One of Chicago's most impressive destinations for art is free to visit. It's a neighborhood arts district whose founders ...

But also how ancient roots mean it’s hard to find any city in Italy, whatever the size, without a compelling historic heart.

Oliviero Toscani, a famous photographer and brilliant innovator of communication, has died at the age of 82. Creator of ...

ALMANAC: September 12 “Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.

In 1565, a simple, elegant hallway was built atop Ponte Vecchio (or the Old Bridge) in Florence. The passage was restricted to Florentine elites, who used it to easily traverse the Arno River without ...

Florence, Italy, is a city brimming with history, art, and culture. However, what if I told you that a secret passageway, hidden for centuries, has just opened to the public for the first time? That’s ...

The passage was also filled with over 1,000 pieces of art from the 18th century ... referred to the Vasari Corridor as a "mythical place" and a "parallel city within the city." ...

During Nardella’s tenure he introduced a series of bans and regulations to limit numbers of visitors, making Florence the first Italian city to crack down on overtourism.

Named the Vasari Corridor after Giorgio Vasari architect ... to its original 16th-century appearance (i.e. without the 1,000 paintings that had lined it in the 20th-century).

Around a quarter of the paintings in the Vasari Corridor were damaged, with Gerard van Honthorst’s Adoration of the Shepherds (1620) among those most badly burned. On a visit to Florence in ...

A view of the ‘Corridoio Vasariano’ of Vasari Corridor, in Florence ... famous for its collections of ancient sculptures and paintings. The corridor was closed in 2016 to allow restoration work to ...