The tusk of a Renaissance marble elephant in Rome has been snapped off in an “absurd act of barbarity”, Italy’s culture minister has said.
The stocky little elephant, not far from Rome’s Pantheon, is a frequent stop for tourists. Pope Alexander VII commissioned ...
Italian police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk – again. Police found ...
The marble used for both the statues and the Duomo itself comes from the quarries of Candoglia in Italy’s Piedmont region.
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Chile’s Marble Caves dazzle with otherworldly formations and turquoise waters that mesmerize.
A new exhibition in Rome is celebrating one of the most important patron-artist relationships in European history, one that propelled a young prodigy named Gian Lorenzo Bernini ...
Michela Marcato, 54, has been blind since birth. She and her partially sighted partner were touring the site amid a new effort by Italy to make its myriad artistic treasures more accessible to people ...
A rare tour of Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi’s Khandala farmhouse, “Sukoon,” reveals their simple yet beautiful life amid ...
Finished in a bronze tone, the figure stands atop a marble pedestal in front of the president’s mansion, framed by patriotic bunting and palm trees.
The planned “Arc de Trump” is less Paris and more Ashgabat. Perhaps the US president was inspired by Turkmenbashi, the ...
The stunning home of Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi is surrounded by gardens and features vintage architecture, offering a luxurious, heritage-hotel vibe.
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