During a summer heat wave, Rome's famous sunshine can feel incredibly intense, and the humidity really doesn't help matters. It’s easy to feel like the heat might get in the way of seeing everything ...

By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

Rome. The Eternal City’s blend of ancient monuments, decadent food and charming neighborhoods recently became easier to reach ...

Caligula, the notoriously erratic Roman emperor known for his bloodthirsty cruelty, probably also possessed a nerd's ...

Cadogan has painted portraits of felled pear, oak and yew beauties in a thought-provoking, and sometimes heartbreaking, show ...

Housed in the former rectory of the Church of Santa Maria di Piazza, the permanent exhibition, titled “Verso l’altro,” opened ...

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

Pope Leo XIV has arrived at the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo to start a six-week vacation. He's giving the hilltop ...

The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...

Italy was the perfect place to take my teenagers for their first vacation in Europe. A guided group tour made planning easy.

In 1471, Pope Sixtus IV transformed the ancient Capitoline Hill into a temple to ancient art. Five centuries later, the Capitoline Museums complex still remains the oldest public collection in the ...

Experts in London have spent three months piecing together the shattered remains of Roman artworks, revealing luxurious frescoes not seen for more than 1,800 years.