The Italian Renaissance is, perhaps the most famous period in history. In Caprarola, there is building that embodies all that ...

Nestled in the Italian countryside, the abandoned 18th-century Palazzo Chigi-Albani tells a story of faded grandeur and historical significance. Once a magnificent estate adorned with elaborate ...

You could say it all started with Michelangelo. His magnificent Farnese Palace in Rome was the inspiration for architect Charles Barry’s stunning interpretation of Renaissance style and while the ...

After a breathing crisis on Feb. 28 that involved Francis nearly choking on his vomit, "there was a real risk he might not make it," said Sergio Alfieri, a physician at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

Pope Francis has appeared at his window of the Gemelli hospital in Rome and offered a blessing for the first time since being admitted on 14 February. The 88-year-old pontiff was discharged ...

Sudan’s army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, state TV reported on Thursday, in a significant milestone in a two-year ...

Reluctantly, he agreed to tour the property: a 3,500-square-foot apartment on the piano nobile, or second floor, of a 17th-century palazzo ... it to be the kind of palace where you feel like ...

The best hotels in Rome complement the Eternal City’s rich ... A recent restoration of many of the palazzo’s original baroque design features, including high ceilings with a fresco dating ...

Welcome, then, to Palazzo Farnese, a treasure trove of majestic beauty, the court of one of the most powerful families of Renaissance Rome, the historic seat of the French Embassy, which ...

Here, you see it before you feel it. Giant glazed ceramic capital letters mounted on the palazzo’s 19th-century façade spell out “salve”, the daily salutation that Italians extend to ...

Rome's Largo Argentina site to host historical re-enactment of Caesar's assassination as well as performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Rome will mark the Ides of March and the assassination of ...