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 ...

Sudan’s army has reclaimed the Presidential Palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a significant victory over a rampaging militia that controls swaths of the war-torn country. The Sudanese Armed ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ireland’s Dan Sheehan, center, is tackled by Italy’s Gianmarco lucchesi, left, and Manuel Zuliani during ...

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of ...