Tourists walk in front of the Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence. Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP Florence authorities announced a ten-point plan aimed at addressing mass tourism amid complaints ...

FLORENCE, Monday, April 30, 1860. The Florentines have used the opportunity of the King's visit to lay the corner-stone of the front of their Cathedral ... dreaming over a plan for the front ...

The mosaics line the dome of Florence’s Baptistery of San Giovanni, opposite the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. They were constructed over three generations in the 1200s. The art covers an ...

“We will leave no stone unturned.” Pagano and his friars have also asked the city of Florence for support, hoping it will get behind the counter-plan, which would include a library, a ...

A previously unknown terracotta bust of the famed early Renaissance architect who designed the Florence Cathedral dome was unveiled Thursday in the Tuscan capital, where it will be displayed ...

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