ROME, March 4 (Reuters) - A marble bust that has stood for centuries in one of Rome’s basilicas has been re-attributed to Michelangelo after nearly 200 years in obscurity, following a document-based ...

Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed a 2,000-year-old basilica linked to Vitruvius, the legendary engineer long known as the father of architecture. The building remains were found in Fano, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli attends an Italy-Albania Intergovernmental Summit at Villa Doria Pamphili on November ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROME, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Italian officials on Monday hailed the discovery of a more than 2,000-year-old public building attributed ...

If you’re looking to buy property in Italy, chances are you’ll come across stunning churches and historic buildings in towns and cities nearby. Italy’s rich religious architecture is a big part of its ...

Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed the remains of a 2,000-year-old basilica designed by the pioneering ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. Italy's Culture Minister, Alessandro Giuli, likened the ...

A view from the area of the recently unearthed basilica to the Cathedral of Aquileia. Photo by the Austrian Academy of Sciences Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, ...

While many popes are buried under St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

Chaminade High School’s chorus performed in churches across Italy last month, a trip partially spurred by the Catholic Jubilee Holy Year. Twenty-nine of the chorus’s 45 members traveled to Rome and ...

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