St. Peter’s Basilica is arguably the most famous Christian worship space in the world. It is a massive church in the style of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent ...

An independent researcher has asserted that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo. It's the latest ...

LONDON -- Just two blocks away from the main building of the Italian government, nestled inside the basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina, a chapel dedicated to the last king of Italy, Umberto II, is ...

An Italian volunteer restorer has been accused of painting PM Giorgia Meloni’s face into angel on church fresco. Authorities are investigating whether the fresco was faithfully restored, as restorer ...

Cecilia Giménez, the Spanish woman whose botched restoration of a century-old painting of Jesus Christ captured global headlines more than a decade ago, has died. She was 94. Officials in Borja, ...

A Spanish woman who became famous after she botched a restoration of a fresco painting of Jesus Christ has died. Cecilia Gimenez, 94, made headlines in 2012 after she tried to restore the famous 'Ecce ...

The Spanish woman whose failed restoration of a century-old painting of Jesus Christ captured global headlines more than a decade ago has died at 94. Cecilia Gimenez rose to international fame in 2012 ...

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An Ancient Roman erotic fresco painting has just been discovered by archeologists at a dig site in Pompeii. The stunning work of art depicts the Greek myth of “Leda and the Swan” — a myth that’s ...

Recent restoration work in ancient Pompeii has uncovered evidence that work was being carried out at the Library House, or Casa della Biblioteca, when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, reports ...