In the heart of Italy, a little-known medieval castle was passed down through generations — that is, little-known until one Sannazzaro descendant got a TikTok account.

The bones of a soldier with leprosy who may have died in battle have been found in a medieval Italian cemetery, along with skeletons of men who survived blows to the head with battle-axes and maces.

Italy is one of the most popular destinations in the world, and this charming medieval town in the Italian Alps is truly a ...

It seems to be common wisdom that Europeans in the Middle Ages drank primarily beer and ... author of Water and Society in Early Medieval Italy, AD 400-1000 ... Medieval people didn’t drink ...

The medieval hamlet below is home to two families and others have bought properties to restore as either primary residences or second homes. Cagnoli, now 39, first saw the castle when he was 16 ...

Stretched across a Tuscan hill, Siena offers Italy’s best medieval city experience. With red-brick lanes tumbling every which way, the town is an architectural time warp, where pedestrians rule ...

A sip of unpasteurized sheep or goat's milk may have spelled doom for a medieval Italian man. A new genetic analysis of bony nodules found in a 700-year-old skeleton from Italy reveal that the man ...

It was a warm June day in 1374 in the medieval town of Aix-Ia-Chapelle, present-day Aachen, Germany, when the dancing started. It was the holy feast of ...

Northern Italy has been hit by a series of devastating floods in recent years. In March 2025 and the previous autumn, heavy rainfall hammered the region, swamping fields, farms and towns. More ...