This story appears in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. In 1418 the town fathers of Florence finally addressed a monumental problem they’d been ignoring for decades: the ...

During a first-time visit to Florence, see the Florence Cathedral Il Duomo, Uzzifi, The Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, ...

is not only Florence's religious center, but it's also the city's most recognizable attraction. Occupying the Piazza del Duomo in the heart of the city, this massive Gothic cathedral was erected ...

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 31 - A group of pro-Gaza activists put a keffiyeh on the baby Jesus in a Nativity Scene in Florence's cathedral on ... held a flashmob in front of the nativity scene in the ...