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Florence Museum Won Suit Against Publisher That Used Michelangelo's David Image
An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the...
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The Camorra Never Sleeps (2012)
The thing about being murdered, it usually comes as a surprise. Even in Naples, where the...
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Why Were So Many Renaissance Portraits Multisided?
The Renaissance portraits that adorn the walls of the world’s museums hold countless secrets: painted-over underdrawings,...
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Strike at the Knee: Review of the Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943
Ortona, Christmas Eve, 1943. A thriving Adriatic port only days previously, it now lay in ruins....
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Italian hospitals on the verge of collapse
The worst situation is in Rome and its region, where more than 1,100 patients are waiting...