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Centurions drink from a fountain near Rome’s Coliseum during a heat wave in summer 2014. (ANGELO CARCONI/epa/Corbis)

Rome Closes Drinking Fountains to Cope with Drought

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 7, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Rome, London- Baking summer heat triggered a public outcry following a decision to close some of the drinking fountains known as “big noses”, or “nasoni” that constantly gush fresh water on thousands of street corners. Hit by the soaring temperatures...

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Rebecca Marshall for The New York Times

House Hunting in … Monaco

by Kevin Brass | Jul 5, 2017 | Business

Monaco – This renovated one-bedroom apartment is on the fourth floor of Le Grand Large, a complex on a Mediterranean bay, about a five-minute drive from the center of Monaco. The area, called Fontvieille, was developed on reclaimed land in the 1970s and ’80s,...

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According to German press agency dpa, the value of the coins
retrieved from the fountain last year was up by more than €100,000 on
the 2013 figure Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists Who Wade into Rome’s Fountains Face Hundreds in Fines

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 14, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Rome, London – Rome’s Mayor Virginia Raggi announced that tourists who climb the historic fountains and use them for promenading, will pay a fine that ranges between 40 and 240 euros (5 and 270 US dollar). This decision aims to preserve etiquette, said the...

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Pope Francis meets US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania during a private audience at the Vatican, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandra Tarantino/pool

Trump Hails Meeting with Pope Francis at Vatican as ‘An Honor’

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2017 | World

Pope Francis received US President Donald Trump at the Vatican on Wednesday for a short private audience on the third leg of his overseas trip. Under clear blue skies, Trump, who exchanged sharp words with the pope during the US election campaign last year, received a...

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Chris Warde Jones – The New York Times

House Hunting in … Rome

by Roxana Popescu | May 17, 2017 | Business

Rome – This bright five-bedroom, three-bath, three-story penthouse is approximately 2,500 square feet, with a view of St. Peter’s Basilica. The apartment is in a 19th-century building — young by Italian standards — in Borgo Pio, a neighborhood with small shops...