Heritage

A new exhibition of the Shroud, the alleged burial cloth of Jesus Christ, kicked off on Sunday in Turin. According to the organizers, millions of tourists and pilgrims will visit the city and the cathedral to see the relic, made …

Dear Readers, An April assortment of Italian connections for you: Pietro Di Donato was born in West Hoboken, New Jersey on April 3, 1911, to Abruzzese emigrants and died at the age of 80. He took up writing during a …

Pietà Rondanini is a marble sculpture that Michelangelo worked on from the 1550s until the last days of his life, in 1564. Always housed in the Museum of Ancient Art of Sforza Castle in Milan, it will be now moved …

St. Mark’s Festival of Venice, Italy, or Festa di San Marco, is an important religious feast of the city’s beloved patron, Saint Mark, who perished on April 25, 68 A.D. Saint Mark was one of Christ’s disciples and the author …

One of the most fascinating things about Lucca is the ancient wall that encircles the city. Originally the city was built by the Etruscans and later became a Roman colony in 180 BC. As the city grew so did the …

Rome is hosting a spectacular exhibition displaying Giorgio Morandi’s numerous works at Complesso del Vittoriano until June 21. Including 100 paintings and over 150 works from museums and private collections, this is the largest Morandi display in the past twenty …

Starting April 23, Royal Palace in Monza will host an exhibition dedicated to Italy, which is celebrated through works of art by Canova, Michelangelo but also Dalì and Andy Warhol. Here’s more.     As, through the centuries, Italy has …

Today is the 350th birthday of the Italian inventor of the piano. Indeed, the story of the piano begins in Padua, Italy in 1709, in the shop of a harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, who was employed by …

    After 13 months of works and twenty years since last restoration, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II has been totally restored and will allow the access of passengers to all the sides and to shops.   The advanced machine …

The painting had been damaged by rain when a tornado hit Florence last September and now, through a special mobile app through Google Play or Apple, viewers can get an audio guide narrated by Timothy Verdon, director of the Duomo museum …