Europe has over 50,000 magnificent castles with imposing architecture and breathtaking settings that offer a glimpse into a world of kings, queens and legends.

The House of Medici was an Italian banking family that rose to become one of the most powerful political families … Continue ...

Art hounds should check out Pontormo’s masterful ... the Pitti museums and the Medici Chapels) are free on the first Sunday of every month. The good news is that you save the admission charge ...

For centuries, visitors to the Sistine Chapel, located in the ... were previously noticed in the sculpture "Night" from the tomb of Giuliano de' Medici. This discovery underscores the artist's ...

Italy’s most celebrated art gallery is housed in what was originally built as the Medici Whitehall – the ... the ones in the Peruzzi and Bardi chapels are by Giotto, while the Baroncelli ...

It was the royal chapel built in the Gothic style and is a ... The Musee d’Orsay museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.

The affluent Medici family established Montepulciano in the 16th century ... Its striking Romanesque cathedral — the Collegiata di San Christoforo — contains frescoes and sculptures dating back to the ...

The Greek god Poseidon now guards the Medici Museum of Art. A 6-foot-tall, one-ton sculpture of Poseidon’s head, ...

HOWLAND — The Greek god Poseidon now guards the Medici Museum of Art. A 6-foot-tall, 1-ton sculpture of Poseidon’s head, created by internationally known superrealist artist Carole Feuerman ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...