We’d just spent 2 weeks traveling through Spain before taking a ridiculously cheap flight from Seville to Pisa for 9 euros ...

Laura Diddle never attended the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, but after it was heavily damaged by the July 16 tornado, ...

The basilica of Santa Maria di Cosmedin, famous for the Mouth of Truth, houses a skull attributed to Saint Valentine, adorned with flowers and kept in a golden box. Despite its uniqueness, hundreds of ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...

In a country where food is sacred, how can we distinguish hidden gems from tourist traps? Here are 10 unmistakable signs of a ...

They are welcomed by the Mercy Sisters of Alma, Mich., aided by U.S. priests and seminarians studying in Rome. The office is ...

Two longstanding New York City area newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," are vanishing from newsstands, leaving Jersey City without printed news as media struggle against ...

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The ancient Roman city in southern Italy was destroyed by a catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Rome impresses with its ancient ruins and treasure-trove art museums. But look beyond the splendour ...

On the 80th anniversary of this liberation, these photos exhibit the horror and history of Auschwitz. Auschwitz was established in 1940 in the suburbs of Oswiecim, Poland. During its first year ...