Florence is known as the "Cradle of the Renaissance," and the Uffizi Gallery continues to preserve that legacy through its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FLORENCE — The city of Florence was originally named Florentia, which in Latin means blossoming. Therefore it was only fitting ...

Image still from The Innocents of Florence (2019), Nicoletta Fontani preparing conservation materials to work on “Mother of the Innocents” (1446) (all images via The Innocents of Florence) For all of ...

If you look out over Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo, high above the Arno, two domes catch your eye. One is Filipo Brunelleschi’s masterpiece, the immense ribbed dome of the Duomo. The other, off ...

Founded during Roman times, Florence has for centuries been a hub of commerce. At its center: the Duomo Cathedral and the Ponte Vecchio bridge, built in the 14th century. It was the only bridge in ...

FLORENCE, Italy — On the morning of Friday, November 4, 1966, 18-year-old Andrea Belgrado was fast asleep in his family’s home across the street from the Great Synagogue of Florence. It was the ...