A dazzling newly lit Sistine Chapel is shining after three years of preparations. The innovations enable the frescoes to survive the rigors of mass tourism, as the Vatican seeks to reduce the number of visitors to the chapel and the time of each visit. “Visitors to the Vatican Museums are going to be offered …
A 70-year-old Italian Canadian woman recently returned a first-century AD terracotta roof decoration that she stole from Pompeii. The woman repented her theft of the antefix – a carved vertical slab blocking the covering tiles of an ancient roof – from a colonnaded courtyard behind the theater at the archaeological site in June 1964 during …
The University of Pisa has devised a new and patented method of extracting extra-virgin olive oil. Designed by agricultural scientists at the University of Pisa led by Professor Gianpaolo Andrich, the innovative technique uses dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) to achieve a nine percent average higher yield (17.4kg instead of 16kg of product …
Lucy David Florence’s urban fabric is taking new form as pedestrianization plans for the Oltrarno district come into force and the city’s ancient heritage is unearthed with the opening of two archaeological sites. Mayor Dario Nardella recently announced a €5 million renovation plan for the Oltrarno, beginning with the pedestrianization of Piazza del …