Italy is making its artistic treasures more accessible to people with disabilities. Michela Marcato, who has been blind since ...

The challenge when visiting Rome is deciding what to skip: there are so many churches, archaeological sites, piazzas and ...

The Roman ruins uncovered at the Parco delle Acacie also include an ancient road, two massive basins, and a wealth of grave ...

Crucially, the basilica at Fanum Fortunae (ancient Fano) is the only building Vitruvius explicitly references in his surviving treatise De architectura, making the identification unusually significant ...

This walking tour takes place in Piazza Navona, a well-known historic square in Rome, Italy, famous for its large sculpted fountains and open layout. The route shows surrounding architecture, visitors ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By borrowing techniques from the Greeks and the Etruscans, Romans engineered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rome is a city of layers, and it's possible to tour the ancient ruins 30 feet below the surface. Volkova Natalia, Shutterstock ...

(CNN) — Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures ...