This is the physical context, and the experience, that a museum cannot fully reproduce but can hope to evoke in bringing the magnificent paintings of late medieval Italy to life for modern viewers.

There's so much to see and do in Italy that it can feel a bit overwhelming ... and optional side trips to Cinque Terre or Siena. Travelers praise the tour guides for their organization and enthusiasm.

It’s called the Palio. It’s a bareback, bare-knuckle horse race that’s been held in the shell-shaped town square of Siena, Italy, for over 540 years, and it will happen again on Aug. 16.

Siena is one of Italy’s best-preserved medieval cities; you’ll want to spend at least a day here. When in Tuscany, consider staying at an agriturismo, an authentic and budget-friendly type of ...

Case in point, in 1308 he was commissioned to paint the grand altarpiece for Siena’s cathedral. This enormous double-sided painting, nearly 16-feet tall, was Italy’s largest and most complex ...

The magnet was a seductively titled new exhibition, “Siena: The Rise of Painting ... brought to New York from a church in Arezzo, Italy, to a 7-inch carved ivory Virgin Mary.

PEOPLE got an exclusive first look at the trailer for the actor’s five-part series — ‘Tucci in Italy’ — which ... life with some Tuscan cowboys in Siena. He’ll then travel through ...

The well-preserved remains of a baby boy who died 17,000 years ago in what is now Italy reveal that he had ... an archaeologist at the University of Siena and one of the study authors, found ...