See the Sprawling Secret Passageway Built for Florence’s Elite 450 Years Ago
The 2,500-foot-long Vasari Corridor impressed guests of the Medicis and other leaders that followed (including Benito Mussolini). Now, it’s reopening to the public
A Rare First-Edition Copy of Machiavelli’s Notorious Political Treatise ‘The Prince’ Heads to Auction
This copy of the 16th-century text is owned by a private collector. Until recently, historians weren’t aware that it existed
Did Michelangelo Sketch These Drawings in a Secret Room Below a Florence Chapel?
For the first time, visitors will get to see the intricate sketches that some scholars attribute to the artist
Glasgow Subway Ad Censored for Featuring Michelangelo’s ‘David’
Citing modesty concerns, an ad firm rejected a poster depicting the Renaissance sculpture
The Real Story of Pinocchio Tells No Lies
Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhood
Where Did the Ancient Etruscans Come From?
A new DNA analysis suggests the enigmatic civilization was native to the Italian Peninsula
One of the Last Privately Owned Botticelli Portraits Just Sold for $92 Million
The 15th-century painting, which went up for auction at Sotheby’s Thursday, depicts a young Florentine man
Did Michelangelo Carve a Graffiti Portrait Into This Florentine Facade?
New research highlights similarities between an etching on the Palazzo Vecchio and a sketch attributed to the Renaissance artist