With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...

Rome has uncovered the four large marble maps illustrating its evolution and expansion, from its foundation to the apex of its empire, hanging on the Via dei Fori, in front of the Colosseum, which had ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

These two ancient ... of Art in 1971 for $1m and ultimately returned to Italy in 2008. The Italian government claimed that the krater had been looted from an excavation site near Rome, and an ...

Whether you’re visiting as part of a Jubilee pilgrimage, or your trip to Rome just happens to coincide with this year-long celebration, there’s a full calendar of not-to-be-missed concerts, art ...

The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has been housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art Eli Wizevich The remarkably ...

Public bathing was an art form in ancient Rome. Baths served as a place for ... The theater at Ostia Antica is one of the best-preserved in Italy and seats up to 3,000 people.

Italy is renowned for ... the US were put on display in Rome last year Credit: Antonio Minerva/Ministero della Cultura In May last year, more than 600 stolen ancient artefacts worth more than ...

All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Rome impresses with its ancient ruins and ...

From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...

A diver just stumbled upon a bounty of ancient coins off the coast of Italy. Cultural ministers believe ... The bronze and copper coins were originally minted in Rome. A diver stumbled across ...