Few, if any, early modern European cities boasted a population as racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse as Renaissance Venice, from German merchants living in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi to the ...

Greek scholars made numerous and vital contributions to Italy’s Renaissance, helping bridge Eastern and Western intellectual ...

Fly over the enchanting Veneto region in northeastern Italy, where the romantic canals of Venice, the rolling Prosecco ...

A jewel of a city audaciously built on 118 tiny islands and a network of waterways, Venice is an imperiled treasure that stubbornly endures. Due to the plodding geological shifts of the continents ...

Churches hung with Renaissance art masterpieces. A canal view down every street. Gondolas weaving their way between ferries and transport barges. Sunset on the lagoon. Venice is everyone's dream city.

Chanel’s Cruise show on Lake Como marked the start of a busy summer of events across the peninsula. Why is everyone showing ...

The Saudi Ministry of Culture is set to host a comprehensive program of cultural events at the Abbazia building in Venice, ...

Although overcrowded and maddening, it’s impossible not to fall under Venice’s spell ... wonderfully preserved Renaissance town Ferrara, pilgrim and university town Padua, or Ravenna for ...