Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city crowded with both the seamy and stately.

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel has inspired and enthralled millions but none who has craned in admiration of the "divinely inspired" work realises it was born out of base rivalry and petty jealousy.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Once in a while a building comes along that changes the course of architectural history. Like the tiny ...

The Chiostro del Bramante, one of the high points of Renaissance architecture in Rome, was designed by Donato Bramante (1444-1515), who had arrived in the city after the fall from power of his ...

Art-lovers keen to unleash their wild sides should head to the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome, where a "Crazy" exhibition urges visitors to revel in colourful madness. A modern twist to a Renaissance ...