The first thing people tend to do when they talk about Rome is moan about it. “It’s full of tourists,” they cry. “The Trevi ...

The custom of throwing coins into Rome's emblematic fountains, started in the famous Trevi Fountain and popularised thanks to ...

F or centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one ...

Laura Itzkowitz The centuries-old Piazza Navona is perhaps one of the best-known public squares in Rome. People sipping ... including one by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Fountain of the Four Rivers ...

The Triton sculpture now at the Rijksmuseum was created by Bernini as a study for the Fountain of the Moor on Rome’s Piazza Navona, commissioned by Pope Innocent X in the 1650s. In it ...

Bernini is known for works such as the lifesize Apollo and Daphne in Rome’s Galleria Borghese, designing St Peter’s Square and creating the celebrated Fontana dei quattro fiumi (Fountain of ...

The International Criminal Court has demanded answers from Italy over why it freed a Libyan ... The ruling by a Rome court that secured the release said Justice Minister Carlo Nordio should ...

and made the celebrated Fontana dei quattro fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers), located at the heart of Piazza Navona in Rome. The pope subsequently also commissioned Bernini to embellish the two ...

Kenny Wallace's 'unbelievable' experience in Rome left fans amazed as he shared his awe of Saint Peter's Square and Italy's wonders.

Introducing size – below we look at Italy’s 30 largest towns and cities (a list which, notably, doesn’t include Venice or Siena) – often brings entirely overlooked destinations into the ...

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii started erupting for the fourth time, sending lava fountains 200 ft (60m) into the air. Rocks and tephra (volcanic debris) can be seen falling, with geologists collecting ...