The 800-year-old mosaics that decorate Florence’s famous Baptistery are being repaired for the first time in more than 100 years. Precious mosaics in Florence are undergoing restoration. But instead ...

An ancient baptistery was recently unearthed in France – and archaeologists say the discovery sheds light on Christian rituals from over 1,500 years ago. The baptistery, dating back to the fifth and ...

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Visitors to one of Florence’s most iconic monuments — the Baptistry of San Giovanni, opposite the city’s Duomo — are getting a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see its ceiling ...

Archaeologists in southeastern France have uncovered the remains of an early Christian cathedral and a remarkably preserved baptistery dating back more than 1,500 years, which they are calling one of ...

Standing for centuries in the Piazza della Signoria in the sun, rain and snow was giving Michelangelo’s David a skin condition, so in 1873 Florentines transplanted the marble statue to the protective ...