In a plot straight out of pretty much any Dan Brown book, ancient sketches by Leonardo da Vinci have revealed the location of ...

An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...

In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan ... northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its reconstruction into a vast, stately home. By the turn of the century, Sforza Castle ...

passing the first of the many churches I will see – San Gioachimo – and the Diamond Tower, Italy’s tallest steel building, which marks the southern corner of Milan’s central business district.

Italy’s famed Sforza Castle ... may have been used to secretly ferry a Duke of Milan to his late wife’s crypt. The version of Sforza Castle that exists today is actually its second iteration ...

In 1948, after the castle ... crop up in Milan after World War II, as part of Italy’s wider push to update its cities, many locals were resistant to the idea of the modern towers interrupting ...

Parma’s picturesque Castello Di Torrechiara was built between 1448 and 1460, with five signature square towers making it one of Italy’s most distinguished examples of castle architecture.