France's Interior Ministry said that around 9.30am several intruders forced open a window, stole jewels from vitrines and ...

Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris — the world's most visited museum — early Sunday morning. Museum officials said they ...

An apartment in a historic villa, a renovated farmhouse south of the city center and a maisonette near the Arno River.

A once-in-a-generation exhibition in Italy shows how the Renaissance painter believed something with his whole heart, and then made it manifest.

In Florence, the streets teem year-round, restaurants overflow, and even with a ticket booking system, queues jostle to visit the Uffizi. Urbino, by contrast, offers Renaissance splendour without the ...

Florence, renowned for being the birthplace of the Renaissance, offers a sensory experience beyond the architecture and Da Vinci’s masterpieces.

The Florence + the Machine singer was in the early weeks of pregnancy when she experienced pain and bleeding; she didn't know her fallopian tube had ruptured Joy Malone/Getty Florence Welch said she ...

From Florence to Mantua, the Renaissance left the Italian peninsula with a dazzling architectural heritage. Cathedrals, palaces and villas still bear the imprint of this artistic revolution, born of a ...

The last Friday of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival brought fewer people out, with more room to explore the 16th century magical kingdom on a gorgeous fall day. If you’ve ever attended the more ...

Grab a map and ask a local point to the centre of Florence, and their finger will probably land right over Hotel La Gemma. You’ve got the massive Duomo, the best museums, the most beautiful bridges, ...

Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Renaissance Beyond Florence Rick Steves, America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint ...