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by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/18/2013 - 03:00
In the photo: The famos statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus.Rome pays homage to its first emperor with an exhibition, “Augusto”, opening today at the…
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by Carol King | Wed, 10/16/2013 - 08:30
Carol King talks to acclaimed author of the Italian Renaissance Sarah Dunant about her novel on the Borgias and more.British author, broadcaster and critic…
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by Magda Lauer | Tue, 10/15/2013 - 07:30
The signing of The Lateran Treaty established Vatican City as an independent state in 1929. With little more than 400 citizens including Swiss guards,…
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by Carol King | Mon, 10/14/2013 - 08:21
In our series focusing on famous Italian families, Carol King looks at one of Italy’s most notorious: the Borgias.The Borgia family of the Renaissance went…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 10/14/2013 - 05:35
More than two thousand years after her death, the allure and mystery surrounding the last queen of Egypt remains very much alive. Now a major exhibition in…
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by Carol King | Fri, 10/11/2013 - 08:31
As the world gets ready to celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas, Carol King visits Genoa’s Galata Museum of the Sea where…
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by Carol King | Tue, 10/08/2013 - 05:00
Statue of Tiberius, Roman, A.D. 37, Bronze, 96 7/8 in. (246 cm) high. Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei – Museo Archeologico…
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 10/07/2013 - 09:00
Photo courtesy of FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano Not a church, but the world’s smallest theater was the original location for the recent wedding of a Tuscan…
by Carol King | Sun, 10/06/2013 - 04:00
words by Carol King Italian archaeologists have unearthed the tomb containing the skeleton of what experts believe is an Etruscan prince, who died…
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by Carol King | Wed, 09/25/2013 - 05:30
Portrait of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) --------------------------------------------------------- Acclaimed novelist of the Italian Renaissance Sarah…