesome shots of monuments that are now heavily restored and overrun with tourists.
Photographer Carina Wachsmann studies the buildup of political posters on the streets of Rome. She calls these many layers of contemporary history "Electoral Lasagna"
Don't worry if you won't make it to Rome in time to seal your love with a lock on the Milvian Bridge (see #5630) the Valentine's Day. Now you can do it on 2nd Life.
The perfect gift for the history or art buff. Adopt-an Ancient Roman fresco and make history sustainable! You can choose your own and there are even Cupid frescoes available!
Charmed by the new ad campaign for Renaissance Hotels & Resorts. Using famous Renaissance paintings as their starting point, they've adapted them to boast about hotel amenities and showcase hotel architecture.
The same "futurist vandal" who dyed the Trevi Fountain red (post #6753) today dumped 500,000 colored balls down the Spanish Steps in order to call attention to lies told by the Italian government.
Konica Minolta lets us indulge our obsession with the Venus de Milo at their new Museum of Beauty - it's full of fantastic images of the sculpture made with a non-contact 3D digitizer.
Past meets present at the University of Oregon, where a team has created an interactive website that allows you to tour 18C Rome by means of an interactive map.
