Rare frescoes dating back to the 17th century have been found by chance by an electrician working in Rome's Villa Farnesina. The Renaissance works were discovered a year ago behind a false ceiling ...

In the winding, ivy-draped streets of Trastevere, Rome, Zazie Gnecchi Ruscone is hand-painting sharp geometric patterns on a ...

Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by blues, reds and golds have lost none of their brilliance in 17th-century frescoes ...

I love an excuse to revisit an old favourite, even better when it offers a way of enjoying it in a new light. The Royal Academy’s exhibition on Florence does exactly that, exploring the city through ...

Old Route 66 Family Restaurant in Dwight, Illinois, is a Route 66-themed diner famed for serving the state’s best country fried steak. With its classic charm and comfort food, it’s a must-visit for ...

Who are the most famous Italians? Italy is known to be a home of famous men and women including legenadry singers, politicians and scientists. Read on.

Florence, Italy, attracts millions of visitors each year and is well known for its art – art museums and galleries hou ...

History’s two most famous fascists were Nazi chief Adolf Hitler in Germany and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Known as Il Duce, or “the duke,” Mussolini headed the National Fascist Party ...

The AI system was trained with deep feature analysis on authenticated Raphael paintings. Hassan Ugail, a mathematician and computer scientist from the University of Bradford in the UK, explained ...

Now an AI neural network has identified something unusual about a face in a Raphael painting: It wasn't actually painted ... based on the works that we know are the result of the Italian master's ...

Italy's government is facing a backlash after it celebrated a major Second World War battle fought under the regime of fascist dictator Mussolini. The defence ministry said on social media that ...