ROME, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A marble elephant designed by Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini has been damaged, with its left ...

When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

This video captures a walking tour toward Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, showing the bridge, stone statues, and the circular ...

“To enter the basin of the Trevi Fountain, tourists and non-residents must pay a ticket costing €2.” So instructs the Major ...

Where Between the central neighbourhoods of Sant’Eustachio and Campo Marzio. The historic sites of Piazza Navona, the Pantheon and the Tiber are all under a ten minute walk away, while Rome central ...

Driving Rome’s “Queen of Roads” revealed beach towns, buried arenas, and new archaeological discoveries mile by mile.

One theory suggests the infamous Roman emperor survived an assassination attempt in the tunnel now open to the public.

Chase the first hint of spring with cherry blossoms in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., warm days in Seville and Marrakech, tulips ...

For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?

From high-end boutiques to housing in disaster zones with beer-crate foundations, the Japanese architect creates with things people throw away. What will his distillery in whisky’s holy land look like ...

Europe offers an incredible array of city break destinations, all just a short flight away, where you can immerse yourself in a completely different culture, heritage and landscape. Rome was once the ...

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