Italian museums are on track for another record-setting year in 2017 in terms of visitors and revenue, with the outdoor Colosseum in Rome and Pompeii near...
Culture ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries gathered in Florence Thursday for two days of talks aimed at "putting cultural diplomacy on...
Two rare busts rescued from Daesh’s (ISIS) destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra will soon be heading back to Syria, after a painstaking restoration in...
Italy will host a meeting of culture ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries in Florence in March, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini...
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy rose to 267 Friday with 367 people hospitalized with injuries, the Civil Protection agency said
The first stage consisted of gently removing pollution’s ravages on the exterior
Italy said Monday it was earmarking one billion euros for cultural investments, including restoration works in Pompeii, the Uffizi gallery in Florence and the...
Italy unveiled a 60-strong task force of art detectives and restorers on Tuesday, ready to protect the world's crisis-hit heritage sites for UNESCO in a...
Italy unveiled a 60-strong task force of art detectives and restorers Tuesday, ready to protect the world’s crisis-hit heritage sites for UNESCO in a cultural...
President Hassan Rouhani hailed a "new relationship" between Iran and France during a visit Thursday that saw the signing of a host of post-sanctions business...
In the 16th century, Daniele da Volterra was mocked by contemporary artists for agreeing to paint loincloths on Michelangelo’s nudes in the Sistine Chapel....
Ettore Scola, a painstaking and passionate chronicler of Italian society, whose unforgettable masterpieces featured global stars like Sophia Loren and...
Pompeii is rising from the ashes again – despite the worst that Italy’s mafia, and bureaucracy, could throw at it.
It was the last thing they would see: a trapdoor opening in the floor of the Colosseum to unleash a snarling lion or bear, which sprang for the jugular as the...
A plan to transport visitors to Rome's Colosseum to the spot where gladiators fought and died by rebuilding the ancient arena's floor sparked debate in Italy...
A Paul Gauguin still life stolen from a wealthy collector’s home in Britain decades ago has been recovered after hanging for 40 years in a Sicilian...
Italian cultural officials have threatened court action to stop a U.S. arms manufacturer showing the revered Renaissance statue of Michelangelo’s David...
An Italian court Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid to halt the loan of Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic “Vitruvian Man” drawing and other works to France’s...
Another exceptional high tide swamped flood-hit Venice Friday, prompting the mayor to order St. Mark’s square closed after Italy declared a state of emergency...
Italy wants to renegotiate a deal to loan all of its Leonardo da Vinci paintings to France's Louvre to mark 500 years since his death, Italian media reported...