{"id":6385,"date":"2026-05-13T12:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iicmelbourne.esteri.it\/news\/dall_istituto\/2026\/05\/italia-australia-il-primo-ministro-albanese-visita-la-mostra-rome-empire-power-people\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:42:11","slug":"italia-australia-il-primo-ministro-albanese-visita-la-mostra-rome-empire-power-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iicmelbourne.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_istituto\/2026\/05\/italia-australia-il-primo-ministro-albanese-visita-la-mostra-rome-empire-power-people\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALY\u2013AUSTRALIA: PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE VISITS THE EXHIBITION &#8220;Rome: Empire, Power, People&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"190\">Australian Prime Minister <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Anthony Albanese<\/span><\/span> visited the exhibition <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Rome: Empire, Power, People<\/span><\/span> at <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Melbourne Museum<\/span><\/span> on Saturday, 9 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"548\">Welcomed by Ambassador Lener and Consul General Mauri, together with the leadership of the organising institution, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Museums Victoria<\/span><\/span>, the Prime Minister had the opportunity to admire the extraordinary selection of artefacts from the collections of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Museo Nazionale Romano<\/span><\/span> and the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Museo Archeologico di Firenze<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"953\">The exhibition, organised with the contribution of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Contemporanea Progetti<\/span><\/span> and with the support of the Italian institutions in Melbourne, represents an unprecedented event within the Australian cultural landscape: for the first time, more than 160 original artefacts and archaeological masterpieces have left Italy to tell the Australian public the extraordinary story of the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1471\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Prime Minister\u2019s visit, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Richard Marles<\/span><\/span>, Speaker of the House <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Milton Dick<\/span><\/span>, and Premier of Victoria <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jacinta Allan<\/span><\/span>, confirmed the extraordinary institutional significance attributed to the exhibition in Australia and represented a strong acknowledgment of the role of Italy and its culture, also conveyed through the significant contribution of the Italian community in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the exhibition Rome: Empire, Power, People at Melbourne Museum on Saturday, 9 May 2026. 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