Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

Introducing size – below we look at Italy’s 30 largest towns and cities (a list which, notably, doesn’t include Venice or Siena) – often brings entirely overlooked destinations into the ...

ROME, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Avincis, Europe's largest provider of emergency air services, said on Monday it renewed its contract with Italy to operate the country's fire planes, for 479 million euros ...

Italy has reduced the number of migrant boats from reaching the country with one main tactic. Giorgia Meloni has used money to cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the year-end press conference in Rome, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo ...

Italy’s famed Sforza Castle is a focal point ... passageways beneath the grounds originally hinted at by Leonardo da Vinci. But according to recent, ground-penetrating radar and laser scans ...

MILAN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Investments into Italy's data centres will double to 10 billion euros ($10.3 billion) in the 2025-2026 period compared with the previous two years as technology ...

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(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ROME (AP) — Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal Wednesday that calls for the Gulf country’s expertise to be put ...

Parents need to know that The Da Vinci Code opens with a brutal murder and includes several other bloody scenes, including a naked man beating himself. The subject matter is too convoluted to interest ...

Playing at home and boasting two fine clay courters in Vinci and Errani, Italy was a heavy favorite coming into the tie as Russia was missing its top 11 players. Yet Vinci nearly unraveled ...