Explore the 11 best UNESCO sites in Italy, from Rome’s Colosseum to Florence, Venice, Pompeii, and Sicily’s temples. Italy, ...

From Florence to Mantua, the Renaissance left the Italian peninsula with a dazzling architectural heritage. Cathedrals, palaces and villas still bear the imprint of this artistic revolution, born of a ...

Il Redentore – is perhaps the most graceful, says Kate Bolton-Porciatti in The Daily Telegraph, and has been drawing pilgrims to the southern island of Giudecca for centuries. It was designed by the ...

Rising from the Adriatic Sea, Venice reveals itself as a masterpiece unlike any other. A city of terracotta rooftops and ...

Part One: The ceremonial city. 1. Constructing a civic religion -- 2. Praesentia and identity -- 3. Theatre of the world -- 4. The sacral prince -- Part Two: A disquieting decade. 5. A holy crusade -- ...

The title of their gentility -- Not having the name of Palazzo -- To live nobile -- The mirror of ancient ladies -- The game of life -- A paradise of Venus -- Not one but many separate cities -- ...