What? Go to Florence to visit an archaeological museum? What about the great monuments of the Renaissance, or the museums and galleries…
Lorenza Bacino explores an ancient city being restored by modern technology, taking a tour through Pompeii in the company of Professor Massimo…
CWA’s editor-in-chief Andrew Selkirk takes us on a capital tour. I have been to Rome – again! In March 2016, the city…
In the wake of Italy’s catastrophic earthquake, Tracy Roberts, vice-president of LoveItaly, considers the present and looks to the future. On 24…
In the early morning, when the light is right, one can see Sicily from Gozo. Though Malta, Gozo, and Sicily share strong cultural…
Sicily, one of the world’s great crossroads of culture, is the subject of the British Museum’s latest must-see exhibition, Sicily: Culture and…
Late in the year the streets of modern Rome are visited by groups of strangely dressed men with soft felt hats and…
Flying south of Agrigento, the blue begins, even on All Saints’ Day. An Ionian light, it is the ravishing glory of the Middle Sea.…
Richard Hodges explores the Roman villa at Piazza Armerina, home to the beautiful 'bikini girl' mosaics.…
The dig The site of the Roman Imperial villa at Piazza Armerina was buried by a landslide in 1161, and the remains…
Wine was introduced to France from Italy, with the first Gaulish vintages produced in c.500 BC, according to newly-published chemical analysis. Archaeological…
Modern Italy has its problems, but it also has truly exceptional assets. Its new high-speed trains rate pretty highly on any list…
In 312 BC, Appius Claudius set out to build a road from Rome to the south of Italy. So began the extensive…