Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli attends an Italy-Albania Intergovernmental Summit at Villa Doria Pamphili on November ...

ROME (AP) — Some of the lesser-known treasures at San Pietro in Vincoli basilica in Rome, known for Michelangelo’s massive marble statue of Moses, are finally being restored. Thanks to an infusion of ...

Over the centuries, it has attracted important figures, St. Catherine of Siena and the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico, both ...

On Sunday, the Vatican released images showing the tomb of Pope Francis at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, also known as Santa Maria Maggiore, in Rome. After the cardinals paid their respects, the ...

Popes accumulated and deployed art over the course of many centuries. Were they the ultimate art patrons in history?

Italian officials on Monday hailed the discovery of a more than 2,000-year-old public building attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architect and engineer known as the "father of architecture." ...