Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during one of the city’s most turbulent periods.

King Charles and Queen Camilla will visit the beautiful Italian city Ravenna on their state visit to Italy in April.

When the church was rebuilt in 1889, Anthony and Ellen gifted the church’s Baptistery as a memorial for their three deceased children. The space contained a marbled mosaic floor (depicting waves and ...

Oronzio Lelli, “Cast of Gates of Paradise (by Lorenzo Ghiberti), Baptistery of San Giovanni ... (cast maker), “Cast of west portal, Abbey Church of Saint-Gilles” (1905) (photo by Tom Little ...

The Baroque-style Church of Sao Francisco of Assisi ... other early Christian monuments include the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo and the Neonian Baptistery. Existing in a tangle of churches, ...

Finally, there is the Baptistery. This octagonal structure dates from the 11th ... Additionally, you can visit the old church below the Santa Maria del Fiore, Santa Reparata. The safest bet is to get ...

The blood-spattered walls of the baptistery in the church in Pililla left no doubt as to the New Zealander’s fate. By late 1943, food and medicines became scarce, and prices rocketed, while donations ...

After military honors for a head of state, he left the airport and, before going to the Palais des Congrès et Expositions, he made a brief stop in front of the early Christian baptistery of ... the ...

Art and sculpture, wine and pasta, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Vatican City and Venice are just some of what Italy is famous ...