News

Tried-and-tested destinations like Paris and Barcelona are popular for good reason. But Europe still has plenty of untapped gems left to explore.
The waterfront Ortea Palace Hotel, Sicily, Autograph Collection, is the perfect home base for exploring the historic Sicilian ...
Italian couple Nicolo and Miriam Vergani have lived in New York’s uptown Harlem neighborhood for more than 20 years. It’s ...
In the late 1870s, banker and art collector William Corcoran commissioned larger-than-life Carrara marble sculptures of some ...
Italian police chased down a man riding an e scooter carrying a 66-pound marble base in Rome. While the man is under ...
The founding father’s statue has stood in Capitol Square downtown since 1857 but hasn’t had a fresh coat of lacquer in 43 years.
Architect Constantino Costantini leant heavily into classical features, including 18 marble statues representing ... a victim of its own success and with Italian superstar Jannik Sinner returning ...
But the museum’s just-opened show in this realm, “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia ... to have been crafted by famed Italian sculpor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680).
“It’s a sculpture that was in an Italian family for a long time ... in 1655—represented Bernini’s initial ideas for a marble statue for a fountain on Piazza Navona, one of Rome’s ...
Willard donated the six-foot Italian marble statue to the Unitarian Church. The statue remained on display until the congregation moved in 1967. The "Recording Angel" was then donated to the library.
Assisi Heights Spirituality Center program coordinator Sister Marlys Jax said the architectural aspects like the statues of St ... comes with the Italian and Romanesque style.
In 2010, the Italian government began a campaign to solidify its claim to the iconic marble statue. Does the statue belong to the city of Florence or the nation of Italy? A court case burrowed ...