The roots of liscio lie in the fusion of local folk traditions with imported European ballroom dances: in the aftermath of ...

As water flows continuously from the mountains, Guarcino is home to Acqua Filette, whose water has been bottled and ...

Back at C D’Souza, business flourished, and Caridade involved many family members — some in the kitchen, others in service.

Was Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein pure fiction—or was it sparked by real-life reanimation experiments? A new book delves into ...

The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...

They studied hundreds of historical texts and their mood boards took inspiration from Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s paintings of deities and affluent 19th-century families. Their most valuable ...

Think dating is hard these days? Try the 1800s. Singles looking for love nowadays have a wealth of online dating apps to make connections. Social media allows people to share their life stories ...

The Italian marble fireplaces, the hand-painted ceilings, the intricate woodwork – each element tells a story of craftsmanship and attention to detail. It’s like a 19th-century version of HGTV, but ...

In the mid-19th century, Giuseppe Garibaldi’s “Redshirts” influenced ... The shape of the bodice resembled a Victorian gentleman’s shirt. The shirt had pleats in the front, extending just below the ...

A remarkable unpublished manuscript from 19th-century Italy, in the author’s handwriting, that I recently acquired serves as a poignant testament to an often overlooked, unique and forgotten ...

Two stone carved Italian lions (est €1,200 to €1,800) are coming up for auction at R J Keighery Antiques, Waterford Gorringe’s A 19th-century Italian illumination presented by Pope Pius IX ...

was a distinguished soprano from Lombardy whose formidable presence significantly contributed to the acclaim of the illustrious 19th-century composer Giuseppe Verdi. Later, becoming his devoted ...