Rome in November, a month of unmissable events and visit opportunities. Find out what to do from 1 to 30 November 2026 and follow the suggestions thought up by our editorial staff to experience and admire the city, including along less beaten paths.
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Roma Live events in November
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New entries and special events in November
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Rome free/low cost in November
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Rome with kids in November
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The days of Rome: key dates in the city’s history and traditions in November
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The many facets of Rome: places of the ancient Rome, papal Rome and modern Rome to (re)discover in November
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Itineraries and curiosities: our tips for November
Roma Live events
Roma Live is the calendar for experiencing Rome at 360°, a multimedia container dedicated to unmissable events for those living in the city and for tourists. Check here all the events for the month of November, and choose among the exhibitions, sporting events, concerts, theater shows, festivals, ballets and dance performances scheduled until 30 November. Please note: information available in this section is being updated constantly.
New entries and special events
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Rome Jazz Festival 2026 - A special edition dedicated to Miles Davis, marking the centenary of the legendary trumpeter’s birth, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most eagerly awaited musical events of the Roman autumn. The program features leading names from the world of jazz – both Italian and international – as well as representatives of the new scene, with 18 concerts taking place at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, the Casa del Jazz and the Alcazar from 1 to 24 November.
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Egypt and Rome. The Fayum Portraits - Women, men and children who gaze at us with extraordinary intensity, defying the passage of millennia. Thanks to major international loans, from 5 November (until 2 May), a significant collection of funerary portraits from El Fayum and other regions of Egypt takes center stage in the major exhibition at the Ara Pacis Museum – over 110 works recounting the epoch-making encounter between Egyptian traditions, Greek culture and Roman models.
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Novembre Nordico. Nordic Traces in Rome 2026 - Art and design, music, film, literature and cuisine. From 3 November to 13 December, Rome turns its attention to Northern Europe with the fifth edition of the festival organized by the embassies and cultural and scientific institutes of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Over 30 events, many of which are free, offer the chance to discover Nordic culture and its many forms through exhibitions, walks, talks, concerts, courses and workshops for children.
Rome free/low cost
Churches, palaces and fountains, courtyards and cloisters, elegant squares and secret piazzas, marbles and stones with a history stretching back thousands of years – even if you have a limited budget, the city does not skimp on its wonders. With the new pricing system, access to museums and monuments managed by Roma Capitale is free for all residents of Rome and the metropolitan city. For tourists and non-residents, on 1 November, as on every first Sunday of the month, both the national cultural sites and the museums run by Roma Capitale will open their doors to the public free of charge. State museums and archaeological parks are open free of charge (during their usual opening hours) on 4 November as well, to mark National Unity and Armed Forces Day. On 29 November, as on every last Sunday of the month, entry will be free to the Vatican Museums (from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., last admission 12.30 p.m.). There are also four small museums that are always free for everyone (Museo delle Mura, Museo della Repubblica Romana e della Memoria Garibaldina and Museo di Casal de’ Pazzi, from Tuesday to Sunday, and the Casa Museo Alberto Moravia, open on the second Saturday of the month), plus the FAO MuNe - Food and Agriculture Museum and Network (from Monday to Friday, with mandatory online reservation), Palazzo Sciarra Colonna (from Wednesday to Sunday) and Casa Pasolini (from Thursday to Sunday). On the last Friday of every month, it is possible to visit the Farnesina collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Rome with kids
Museums to explore, educational workshops and readings, theme parks, theatrical performances and much more... Discover all the events dedicated to children scheduled for the month of November and unleash your imagination among surprising adventures, journeys through history, interactive itineraries and guided tours. Our Kids page is updated weekly: visit us again for new ideas!
The days of Rome: key dates in the city’s history and traditions
Rites, festivals, anniversaries and celebrations have always marked the life of the city, its inhabitants and its visitors: a dense calendar of fixed happenings dating back to past eras, but also to the present day, that define Rome’s identity. Discover with us some of the city’s old and new special dates and moments, with the most heartfelt or awaited occasions – or even simply the most curious ones for the month of November.
