MILAN, Italy — Dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente (Nativity of St. Mary), the Milan Cathedral, also called Duomo di Milano or ...

European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

They say that for every church in Rome, there’s a bank in Milan. The economic success of postwar Italy can be attributed, at least in part, to this city of bankers, publicists, and pasta ...

The medieval hilltop town of Assisi is famous as the 12th-century ... but mostly brought up in Milan. He spent holidays in ...