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Antico Caffè Greco opened in 1760 a few steps from the Spanish Steps and became the room where the Grand Tour sat down - Keats, Byron, Goethe, Stendhal and Casanova among the names attached to it. It is the oldest cafe in Rome, and has spent recent years fighting its landlord in court over the rent on the premises it has occupied for more than two and a half centuries.

Valentino announced Alessandro Michele, who had spent eight years as Gucci's creative director before leaving in late 2022, as its new creative director, succeeding Pierpaolo Piccioli after his 25-year run at the house.

On 25 November 2025 Italy's Chamber of Deputies unanimously gave final approval to a law making femicide a crime of its own, article 577-bis of the Criminal Code, punished with life imprisonment.

Alo's first store in Italy, a two-level sanctuary on Via del Babuino near the Spanish Steps with original brick walls and friezes.

Ferrari unveiled the Luce, its first fully electric production car, at the Vela di Calatrava in Rome: a four-door, five-seat model with four electric motors making 1,050 CV, a 122 kWh battery, a range beyond 530 km, and design by Jony Ive and Marc Newson's LoveFrom studio.