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The FIU in Genoa program has been welcoming students for 20 years. An undergrad shares what it meant to live and learn in a ...

The nonprofit Friends of Florence has funded more than 450 restoration projects to safeguard Renaissance masterpieces.

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There's a nonna-core renaissance happening in Greater Cincinnati. Here are three Italian restaurants you should try ASAP.

In honor of the Milan Cortina Olympics, Milan cultural officials are for a brief time only allowing visitors access to a long-hidden wall and ceiling painting by Leonardo da Vinci while ...