The serial property comprises twelve component parts consisting of ensembles of porticoes and their surrounding built areas, located within the Municipality of Bologna from the 12th century to the ...

Knowing that entire cities once thrived, then vanished without warning, is quite thrilling on its own. The thought of ...

“Preservation is always temporary and fragile,” he notes, “dependent on environmental balance that can be disrupted easily—like Etruscan frescoes that vanish within seconds of exposure to air.

Stunning frescoes of Catholic saints have been painted over. An exquisite marble altar and sturdy oak pews were shipped off to a church in Georgia. Glass block fills the spaces once decorated by ...

Here, you'll delve into the Akrotiri ruins, often referred to as the 'Pompeii of the Aegean,' where you'll explore well-preserved frescoes and buildings, gaining insights into the lives of the ancient ...

Deep in southeastern Albania, a tiny hamlet holds five churches that have one of the most magnificent concentrations of Orthodox Christian fresco art in the world. From the outside, the churches ...

This fresco discovered in Pompeii may look like a 2,000-year-old pizza but archaeologists say it can't be—tomatoes weren't grown in Italy at the time. Still, excavations of the city preserved in ...

The stunning frescoes of the Villa of the Mysteries include one room with a painted frieze widely considered to depict an initiation rite into the cult of Dionysus, the god of wine, pictured at ...

And the gestalt theorist Rudolf Arnheim held that even someone who knew nothing about Christianity could properly judge the frescoes of Piero della Francesca. But if the diverse human cultures ...

Now made fully accessible, the exhibition route follows a mainly chronological and thematic order, favouring a close-up view of the works to enable greater appreciation for the techniques used, both ...

The Boxers Fresco is estimated to have been created around 1600 BC, shortly before the volcanic eruption that buried Akrotiri. Credit: National Archaeological Museum, Athens One of the most ...

One of the most captivating remnants of the ancient world, the Boxers Fresco from the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri on Santorini stands as a testament to the artistic and cultural vitality of the ...