From February it will be possible to admire at close range the frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel. Painted by Massacio, Masolino and Filippino Lippi, they are within the Santa Maria del Carmine church in Florence.
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Florence has become the backdrop to 100 paintings and drawings by Jenny Saville. She is regarded by many to be one of the world’s greatest living figurative painters in the world. The exhibition ends on February 20th.
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The unified Italy’s first capital and the current capital of the Piedmont region, Turin has a long history and a beautiful heart.
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Airbnb are looking for a host to live rent-free in their 1-Euro house in Sambuca, Sicily. A digital nomad’s dream, the designer home is part of Airbnb’s support for rural communities.
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US actor John Malkovich was turned away from a Venice hotel due to a lapsed Super Green Pass. He is in the city to film the American TV series Ripley.
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Villa Aurora, the only one in the world with a Caravaggio ceiling mural, fails to sell at auction. It was valued at €471million, with a reserve price of €353million. The mural alone is valued at €310million.
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Green Pass Rules: The boy’s father has shared custody of his son. The child turned 12 the day before he was due back with his mother in Milan.
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Catholic and Jewish leaders in Italy condemn scenes in which people gave Nazi salutes and draped a swastika on the coffin. It was the funeral of a right-wing extremist.
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An investigation is under way after vandalism of Sicily’s white cliff with red powder. The Scala dei Turchi, or Turkish Steps, is one of Italy’s most visited tourist sites.
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Italy is returning a fragment of the Greek Parthenon’s eastern frieze back to Greece. It was originally bought by the University of Palermo from the widow of Robert Fagan, the British consul for Sicily and Malta.
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