Toscana, Italy News

A Marist college student has died after falling from a steep flight of stairs leading to an ancient church in Rome, Italy.

"Assassin's Creed 2," a new videogame from Ubisoft, hits stores on Tuesday in a hotly anticipated swirl of treachery, swordplay, history, and artistry set in scenic Renaissance Italy.

On a cold, foggy lunchtime in Turin, Demir Ergulu is slicing hot wedges of glistening meat into oven-fresh pitta bread as hungry office workers queue up.

No event in recorded history has had greater effect on the world as did the Black Death, which decimated Europe from 1348-1350, killing between 25 and 50 percent of the continent's population.

As everyone knows, Pisa has the famous tilted tower you can climb, but an unspoiled Renaissance wall you can bike encircles the lesser-known Lucca.

Siena got some welcome relief from their league travails by beating Grosseto 2-0 in the Coppa Italia tonight.

Joseph Ferrenti wiped back tears as he looked at World War II memorabilia set up in the mausoleum at Bellevue Memorial Park.

A A The Big Apple Long referred to as the center of American business, New York is a melting pot of cultures and landscapes.

From the CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy, and G. Monasterio Foundation, Massa, Italy.

Text Archive > American Libraries > A history of painting in Italy; Umbria, Florence and Siena from the second to the sixteenth century A history of painting in Italy; Umbria, Florence and Siena from the second to the sixteenth century This book has an editable web page on Open Library .

The beginning of chocolate is the cacao tree, known by ethnobotanists as "theobroma cacao." According to the article, " Introduction: Chocolate's History at a Glance ," chocolate in its raw state grows in a pod like a pea, but on trees 40-60 feet tall.

Second World War veterans in the South West have been encouraged to return to the places where they saw action, with the help of cash from the Big Lottery Fund.

'One of the most beautiful images in the world' ... A detail from Raphael's The Mond Crucifixion.

The lease of a property in Arezzo, Italy, for enhanced study abroad educational opportunities and an on-site auto parts inventory for fleet services on the Norman campus are among items to be considered by the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents at its regular meeting this week in Lawton.

Deal strengthens company's relationship with Severstal. Harsco Corp.'s Metals division has been awarded a new 10-year contract valued at more than $100 million over its duration to provide a range of on-site services at a major steelworks in Italy.

Italian court reduces jail term after tests identify genes linked to violent behaviour.

By Nick Pisa A Mafia boss was filmed being gunned down by a hitman as he waited outside a bar.

Rome, October 26 - It his highly unlikely that the archives of 16th century art biographer Giorgio Vasari would ever leave Italy even if they were sold, Italian Justice Minister Angelino Alfano said Monday.

This is a hard one to watch: a 1984 Mac 512K meets its end in an industrial microwave oven.

When the plans were being made for a 30-day trip through Italy this spring, one thing was agreed upon quickly - there would be no five-star or chain hotels.