"I've always loved living here; I've always felt very lucky to live here," said Ludovica Sannazzaro. Correspondent Seth Doane asked, "Did it settle in that you were living in a castle?" "Not at first, ...

Byzantine art had a significant impact on the Italian Renaissance and the evolution of the cultural boom of the early modern ...

ROCCA CALASCIO, Italy (Reuters) – When the sun comes up over the castle of Rocca Calascio, a mountain hamlet high up in the central Italian Apennines, it is like a silent, red thunder. One such ...

Italy is an open-air museum. From the north to the south of the boot, architecture dating back to the Roman Empire and UNESCO World Heritage Sites fill the towns, keeping their history alive. Italy is ...

During the Renaissance, the Italian diet consisted primarily of wine and bread, with a small portion of meat (preferably a type of foul, because birds lived closer to the heavens when they took flight ...

It’s not everyday that you find a priceless artwork hanging over a kitchen stove. Rarer still is it to stumble across one of the exceptionally few paintings that can confidently be attributed to the ...

If you are traveling to Italy, you may be considering the usual spots like Florence, Venice, and Rome -- which is really the best city to kick off an Italian vacation. Or, perhaps you are hitting up ...

Graduate Seminar on Machiavelli and His World; Professionalization for History Graduate Students; Theory and Practice of History; Seminar in Catholic Church and Modern Science; Seminar in Medieval and ...

Visit Treia, a tiny hilltop town in the Marche region of Italy, and any local will tell you proudly that the town is known for “bracciale.” Visit in the run-up to August, and you’ll see signs ...

"I've always loved living here; I've always felt very lucky to live here," said Ludovica Sannazzaro. Correspondent Seth Doane asked, "Did it settle in that you were living in a castle?" "Not at first, ...