MILAN, Italy — Dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente (Nativity of St. Mary), the Milan Cathedral, also called Duomo di Milano or ...

European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

A visit to Orvieto rewards you with a perfectly preserved and traffic-free world highlighted by a colorful cathedral and some of Italy's best wine.

The Franco-Spanish border is just over 62 miles away and Vitoria-Gasteiz’s surviving medieval walls attest to a city at a ...

The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state ...

The Italian city has a reputation for being gray, but its architecture is far from dull.

Go off the European beaten track for alternative city breaks, says Sarah Marshall, with Lucca, Gniezno, Bucharest and Nantes ...

Orvieto is one of the most striking, memorable and enjoyable hill towns in central Italy. About 90 minutes from Rome, Orvieto ...

The moon will be hung in the center of the towering, Gothic Revival-style cathedral, which will have ... smooth sphere as was believed up until the Renaissance. Instead, Galileo declared, the ...

From sport and culture to nature and cuisine, we highlight the diverse appeals of scenic Split Historical buildings, pine forest hills and breathtaking views of the Adriatic Sea are just a few things ...

Extremadura is the home of Iberian ham and a visit to the Museo del Jamón and its neighbouring retailers is a must. The region's wines and olive oils are also some of the best I've tasted and there ...