Loggia dei Lanzi, in the Piazza della Signoria, is an open-air (and free) museum that was designed in the 14th century by Orcagna, an influential architect and artist. Below the building's curved ...

Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled that Italy had failed to protect nearly three million people living in a region blighted by toxic waste dumped by the mafia, and gave the government two ...

Want to make the most of your telescope? You need a mount to match. We have rounded up the best telescope mounts in time for February's Venus and moon convergence. The right telescope mount can ...

Credit: Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Salerno and Avellino Archaeologists have uncovered ancient footprints in Italy’s Salerno province, revealing the desperate escape of ...

Vesuvius is part of the Campanian volcanic arc — a string of volcanoes in Italy, including the currently active Mount Etna, that sits on a boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...

These dramatic mountains are one of the most beautiful holiday destinations in Italy, and exploring the Dolomites by train is a fantastic way to soak in some of Europe's most exquisite mountain ...

ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court on Thursday confirmed a slander conviction against U.S. defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man of murdering her British flatmate 17 years ago in a ...

At his rally in Phoenix on Sunday (January 19), Trump had said, ‘They took his name off Mount McKinley…He was a great president, and we will restore his legacy by bringing back the name Mount ...