Italy never stops captivating and inspiring, especially abroad, where countless newspapers and magazines often feature its ...

Milan, a global hub of fashion and finance, increasingly asserts itself as a leading center for architecture and design. Its status as Italy's second-largest city underpins its vibrant cultural ...

Construction on the Duomo of Milan, the city’s cathedral ... its interiors are a sleight of hand dreamed up by the interior designer Renzo Mongiardino, who created flamboyant theater and ...

The striking interior of ... of blue skies in Milan — and on those clear days, Palazzo Cordusio Gran Meliá offers the best view in town. When the sun dips behind the Duomo, Italy’s largest ...

MILAN - In a workshop in the Milan suburbs ... Depicting a bearded man wearing a tunic, the marble statue has adorned one of the Duomo's 135 spires for two centuries. But decades of harsh weather ...

Depicting a bearded man wearing a tunic, the marble statue has adorned one of the Duomo's 135 spires for two ... quarry near Lake Maggiore northwest of Milan -- and from where Calderino and ...

In a workshop in the Milan suburbs, sculptor Giovanni Calderino ... the marble statue has adorned one of the Duomo’s 135 spires for two centuries. But decades of harsh weather, pollution and ...

There are more than 3,400 statues on the Duomo, on which construction began in 1386. They are carved from the dazzling pink-white marble from Candoglia quarry near Lake Maggiore north-west of Milan – ...