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ROME – More than 70 years after an oil painting depicting a panel of Leonardo da Vinci’s celebrated “Battle of Anghiari” was spirited away from Italy to enter into a succession of private collections, the work – tantalizingly attributed by some to the master himself – is going on display at Italy’s presidential palace until mid-January.

(ANSA) - Rome, November 27 - Italy is giving the same rights to children born outside of wedlock to those born to married parents.

ROME — Nationwide primaries to choose the candidate who will lead Italy’s center-left Democratic Party in elections next spring have ended without a clear winner, setting the stage for a run-off on Sunday between a seasoned party stalwart and a young upstart who has threatened to shake up Italian politics.

THE 2011 installation at Metropoliz (Via Prenestina, 913), a former salami factory in Rome’s eastern periphery, had all the markings of an insular art-world creation. It was planned by Giorgio de Finis, a curator, filmmaker and author. The work itself was a space shuttle built from salvaged materials, a commentary on the liminal nature of the assistants who helped build it. The work was even written up in a listing of public art.