The Vittoriano, also known as the Monument to Victor Emmanuel II or the Altar of the Fatherland, is a national monument ...

Pope Francis' favorite painting was Marc Chagall's "White Crucifixion." Here's what the Nazi-era artwork teaches about the ...

By using surviving artifacts, eyewitness testimony, accurately reproduced uniforms, original firearms and the thorough study ...

The American semiquincentennial begins now, marking the 250th anniversary of this country’s founding. Like the bicentennial ...

Rome was famous for rejecting the idea of kingship. For almost 500 years, Rome was a staunch Republic, with rules in place to ...