Though the art and architecture of the fair were mostly destroyed, as was intended, its curious cultural legacy was not.

This 600-year-old ‘Crucifixion’ fresco has been restored to its original splendor, thanks to the support of U.S. nonprofit ...

Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

The Vasari Corridor, the famed covered and elevated passage designed by Giorgio Vasari and linking Palazzo Vecchio to Palazzo ...

But now the reconstruction of the wall art has shed further light on high society in Roman ... ornaments and inscriptions – including Ian Betts and the British School at Rome – who gave me their ...

The painting, which is 419 years old, is a $50 million masterpiece. The work — Maddalena in Estasi (Magdalene in Ecstasy) — is now on display at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in ...

Contemporary accounts record that in 410 A.D. the Visigoth chieftain Alaric—fresh from sacking Rome—was buried beneath the temporarily diverted river along with the treasures of the Eternal City.

Meanwhile, some 200 miles south in Rome, relics of Placidia’s era are scattered through the city—often in surprising places. The Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Hotel was built on part of the site of ...

He arrived in Rome around 1592, a young artist hungry for success, and spent the next 14 years of his life there. The city's chaos fuelled both his genius and his troubles.

He arrived in Rome around 1592, a young artist hungry for success, and spent the next 14 years of his life there. The city's chaos fuelled both his genius and his troubles.