Having begun design phases before Zaha Hadid’s death, the 74-room Romeo Roma hotel is Zaha Hadid Architects’s (ZHA) first-ever adaptive reuse design and one of her last projects. Inside its orderly ...

Eleven years before his death, Pontormo had been tasked with decorating the Basilica of San Lorenzo with frescoes depicting scenes from the Bible. It was to be Florence’s answer to the Sistine ...

LONDON (University of Cambridge) -- A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The ...

becoming the Dukes of Tuscany and undisputed rulers of Florence. They moved their household into an even larger, more extravagant palace—the Palazzo Pitti—a powerful symbol of wealth and influence.

So the whispers went, it was the first time it had ever rained at the June edition of Pitti Uomo – the Florentine menswear ... Silvia Venturini Fendi’s grandmother Adele Fendi came to Florence from ...

At our site in Florence, the School in Italy offers a wide range of opportunities for academic and cultural immersion. In Florence, advanced students attend one or two Middlebury-organized classes and ...

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Herno: Italy is the home of sartorial sportif ... Margaret Howell: The discreet hardiness of Howell is a welcome palate cleanser within the context of Pitti’s widespread tailored-tech approach. Her ...