Explore the legacy of the Medici family through its most influential figures, from Cosimo the Elder to Catherine de' Medici.

The Medici family was a powerful and influential dynasty that dominated the political, economic, and cultural life of Florence and much of Italy from the 15th to the 18th century. Known for their ...

This guide offers inspiration and tips so you can plan a fun trip to Florence with teens. It's the perfect place to make ...

Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights the period’s works on paper—which, though frequently preparatory, stand as ...

From murder and bribery to putting a dead pope on trial—these scandalous popes took church corruption to shocking new heights ...

Here's our complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened over the past year, the only guide to London's newest openings that you'll ever need. What to find out all about the ...

An art exhibition is about to celebrate the life and ground-breaking work of Antonio Meucci in the palazzo next door to where the inventor of the telephone ... and Alessio Assonitis discusses ‘The ...

The Norton Simon Museum started out as the Pasadena Art Institute in 1922, exhibiting 19th-century American and European art and hosting annual shows of artists from California.

If you have extra time, Piazza della Signoria is worthwhile. Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an ...