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Find these five and discover more art on our Google map of Rome.
Concealed for decades, a huge network of chambers beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill is to be opened up to the public, revealing ...
Running in Rome is one of the best ways to see the sights and avoid the crowds, a local art historian and runner shares.
There is a recurring pattern in human history, often overlooked in the drama of conquests and empires: the colonised, with ...
What have the Romans ever done for us?” quipped my partner, Ed, as we stood on the main street of Nicopolis ad Istrum, formerly a Roman town in Bulgaria that is now a glorious assemblage of ruins.
Often hailed as one of the 'best television shows in history', the 1976 period drama boasts a stellar cast and a 100 per cent ...
The BBC series, which stars Derek Jacobi, is told from the perspective of Roman Emperor Claudius - who is also the narrator of the series ...
As famous as the Renaissance palace they surround, the gardens of the French Academy in Italy have just been redesigned by ...
Take a trip before or after your cruise by spending extra time in your starting or ending port, in Italy, England, Ireland or Portugal.
In the summer of 64 AD, Rome burned, and with it the dark myth of Nero was born. Centuries later, painters like Piloty and ...
There are a million reasons to go to Italy, so why do visitors always go to the same few places? Here are our favourite ways ...
Founded in 1887 and named after the ancient famed city of Alexandria, the society blends deep-rooted tradition with an ...