Check into the Hotel Due Torri, the city’s most historic grand dame with an impressive collection of antiques. Sip local ...

While firmly part of Italy for more than a century, influences from that rich and complicated past can be seen in the ...

It seems like humans always need to know who or what is the best in any category. Renaissance people were no different. A ...

When we think of the Renaissance era in Western Europe our thoughts generally tend towards the opulence and wealth of ruling ...

April 21 is a date rich with historical significance, marked by events that have shaped cultures, nations, and the course of ...

The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after ...

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Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains:“Heaven has gone blind!” ...

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

According to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 years, may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire ...