Which made them hey important? During the Renaissance, Italian city-states contributed greatly to the region's wealth. Families with affluence were able to support artistic movements and scientists, ...

A 16th-century secret passageway built for the ruling family of Florence, Italy, has opened to the ... steps — was built in just five months by Renaissance painter and architect Giorgio Vasari.

“Founded during Roman times, Florence, nestled in the heart of Tuscany, boasts a rich history that has shaped the cultural landscape of Italy. “The cradle of the Renaissance, Florence was a ...

It’s hard to put into words how much we enjoyed visiting Florence at the end of our most recent trip to Italy. Our ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Medici family, who dominated Florence's political and cultural life during the Renaissance ... came to prominence in Italy in the fifteenth century as ...

If you’re a huge fan of Renaissance art, you should definitely take a trip to Florence, Naples or Rome. There are many ...

The best time to visit Florence is between May and September when warm weather ushers in art festivals, open-air dining and the kind of Italian sunshine that inspired the Renaissance painters.

Rarely do the Renaissance and radicality meet. At the Hoxton’s new Florence residence ... use of a building can successfully change during its life cycle,” says Luca Colombo, of Lev-Arch.

When Steven Woloshin, an American doctor, first saw the 600-year-old fresco of the Crucifixion by Renaissance master Fra Angelico inside a cloistered convent in January last year, he was blown away.

is a delightfully inventive whodunit , set in Florence, Italy, smack in the middle of the Renaissance, and populated with the era’s most famous and infamous personalities. The epistolary novel ...