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This Luxury Hotel in a 16th-century Italian Monastery Feels Like a Museum With Provocative New Art Installations

Villa San Michele, A Belmond Hotel, just outside Florence, Italy, has a new collection of artwork that beautifully contrasts the Renaissance frescoes decorating the resort. Courtesy of Belmond Hotels ...
Washington Times

A painting stolen from an Italian museum is found in England, but its new owner wants to keep it

LONDON — A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found - and is now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and Child” ...
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Couple Invests Over $750K into an Abandoned 21,500-Square-Foot, 16th-Century Italian Palace in Surprising Condition (Exclusive)

They are renovating the property into a "cozy" space where they can stay long-term, despite its staggering size Jordan Kamelleri and Emanuele Neri tell PEOPLE how they got into renovating and their ...
Lawrence Journal-World

KU opens exhibit featuring records of 16th-century Italian nobility

The University of Kansas has opened a new exhibit that features rare financial documents from an Italian noble family that provide insight into the lives of the European upper class in the 16th ...
Artnet

What Can 16th-Century Still Lifes Tell Us About Italy’s Marine Biodiversity?

Consider the Mediterranean monk seal. The mammal has been prized on the Italian peninsula since ancient times, hunted for its meat, fur, oil, and medicinal properties—so much so that by the 16th ...
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Couple Invests Over $750K into an Abandoned 21,500-Square-Foot, 16th-Century Italian Palace in Surprising Condition (Exclusive)

Jordan Kamelleri and and Emanuele Neri purchased an abandoned Italian palace in 2024. Once avid travelers chasing new horizons, an English-Italian couple traded in their passports for plaster and ...