Recently, Alfredo Barbagallo, an amateur archaeologist, claimed that the Holy Grail could be hidden in Rome, in the catacomb underneath the Basilica of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, near the tomb of ...

Holly D. Johnson The Basilica di San Lorenzo is the oldest Florentine cathedral, thus its external architecture is not as ornate and embellished as others built throughout Florence in later centuries.

The Social Hub has announced its expansion in Europe with the opening of a fourth Italian hotel in Rome’s San Lorenzo ...

Pope Francis opened Saint Peter's Basilica's holy door for Jubilee 2025, the Catholic's holy year, at the Vatican on Christmas Eve 2024. A trip to Rome is ... Photograph by Lorenzo Moscia ...

Michelangelo’s dome, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s colonnade and the ancient tomb of the apostle Peter have been recreated within ...

Archaeology buffs might find the Basilica di San Clemente interesting as it's a veritable nesting doll of churches. It's a second century pagan temple, underneath a fourth-century church ...

(FILES) Pope Francis gestures during the vespers at St Peter’s basilica in The Vatican ... including the captain of his favourite team, San Lorenzo. Francis, 88, has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital ...

ROME (CNS) -- Imagine being able to explore ... who was appointed to oversee the design and construction of the basilica, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who was its official architect and who designed ...