More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures ... but the last pope to be buried there died in the 17th Century so it's been a long time since they ...

By late in the 17th century, the vaulted loggia ceiling had fallen into disrepair, and included loose areas of “intonaco,” the final, smooth layer of plaster used in frescoed painting.

The Villa Farnesina, in Rome's Trastevere, is perhaps best known for its Raphael frescoes depicting Cupid and Psyche.

According to tradition, the shrine houses the grave of Rabbi Chaim Ben Yosef Vital, a 17th-century kabbalist who wrote down the words of his teacher Isaac Luria, preserving the work of one of the ...

Wikimedia Commons/Eric TurquinA 16th- century ... 17th century. In fact, a 1607 letter addressed to the Duke of Mantua from a Flemish painter visiting Italy noted that one of two Caravaggio ...

ITALY: John and Angelo Zorn from Novato spent three nights at Astapiana Villa Giusso, a 17th-century monastery overlooking the Sorrento peninsula and Bay of Naples. Now a sprawling estate with ...

Visitors have been able to step into a reconstructed 17th-century Catholic church in Maryland ... such as researching similar churches and obtaining art that was commonly used in Jesuit churches ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

A country pub close to the Welsh border in Shropshire which dates back to the 17th century has been brought to market by Christie & Co. The Docks, also known as ‘The Cross Keys’, has been a public ...