Italy has some 5,000 ghost towns, many boasting temples covered in moss, collapsed medieval abbeys and crumbling Renaissance ...

Pilgrims visit Assisi to see Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old “God’s influencer,” set to be canonized as the first millennial ...

Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday that unmarried people can adopt foreign minors, ending a 40-year-ban on the ...

Catholics flooded a church in the medieval town of Assisi in Italy, where the preserved remains of Carlo Acutis are on view ...

Castello di Amorosa stands majestically in Calistoga, California, like that one friend who always overdresses for casual ...

Imagine the surprise of finding the familiar scent of fish and chips wafting through a medieval Italian town, a testament to ...

But what really puts Torrita on the map is its ​Palio dei Somari. The event, which translates to “Race of the Donkeys,” was ...

Tuscany is known for its rolling hills with neat rows of vineyards and centuries-old olive groves, medieval towns brimming ...

Sambuca, also in Sicily, is another town loved for its one-euro houses, which put up another batch for sale last year. Now ...

The medieval astronomical instrument comes from the 11th-century Al-Andalus region, which is now modern-day Spain. The ...