{"id":44922,"date":"2026-01-06T08:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/befana-events-in-rome-cancelled-due-to-bad-weather\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:44:13","slug":"befana-events-in-rome-cancelled-due-to-bad-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/befana-events-in-rome-cancelled-due-to-bad-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Befana events in Rome cancelled due to bad weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Orange weather alert sees cancellation of Befana&#8217;s flight into Piazza Navona<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<p>Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has signed an order banning all recreational and sporting events in public areas on Tuesday 6 January due to heavy rain and bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0order, which coincides with a\u00a0national public holiday in Italy\u00a0for the Epiphany, will see the cancellation of the popular\u00a0&#8220;flight of the Befana&#8221;\u00a0event in Piazza Navona.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made in light of the ongoing bad weather which has resulted in multiple emergency interventions in recent days by firefighters and civil protection authorities.<\/p>\n<p>A massive pine tree fell near the Colosseum tonight after a day of heavy rain in Rome. The incident occurred outside the tourist info point and the tree fell across Via dei Fori Imperiali. No immediate reports of people injured. Photo Il Messaggero. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7KODRn9eG\" title=\"pic.twitter.com\/k7KODRn9eG\">pic.twitter.com\/k7KODRn9eG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wanted in Rome (@wantedinrome) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wantedinrome\/status\/2007928087720157482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" title=\"January 4, 2026\">January 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An orange weather alert is in place and the city has closed its parks and cemeteries, advising people to avoid areas under trees &#8220;and within the radius of their potential fall&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>People in Rome have also been advised to avoid underpasses, river banks and areas at risk of flooding, as well as green areas and tree-lined streets.<\/p>\n<p>One major event that will go ahead as planned is the closing of the Holy Door at St Peter&#8217;s by Pope Leo, signifying the end of the Jubilee Year, at 09.30.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange weather alert sees cancellation of Befana&#8217;s flight into Piazza Navona. Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri has signed an order banning all recreational and sporting events in public areas on Tuesday 6 January due to heavy rain and bad weather. The\u00a0order, which coincides with a\u00a0national public holiday in Italy\u00a0for the Epiphany, will see the cancellation of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[8004,29216,18502,1129,28772,2423,29228],"class_list":["post-44922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eventi","tag-bad","tag-befana","tag-cancelled","tag-due","tag-events","tag-rome","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}