Italy faced widespread rail disruption on first day of the Winter Olympics, with the country’s transport minister saying it was an attack on the nation.

NUORO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) - In Nuoro, a remote city on the Italian island of Sardinia, a high stone wall rings the local prison, a fortress-like complex once renowned for holding high-profile mobsters and convicted terrorists far from the mainland.

For years, a rumor has circulated online that U.S. President Donald Trump once claimed that Italy and the United States have been allies since Ancient Rome. As alleged proof, social media users pointed to an image supposedly showing a translator's reaction to Trump's comments.

Michela Marcato, 54, has been blind since birth. She and her partially sighted partner were touring the site amid a new effort by Italy to make its myriad artistic treasures more accessible to people with blindness or low vision and enhance how all visitors experience and perceive art.

Italy's figure skaters remained confident about their medal prospects in the team event at the Milano Cortina Olympics after the men's short programme and free dance session ensured the host nation maintained third place on Saturday.

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Turin, Piedmont’s provincial capital, as seem from the Duomo. Located in the foothills of the western Alps, the city is Italy’s fourth largest. Credit...Enea Arienti Flocking To Turin has Baroque architecture,