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.

A short profile of Roman artist Rachele del Nevo and her fun art project The Drawing Bike.

While hundreds wait in lines in the harsh sun to get into Saint Peter's, the Archbasilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, also known as the Cathedral of Rome, is practically empty. San Giovanni is the oldest and largest papal basilica in Rome, although it has gone through many reconstructions over ...

In the mornings after I've sent the kids off to school and tidied up the house I go down and have my morning cappuccino. I have my pick of cafes. I can choose the one that is a stone's throw my balcony (it is so close that my home wifi signal can reach). Or I can go to the one on the corner ...

It's been called the "shame of Italy" and for good reason. The A3 autostrada, a 443km highway that is to connect Salerno to Reggio Calabria, has been under construction since 1966. Faulty construction and mafia meddling by both the Camorra and 'Ndragheta factions have caused numerous delays ...

La Pioggia di Petali di Rose, or the Rain of Rose Petals, brings religious Rome and ancient Rome together in a moving and colorful spectacle.

It’s the conundrum that many travelers to Venice face: how to be a tourist but avoid other tourists.

On May 20, 1960, Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Watch "Three Reasons" why this film remains a classic. http://youtu.be/Nnh6NWlOF1U For more details on where "La Dolce Vita" was filmed, explore this list of Fellini's film locations from Rome and Rimini.

Before Christianity became the dominant religion of Rome, many people worshipped Mithras, the pagan God depicted here. Adherents believed that the world was created from the blood of a bull, thus the symbolism here of Mithras slitting the throat of the bull. The scorpion (below the bull's ...

Emilia-Romagna's Shit Museum explores man's relationship to manure.

Roman hoteliers, who write that Rome's 25 million annual tourists is only a quarter of the number that go to London, are less concerned about how tourists are affecting the city than how the city is affecting tourists.

Veronese Green is named after Verona-born painter Paolo Caliari, also known as Veronese. I used the color to guide me on my travels in Venice.

The city of Rome was born on April 21, 753 BC. In Italian, it is known as the Natale di Roma—the birthday of Rome.

It all started with David. Michelangelo's statue of David was one of the first pieces of sculpture that I knew I had to see in person. Recognized worldwide as a symbol of Florence, David is marble come to life especially when you look at his hands. My European Art History professor ...

My review of the tour: Colosseum "Dungeons, Third Level and Arena Floor," Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill.

The Vatican Museums welcome up to 25,000 visitors per day. Is it time for them to limit the crowds?

Rome is changing. Rome has changed. You hear those phrases around Rome all the time these days. Crime, corruption, unemployment, immigration, unreliable public transit, trash collection, the euro – Italy is in crisis and the prevailing mood among its citizens is one of resignation and ...

Learn more about the ancient and contemporary history of the Jewish people in Rome with a tour through the ex-Ghetto.