For well over 2,000 years, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio has existed as a kind of myth in the history of architecture and civil engineering. We know him as the “father of architecture,” the author of the ...

Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed the remains of a 2,000-year-old basilica designed by the pioneering ancient Roman architect Vitruvius. Italy's Culture Minister, Alessandro Giuli, likened the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli attends an Italy-Albania Intergovernmental Summit at Villa Doria Pamphili on November ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A marble bust that has stood in the Roman basilica of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls for centuries without attribution is displayed ...

The San Pietro in Vincoli basilica in Rome is home to one of Michelangelo’s most famous works, the massive marble statue of Moses, as well as the purported chains that imprisoned the first pope.

While many popes are buried under St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis will not continue that trend. In December, Pope Francis said he wanted to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary ...

ROME, March 4 : A marble bust that has stood for centuries in one of Rome’s basilicas has been re-attributed to Michelangelo after nearly 200 years in obscurity, following a document-based ...

A marble bust that has stood in the Roman basilica of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls for centuries without attribution is displayed after being identified as a work by Michelangelo Buonarroti, ...