The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...

A neglected urban node for centuries and dominated by vehicular traffic for decades, Piazza Pia has been transformed into the ...

Every 25 years, believers from around the world flock to Rome to step through one of its four holy doors and have their sins ...

However, it was the Romans who fully embraced and refined the arch, turning it into a fundamental element of their engineering: by improving materials — especially through the development of concrete ...

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler surveys some of the Roman Empire’s most impressive architectural feats and the artworks that characterised the period. Show more First transmitted ...

Despite Rome’s glorious architecture, only the richest citizens enjoyed the good life – most lived in dangerous, cramped and smelly housing. Despite these differences, almost all citizens ...

Villa Barberini, situated within the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo, is a site of exceptional historical significance ...

The capital city of Italy is Rome, a city that somehow comes together by way of the natural conjunction of history, culture, ...