Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

This was the most sacred of antiquity’s seven hills, and in the Imperial Age ... always remember the impression his first visit to Rome made on his youthful imagination. As he wrote in his ...

The white Timorasso grape of Piedmont in Italy was almost extinct in 1987. Today its wine is making a deserved comeback, with ...

Last June, we spent almost a week in Vernazza, Italy, and had the chance to explore the five towns that make up the Cinque Terre area. These five coastal communities each have unique personalities.

With miles of winding streets, along or between the city's historic seven hills, Rome is a lot to ... About 20 miles east of Rome is Tivoli, made famous for its Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este ...

Israeli archaeologist yuval peleg halts his jeep where the jagged Judean hills peter out into a jumble ... comprising more than 800 documents made of animal skin, papyrus and even forged copper ...

to Mexico or Ireland or Rome. You could not live in the Village or Brooklyn Heights, because the real-estate scoundrels had made those places special preserves for the super-affluent (you could ...