Pontremoli — situated in Lunigiana, a region at the intersection of northern Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, and Liguria — has a ...

A 700-year-old fresco discovered on the wall of a convent church in northern Italy suggests that luxurious Islamic tents were used to cover altars in medieval European churches. The World’s Sarah ...

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...

The enduringly popular colour has been splashed across churches, mosques, shop fronts and even homes while some cities, like ...

With their picturesque villages, spectacular views and cosy mountain restaurants, not to mention glittering snowflakes ...

They are religions which often clash today, but Islamic designs were hijacked by the Christian church in medieval times.

Amid the crackdown on overtourism, consider these six destinations that are still very much welcoming visitors ...

This term refers to natural objects found in Denmark that are of scientific or exhibition value, though the name itself “is in Old Danish and means ‘Danish creature’,” as Milan told ...

The City Hall of Brașov, a popular mountain city in Romania, announced plans to restore the courtyard of the Black Church using non-repayable European funds. The project, valued at RON 24 million ...

F or centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one of the most popular cities in the world for tourist ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Once, on a road trip in Greece, I stopped with my husband and dad at a centuries-old Orthodox ... worn by the Italian mystic Padre Pio. The veneration of relics of saints was ...

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