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Four Outstanding Italian Museums You Can Visit From Home

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 03/19/2020 - 14:14

As the coronavirus emergency is keeping us all at home, it is still possible to travel virtually to Italy and visit some of its outstanding museums, from the…

Culture

Capodimonte Porcelain: A Traveler’s and Collector’s Guide

by Laura Morelli | Wed, 02/19/2020 - 04:38

Capodimonte is a distinctive style of porcelain that stands apart from all the other ceramic traditions of southern Italy. This delicate, ornate porcelain--…

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Detail from one of Raphael's tapestries for the Sistine Chapel

500 Years Later, Raphael’s Tapestries Return to Sistine Chapel

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/18/2020 - 06:31

The monumental tapestries made from designs by Raphael are exceptionally on view in the place they were originally intended for, the Sistine Chapel in Rome’s…

Culture

All Three of Florence Baptistery’s Doors On Display Again After 30 Years

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 12/10/2019 - 07:43

The three monumental doors of Florence’s Baptistery, bronze and gilded masterpieces of late Medieval/early Renaissance art, have been reunited after almost 30…

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Five Crowd-Free Museums in Rome That Are Worth a Visit

by Silvia Donati | Fri, 10/11/2019 - 00:00

We begin a new series aimed at highlighting little-known museums, sites and cultural institutions in Italy’s most popular tourist destinations in an effort to…

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Parini Statue at Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan Italy

Italy's Free Museum Sundays Return from October to March

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 10/09/2019 - 00:00

From October to March, all state museums and archeological areas in Italy are free to enter on the first Sunday of the month. The successful initiative,…

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Florence: More to Santa Maria Novella Than a Busy Station

by Myra Robinson | Thu, 10/03/2019 - 00:08

If Florence is your destination, it's more than likely that you will arrive at the station called Santa Maria Novella, or Firenze SMN for short. It is Florence…

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Italy Before the Romans: The Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses

by Laura Morelli | Tue, 06/11/2019 - 03:13

On the lid of a large terra-cotta sarcophagus dating from about 520 BCE, a husband and wife are shown reclining comfortably against a pair of stylized cushions…

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Paintings in new room at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

14 New Rooms on 16th-Century Italian Painting Open at the Uffizi

by Silvia Donati | Thu, 06/06/2019 - 00:00

Fourteen completely renovated rooms have opened on the first floor of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, forming a new large section of paintings dedicated to the…

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Breathing New Life to Mestre: Our Guide to Visiting the New M9 Museum

by Jamie Mackay | Tue, 05/07/2019 - 05:33

It might be grey and it might be gritty, but no longer can Mestre be cast-off as just a budget friendly base from which to visit nearby Venice. Since the…