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by Silvia Donati |
In the photo: The famos statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus.Rome pays homage to its first emperor with an exhibition, “Augusto”, opening today at the…
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by Carol King |
Carol King talks to acclaimed author of the Italian Renaissance Sarah Dunant about her novel on the Borgias and more.British author, broadcaster and critic…
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by Magda Lauer |
The signing of The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent state in 1929. With little more than 400 citizens including Swiss guards,…
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by Carol King |
In our series focusing on famous Italian families, Carol King looks at one of Italy’s most notorious: the Borgias.The Borgia family of the Renaissance went…
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by Silvia Donati |
More than two thousand years after her death, the allure and mystery surrounding the last queen of Egypt remains very much alive. Now a major exhibition in…
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by Carol King |
As the world gets ready to celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas, Carol King visits Genoa’s Galata Museum of the Sea where…
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by Carol King |
Statue of Tiberius, Roman, A.D. 37, Bronze, 96 7/8 in. (246 cm) high. Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei – Museo Archeologico…
by Silvia Donati |
Photo courtesy of FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano Not a church, but the world’s smallest theater was the original location for the recent wedding of a Tuscan…
by Carol King |
words by Carol King Italian archaeologists have unearthed the tomb containing the skeleton of what experts believe is an Etruscan prince, who died…
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by Carol King |
Portrait of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) --------------------------------------------------------- Acclaimed novelist of the Italian Renaissance Sarah…