A city steeped in history, art and culture that's long captivated tourists and visitors was also once the capital of Italy.

In Piazza della Signoria, I was alone – bar the odd early morning dog-walker – as I took in the grandeur of the 13th-century ...

So you’ve decided to become a realist. Not a philosophical realist, like Wittgenstein or Popper. Not an artistic realist, like Courbet or Millet. And not a literary realist, like Balzac or Flaubert.

While immuring wives in walls is strictly outlawed (and largely apocryphal), the practice of hiding things behind sheetrock ...

Explore the best things to do in Florence, Italy, from iconic landmarks and exquisite food to hidden gems. Discover why each ...

Occupying the first and second floors of the U-shaped Palazzo degli Uffizi along the ... which sits just a few blocks from Ponte Vecchio in central Florence – is open Tuesday through Sunday ...

Conceived in 1972 as the younger sibling to the Pinacoteca di Brera, the neighboring gallery filled with masterpieces from the Renaissance to the industrial era, the swaggering Palazzo Citterio is ...

A bout 700 feet from Zambezi National Park and less than a 10-minute drive to Mosi-oa-Tunya, a.k.a. Victoria Falls, one of ...

Guido Vecchio, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Naples, Florida, at the age of 99. Born in Brooklyn ...

John Thomson has been very busy putting together a very special Strade Bianche photo gallery covering a wide selection of ...

The central hall of Raffaele Fabrizio’s 17th-century palazzo in Valmorea, Italy, a village near Lake Como, features trompe l’oeil windows and a vaulted ceiling with faux coffered panels.