Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

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Rome's famed 'cradle of Caravaggio, San Luigi de' Francesi, has got a new lighting system for the iconic Cycle of St Matthew painted by the Italian pre-Baroque master in the French church in the late ...

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Dolce & Gabbana,” an opulent exhibition dedicated to the brand’s high fashion collections, was consistently sold out over its five-month run last year at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. Beyond all the ...