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    Snowstorm covers St. Peter's Basilica

    February 7, 2012. (ONLY VIDEO) Rome experienced it's heaviest snowstorm since 1986 this year on February 3rd. The snow started falling  heavily in St. Peter's Square that Friday afternoon. Many people made a point to visit the Vatican to see the Basilica's dome covered with snow. To get a clear view, the pope's studio window had its curtains pulled back, so all could have a better view of the spectacle.

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    Snowstorm covers St. Peter's Basilica
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    Rome: Golden cobblestones remember victims of the Nazi Holocaust

    February 3, 2012. Guidebooks on Rome will bring you to different statues, museums and buildings that evoke the ancient history of the city. Thousands of tourists go from monument to monument every day, but few know that the streets of the Eternal City also have their own stories. A few steps from Piazza Venezia is the quiet Jewish quarter. Its roads, like St. Peter's Square, is built with cobblestones. Some of the stones are actually made of gold and engraved with...

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    Meet the parish priest who helped dozens of people during the Costa Concordia tragedy

    January 31, 2012. It's a day that will never be forgotten. It's was tragedy that was heard all over the world. On January 13th a disaster struck off the coast of Italy, when a cruise ship began to sink, after hitting a set of heavy rocks. It happened on the Island of Giglio. Most of the 4200 people on board survived, but the wreck left at least 15 people dead. Nearly 20 others were listed under the 'missing' category. But amid the tragedy, there were also moving...

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    Meet the parish priest who helped dozens of people during the Costa Concordia tragedy
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    Unique Opera show enjoyed on the streets on Rome

    January 10, 2012. More than 700,000 people have already enjoyed  this unique opera show. It's called Toccata and Fuga and so far its been enjoyed in New York, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Shanghai. Now the city of Rome is also part of that list. From the monumental Scala theater in Milan, to the streets of the city, the show has seen all types of venues. Pieces by Verdi, Puccini and Rossini, are sung with piano music in the background. So far, the show has...

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