In 1499, Tuscan artist Luca Signorelli signed a contract to paint two remaining sections of the Cappella Nuova (new chapel) of the Duomo in the Umbrian town of Orvieto. By 1502 (or 1504, depending on which documentation you read), he had completed his "End of the World" fresco cycle in what ...

How do you spend one year in Italy? Here's a month-by-month, personal account of my first year living and traveling in Italy.

Eight beautiful hill towns to put on your Umbria itinerary.