Sumptuous objects tell the story of chinoiserie in a New York exhibition — though its feminist thesis is tendentious ...

It’s hard to put into words how much we enjoyed visiting Florence at the end of our most recent trip to Italy. Our ...

A splendid experience, lived as a father watching his daughter's eyes. He looks at them and realizes there is a strange, deep ...

Step inside and if you listen closely, you can hear it—the clink of glass, the shake of ice, the bursts of laughter, the roar ...

She was the mother of three kings, the wife of another and the niece of a powerful pope and those links aren’t even the most ...

The Swiss Guards accompanying Pope Francis on his final journey still wear the colors of the Medici family ... a private viewing at the Apostolic Palace for cardinals and other dignitaries ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

Many of the traditions that will dictate Pope Francis’s funeral date back more than 2,000 years. They are compiled in a tome ...

The French Academy in Rome — Villa Medici is located on the Pincio hill ... In 2015, Fendi moved its headquarters to the ...

Ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral, a centuries-old security force stands watch: the Swiss Guard. Known for their vivid uniforms and storied legacy, these elite soldiers are more than ceremonial figures.

New exhibition offers a rare look inside the atelier’s storied relationship with silk ...