Police say a suspicious package reported by the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican was a false alarm.
Bomb squad officials rushed Wednesday to the embassy, overlooking Rome's Circus Maximus, amid heightened concern in the capital days after anarchists sent at least three mail bombs to various embassies in Rome.
Police officials at the scene say it was a false alarm.
The embassy staff had not been evacuated from the building, Embassy spokesman J. Nathan Bland earlier told The Associated Press.
The report comes days after an Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for two parcel bombs sent to the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome last week.
The two bombs exploded and injured the people who opened them.
A third parcel bomb was found at the Greek embassy on Monday.