Middle Ages

Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 10/01/2020 - 00:00
Did you know the word ‘quarantine’ comes from Italy?  From Venice to be precise.  “The practice of quarantine, as we know it, began during the 14th century…
by Katia Amore | Wed, 09/25/2013 - 10:00
La Gatta di Sant'Andrea (the Female Cat of St. Andrew), also known as "La Gatta", a monument of medieval origin placed in the little churchyard of St. Andrew…
Culture
by Carol King | Wed, 08/21/2013 - 06:30
A team of archaeologists, historians, engineers and experts in Christian antiquities have inaugurated an important archaeological site in Rome. The site is…
Culture
by Carla Passino | Mon, 05/13/2013 - 05:24
The forbidding bulk of Venice’s Arsenale, the soaring towers of San Gimignano, the azure elegance of Giotto’s frescoes in Padua’s Scrovegni chapel. But also…