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 ...

Art, fashion, historical landmarks, and beautiful landscapes – I was sure Florence, Italy, would offer everything ... museums that were once home to the Medici family – a powerful and ...

During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

Florence, Italy, attracts millions of visitors each ... due to an Italian banking family known as the Medicis. Cosimo de’ Medici became a patron of art, science, philosophy, and architecture ...

Before this movement, however, Florence reigned supreme as Italy’s capital city ... “This era saw the flourishing of humanism, with the Medici family patronizing thinkers and creators ...

This column was submitted by Evangeline Cessna, Local History Librarian at the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library. This ...

The SMK in Copenhagen couldn’t move the Italian artist’s sculptures, so it’s showing reproductions in the show “Michelangelo ...

The city boasts one of the best-preserved historic centres in Italy and offers ... fell under the realm of the Medici’s grand duchy for a time, and shades of Florence abound in its public ...

Funds raised from the evening support The American Friends group in its mission raise funds for the restoration of artworks in the Uffizi Gallery ...

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 ...