Similarly ambiguous is the lanternfly – ‘a bizarre mistake by science’ as the artist says – featured in works such as Lantern ...

The charming Italian coastal town of Brindisi in the Puglia region of southern Italy is a great alternative to the hustle and ...

The Vasari Corridor, one of Florence’s most iconic spaces, has entered the next phase of its modern revival with a new ...

The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

If you want a gorgeous Italian holiday but don't fancy doing battle with crowds of people then this charming little town ...

A surprising find has been made by Italian archaeologists. They discovered an Ancient Roman bath complex at the Appian Way Regional Park had been transformed into a church with a marble baptistery.

For a particularly meaningful way to visit Rome’s major churches - and to sidestep the crowds - try following in the footsteps of a 16th-century saint.

Description the ancient Roman paving stones along the Appian Way (Via Appia Antica), bathed in warm afternoon light and surrounded by lush greenery and cypress trees.

Via Appia. Regina Viarum More than 800 kilometres long, the Via Appia is the oldest and most important of the great roads built by the Ancient Romans. Constructed and developed from 312 BCE to the 4th ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.

Fondi, an ancient town in Lazio, central Italy, is on the Via Appia, the oldest road connecting Rome to Southeastern Italy. Though a beautiful town nestled at the base of the Aurunci Mountains, many ...

As crews in Rome were excavating the archaeological area of the Tombe di Via Latina during work at the Basilica of Santo Stefano, they found the head of a Roman-era stone statue amidst the ...