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Saga continues over property housing Caravaggio’s only ceiling fresco as fifth auction fails to attract bidsA princess living in a villa in Rome that contains the only ceiling fresco ever painted by Caravaggio has said she would “vigorously defend” her…
Critics in Italy – a key exporter of wine – say ‘terrifying’ warnings are ‘direct attack’ against the countryA plan by Ireland to put stark health warnings on bottles of wine, beer and spirits has caused anger in Italy.Ireland is free to go ahead with …
House of the Vettii features ornate and erotic friezes – and a fresco of the god Priapus with a huge phallusAn ornate house – containing a fresco featuring a huge phallus – that was owned by two freed men freed from slavery in the ancient city of Pompe…
Emanuela Orlandi case has triggered several theories but never yielded any concrete answersThe Vatican has reopened an investigation into the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a case that has gripped Italy for almost 40 years and embroiled the powerfu…
Research finds secret of durability of buildings such as the Pantheon could be in the techniques used at the timeThey have stood through the fall of an empire, the carnage of great wars and the foundation of a new country. But quite why structures made…
Novelist and screenwriter says he is unable to move arms and legs and has undergone spinal surgeryThe novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi has said he may never be able to walk or use a pen again after a fall on Boxing Day in Rome.The Buddha of Sur…
National leaders and royals among those gathered to see Pope Francis bury his predecessor The former pope Benedict XVI has been laid to rest after a funeral in a mist-filled St Peter’s Square attended by an estimated 50,000 Catholics.Benedict died on S…
Burial place has fallen into severe disrepair, to dismay of families of those laid to rest thereWild vegetation smothers the crumbling tombs, most of them dating back to the 1800s, that line the square beneath the imposing Chiesa Madre, or Mother Churc…
Belgium said late Monday it would be checking wastewater from planes coming in from China to see if it yields new clues about any potentially dangerous variants.
Benedict’s body displayed in chapel of the Vatican monastery and will lie in state at St Peter’s Basilica Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects to former pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, in the days leading up to his funeral th…