An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and ...

This is the most spread-out Olympics in history, with competition venues dotting an area of space roughly the size of the ...

Alessandra Tarantino has been working with The Associated Press in Italy since 2005. Based in Rome, she mainly covers the ...

On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome’s Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the darkened amphitheater, pausing every so often to take in a new ...

A Roman basilica’s removal of a cherub resembling Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reveals how quickly sacred art can ...

In 846, a massive fleet of Arab sea raiders struck Italy at the perfect moment, sacking Ostia and sailing up the Tiber toward the heart of Western Christendom. From the looting of St Peter’s to Pope ...

A rock face on the Monte Conero anticline holds many paddle-like footprint tracks packed together on one surface, likely made ...

Italy is making its artistic treasures more accessible to people with disabilities. Michela Marcato, who has been blind since ...

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Giorgia Meloni breaks silence over resemblance to restored church angel - The apparent likeness to the Italian premier has ...

The challenge when visiting Rome is deciding what to skip: there are so many churches, archaeological sites, piazzas and ...