Archive for October, 2009



Oct 2009: Motor Racing at Autodromo Vallelunga

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

[ 27 April 2009 09:00 to 30 April 2009 18:00. 1 May 2009 09:00 to 3 May 2009 18:25. 16 May 2009 to 17 May 2009. 23 May 2009 to 24 May 2009. 25 May 2009; 09:00 to 18:00. 30 May 2009 to 31 May 2009. 1 June 2009; 09:00 to 18:00. 6 June 2009 to 7 June 2009. ] Motor cycle and car racing at Rome’s most important motor racing track.

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9 Apr-1 Nov: Tesori dell’Ager Tiburtinus

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

[ 9 April 2009 09:00 to 1 November 2009 19:30. ] Vast array of treasures from the Tivoli countryside hosted at the emperor Hadrian’s famous first-century villa complex.

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Meeting Rome’s Street Performers

by Caroline Prosser | Saturday, May 30th, 2009

On any dry day of the year, there are nearly always ‘artisti di strada’ encircled by crowds in Rome’s centre. TRF met some familiar faces on the so-called ‘bottom rung’ of the entertainment industry, who turned out to be as diverse as the acts they perform.

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Giro’s Sunday ending in the ‘eternal city’

by TRF (Staff) | Friday, May 29th, 2009

Rome at last! Wrapping up a fiercely fought 3,380km neck to neck contest between Italy’s Di Luca and Russia’s Menchov, the 100th edition of the Giro D’Italia is to stage the Grande Finale in Rome this Sunday.

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G8 and Giro to cause more upheavals

by Anthony Smith (staff) | Friday, May 29th, 2009

Just two days after football supporters laid siege to Rome, the security services are back in action, closing several major inner-city roads and positioning police throughout the city, causing traffic mayhem along the way.

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