Recently, Alfredo Barbagallo, an amateur archaeologist, claimed that the Holy Grail could be hidden in Rome, in the catacomb underneath the Basilica of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, near the tomb of ...

More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

Michelangelo’s dome, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s colonnade and the ancient tomb of the apostle Peter have been recreated within ...

Holly D. Johnson The Basilica di San Lorenzo is the oldest Florentine cathedral, thus its external architecture is not as ornate and embellished as others built throughout Florence in later centuries.

(FILES) Pope Francis gestures during the vespers at St Peter’s basilica in The Vatican ... including the captain of his favourite team, San Lorenzo. Francis, 88, has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital ...

Archaeology buffs might find the Basilica di San Clemente interesting as it's a veritable nesting doll of churches. It's a second century pagan temple, underneath a fourth-century church ...

(AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia) A figure of Pope Francis, center, is displayed for sale at a souvenir shop outside Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat ...