With its implication that the young woman isn’t as chaste as she should be, the marriage-prospect-derailing portrait triggers ducal panic and the deployment of the city-state’s best investigative ...

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Added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, the city center of Siena is distinctive for its winding streets and medieval ...

The Ponte Vecchio traverses the Arno River near central Florence. Throughout its history, it has survived floods and even attacks during World War II, making it one of the oldest bridges in Italy ...

Occupying the first and second floors of the U-shaped Palazzo degli Uffizi along the banks of the Arno River, the Uffizi Gallery was created by the Medici ... in central Florence – is open ...

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The Italian city has a reputation for being gray, but its architecture is far from dull.

The ancient school complex had a gymnasium with a large swimming pool and 650-foot tracks, archaeologists said.