Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

Italy’s Eternal City might be known for bringing history alive but it turns out it’s also quite affordable for a city break – ...

A couple of hours before I join Trafalgar Tours’ seven-day Italian Holiday, I meet an older American woman on the edge of ...

D uring the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, only 50 of which survive today. In March, a rare roundup of these ...

Pope Francis is set to feature in a documentary filmed in the Sistine Chapel about the universal ... summit organized by the Vitae Foundation in Rome, where celebrities of various types gathered ...

Most primary school children will learn about Ancient Rome at some point in the ... there’s so much to look at on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel that it’s enough to render even the most ...

The Sistine Chapel just got a makeover. Vatican officials unveiled new state-of-the-art energy-efficient lighting and air purification systems to protect Michelangelo’s more than 500-year old ...

The Vatican City is toughening punishments for people entering the place illegally, in light of the expected influx of ...