The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, a major pilgrimage site in Italy Nestling in the hills of Umbria in ... Listed as a ...

Visitors to Italy tend to seek its sunny, Dionysian side — vino, pasta, opera, Renaissance art, George Clooney on a Vespa. But, like a chilly draft on a hot day, Italy’s gothic angle offers ...

There’s something undeniably magnetic about Italy’s iconic cities - Florence’s Renaissance flair, Rome’s ancient ruins, and ...

It was famous for its Gothic churches filled with frescoes and mosaics and for an iconic pasta dish that drew tourists from across the world. Over centuries it endured conquests and wars, as well ...

L’AQUILA, Italy — Built as a mountain stronghold during the Middle Ages, ... Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque: and […] Skip to content. All Sections. 64°F.

Art of Europe’s “Age of Faith”: Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, Moorish, and even Viking. After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of ...