This church is now a symbol of Medici dominance and cultural ... There are nominal site entrance costs for Santa Maria Novella and San Lorenzo that are not included in the price of the tour. It is a ...

Just an hour from Florence, this 12th-century former episcopal residence welcomes you in a setting worthy of a Renaissance ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

The city does not have any official district names besides the Oltrarno, which is located on the southern side of the River Arno. Instead, most Florentines refer to sections of the city by the ...

In our modern world, moving at such an ultra-fast pace, it can feel like our cities are getting stripped of their history and ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s ...

The Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella dates from 1246, its stupendous swirling marble façade created by Alberti in 1465. Often bypassed for the more famous Santa Croce (big mistake), the ...

I ended up only booking one guide–I figured St. Peter’s Basilica was too crowded ... tried on every last scent at Santa Maria Novella, while my husband and I visited a handful of historic ...

Art hounds should check out Pontormo’s masterful Mannerist Visitation in the tiny church of Santa Felicità ... T1 tram which whisks you into Santa Maria Novella train station town in 22 ...

Kayla Hui The Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is an important religious site in Mexico City. Construction for the first shrine built to honor the Virgin ...

He is depicted in a fresco at Santa Maria Novella, Florence - Bridgeman Jeff Bezos gave $100 million to actress Eva Longoria and the retired admiral who oversaw the capture of Osama bin Laden to ...