The many facets of Rome: places of the ancient Rome, papal Rome and modern Rome to (re)discover
The pagan Rome that was the center of one of the largest empires that ever existed; the symbol city of the Catholic religion shaped by the successors on the throne of Peter; the new capital of the Kingdom of Italy and then of the Republic. The history of an eternal city is inevitably made up of multiple narratives that intertwine with one another. Each month, we will introduce you to three places that show the different imagines of Rome through the centuries.
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The Nomentano Bridge - It was a combination of political expediency and necessity governing relations between the papacy and the Frankish kingdom that led to the coronation of Charlemagne as emperor by Leo III on Christmas Eve 800, at the dawn of the Middle Ages. Just over a year earlier, having narrowly escaped an assassination attempt plotted by Roman nobles and facing accusations of debauchery, the Pope had found refuge at the king’s court in Paderborn, Westphalia. Escorted by Frankish bishops and nobles, he then returned to Rome on 29 November 799: Charlemagne would join him the following year to restore order once and for all. On 23 November 800, according to local tradition, Leo went out to meet him at the Nomentano Bridge, one of the most strategic ancient Roman bridges outside the city walls. Built between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, the bridge was restored several times over the centuries, making it look today like a medieval crenellated fortress.
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The Basilica of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso - A meteoric rise, both on earth and in heaven: made a cardinal at the age of 22, Vatican Secretary of State and then Archbishop of Milan at 27, Charles Borromeo was canonized by Pope Paul V just 26 years after his death, on 1 November 1610. Three years later, on All Saints’ Day in 1613, his heart left Milan and returned, both physically and symbolically, to Rome, where Charles had lived until 1565 at the request of his uncle, Pope Paul IV. The fate of this precious relic was determined by the pressure exerted on the highly reluctant Archbishop of Milan, Federico Borromeo (Carlo’s cousin), by the powerful Roman Archconfraternity of the Lombards. Started in those years by Onorio Longhi and also known simply as San Carlo al Corso, the archconfraternity’s church is a triumph of Roman Baroque: its ambulatory (inspired by that of Milan Cathedral) still houses the reliquary containing the saint’s heart to this day.
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The National Central Library of Rome - More than 9 million books, 2 million periodicals and over 21 million images available online. The first national library of unified Italy opened its doors in 1876, in a wing of the 16th-century Collegio Romano: it left the historic center a century later, changing both its address and its appearance. Opened in 1975 and designed by Massimo Castellazzi, Tullio Dell’Anese and Annibale Vitellozzi, the new complex at Castro Pretorio, situated between Termini Station and the University Campus, follows the architectural language of the Modern Movement and the International Style: a 50,000-square-metre fortress of knowledge, understated and accessible, built of reinforced concrete, glass and aluminum. To mark the 150th anniversary of the library’s founding, a major free exhibition showcases its collection of books, maps, images and memoirs through manuscripts, rare printed editions, archival documents and multimedia installations.
Itineraries and curiosities: our tips
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Gigi Proietti’s Rome - A deep and enduring love (both in art and in life) bound the Italian actor, director, writer and entertainer Gigi Proietti to Rome – the city where he was born on 2 November 1940 (in Via di Sant’Eligio, a side street off Via Giulia, just a few meters from Ettore Petrolini’s birthplace) and where he would pass away on his 80th birthday. Rome would be his co-star on stage and on film sets, in films that have shaped the history of cinema, from Luigi Magni’s “Tosca” to “Meo Patacca” and the cult classic “Febbre da Cavallo”. Find out more in the dedicated page.
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The “white city” nestled amongst green spaces: the EUR district - Monumental, austere white buildings in marble and travertine set amongst tree-lined avenues, parks and gardens, to reflect a spectacular vision of the city. Planned from 1936 onwards to host the 1942 Rome World’s Fair and inevitably halted by the war, the district began to transform from the 1950s into one of the hubs of modern Rome. Its history, spanning almost a century, is the focus of the exhibition “EUR - A 90-Year History”, running from 6 November at Palazzo Uffici (the only building completed before the war). Find out more in the dedicated page.
