AIDONE, Sicily -- The inhabitants of this small and remote town in central Sicily packed the local archeological museum today to gaze at “their” statue, which until recently was a star exhibit of t

No one was prepared for the dizzying pace of Pope John Paul II’s global travels as the Polish pontiff’s beatification in the Vatican approa

ROME — Relics are an easy target -- David Farley hones in on probably the most bizarre — Christ’s alleged foreskin which for hundreds of years was preserved in Calcata,

MATERA — Few people in this heart of southern Italy speak English, slow time is the rule, from 3 to 5 pm over late lunch, life seems to stop. Public transport is lacking.

ROME — Disagreement over an international tribunal investigating the murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri has brought down a Beirut government.

FLORENCE — The “Sydney Bronzino” is at the centre of attention because of a splendid exhibition in Florence.  It is the first-ever exhibition devoted to the Renaissance

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PERUGIA  — The city of Perugia has staged some fine art exhibition

ROME — A Word in Edgeways by long-time Rome-based Australian writer Desmond O’Grady provides a rich and varied range of interviews, literary criticism and profiles that O’Grady has produced over hi

CASTELLAMARE DEL GOLFO, Sicily – I have to thank Bonelli’s Eagle for my spending the night inside the Zingaro Nature Reserve near Trapani, on the western tip of Sicily.

SANT'AMBROGIO DI VALPOLICELLA - Outraged Italian wine producers led by the poet Dante Alighieri’s direct descendant are up in arms against plans to build a massive waste

AMALFI, Italy — Massimiliano Bonoli and Marisa Horden of the Missoma brand won the best young Italian and United Kingdom jewellery design awards at a dazzling gala pres

ROME --When the need to make out was urgent, not weighed against getting a night’s sleep, my Italian boyfriend and I did what everyone in Italy without their own place does when in need of sex.