In a workshop in the Milan suburbs, sculptor Giovanni Calderino completes his latest project -- a battered statue from the top of the Italian city's gothic cathedral, and its gleaming white ...

Before taking this VIP Duomo climb tour, I had always wondered whether it was truly worth it to climb the dome. On previous ...

The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (known simply as the Duomo) is not only Florence's religious center, but it's also the city's most recognizable attraction. Occupying the Piazza del Duomo ...

Milan, a global hub of fashion and finance, increasingly asserts itself as a leading center for architecture and design. Its status as Italy's second-largest city underpins its vibrant cultural ...

Spanning 28 rooms and three floors, the massive Museo dell'Opera del Duomo houses more than 750 works of art covering nearly 720 years of history. In short, it serves to preserve the artistic ...

Located one stop south of the Duomo Metro station, at Missori station, in a fashionable neighborhood, a few blocks from the more conservative Brunelleschi and a 10- to 15-minute stroll to the ...

Can Forbes Travel Guide solve the commissions conundrum?Forbes Travel Guide's endorsed travel agencies are dreaming the impossible dream: being paid hotel commissions ...

Depicting a bearded man wearing a tunic, the marble statue has adorned one of the Duomo’s 135 spires for two centuries. But decades of harsh weather, pollution and the bombings of World War II ...