Rome

Valentino Garavani laid to rest in Rome as fashion world mourns

Rome's Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, a 16th-century church designed by Michelangelo, filled with fashion luminaries and Hollywood figures on Friday as the industry bid farewell to Valentino Garavani, the legendary Italian designer who died Monday at…

Ancient Roman home buried for 2,000 years opens via livestream

One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on Rome's Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time through a novel approach: livestreamed tours that bring visitors face-to-face with underground frescoes and mosaics more than 2,000 years old.

Lasers clean ancient Rome column for first time in 40 years

Italian conservators revealed Thursday their use of advanced laser technology to restore the Column of Marcus Aurelius in central Rome, marking the ancient monument's first major restoration in four decades.

Medieval tower Torre dei Conti collapses during renovation in Rome

A dramatic rescue operation continued into the evening Monday after Rome's 13th-century Torre dei Conti partially collapsed during renovation work, critically injuring a 64-year-old worker and trapping another under rubble for hours near the city's iconic Colosseum.

Rome’s Colosseum to open secret imperial passage to vistors

For the first time in nearly two millennia, Rome's Colosseum has opened its once-secret imperial passage to the public, offering tourists an unprecedented opportunity to walk in the footsteps of ancient Roman emperors. The so-called Commodus Passage, which opens to…