A version of this story originally appeared on The History Blog. Michelangelo's iconic sculpture of David now stands in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, but that's not where it was originally ...

FLORENCE, Italy — If you would ever get lost in Florence, it’s easy: just look for the Duomo di Firenze or Florence Cathedral, and you’d be right on track! Smacked right at the heart of Florence, the ...

A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled Thursday in the Tuscan capital, where it will be displayed ...

The dome that crowns Florence’s great cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore — the Duomo — is a masterpiece of Renaissance ingenuity and an enduring source of mystery. Still the largest masonry dome on ...

Florence is the many-splendored city between Venice and Rome, the enduring crown of the Renaissance period; a garden of art, antiquities, edifices — and the best leather goods in the world. Florence ...

The unusual measure is part of a range of restrictions the Duomo complex is putting in place ahead of planned reopening this weekend Kiki Deere was raised bilingually and has been writing about all ...