The discovery adds to evidence that preparatory drawings were common practice for Venetian artists as well as for their ...

Tuscany becomes first Italian region to approve assisted suicide law, Farnese Collection masterpieces go on display in Rome, ...

Representing a united heritage and respect for the collective history of our world, this is how to visit all seven modern ...

An outsized history as the seat of the Catholic Church brings with it an incredible collection of art and architecture.

Rome is easily the closest thing you'll ever find to a time machine. Photo / I arrived by sea, pulling in at Civitavecchia (built circa 200) aboard the Sun Princess, which was launched in 2024.

Rome's famed 'cradle of Caravaggio, San Luigi de' Francesi, has got a new lighting system for the iconic Cycle of St Matthew painted by the Italian pre-Baroque master in the French church in the late ...

The state visit will be Charles's first to the Vatican for talks with the head of the Catholic church since becoming king in 2022.

Norfolk has the largest concentration of medieval churches in the world. Almost 1000 were built, and today an incredible 639 ...

A mix of late Gothic and early Renaissance architecture, Château de Chenonceau is a 16th-century castle that ... the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which was built between 1473 and ...

Her message of love and compassion, and her universal promise of help and protection to all mankind, as well as the story of the apparitions, are described in the "Nican Mopohua", a 16th century ...

Surrounded by Rome, Italy, Vatican City is technically the world’s smallest country — smaller than New York’s Central Park. Inside this city-state, the papal palace contains a small chapel for the ...