Bologna boomed with professional women artists, primarily painters. Of the 300 active painters in the city during the 1600s, around 25 were women — more than in any other Italian city.

Helped by its millennial-pink hue and the rise of the charcuterie board, the Italian specialty is winning a new fan base of American chefs and consumers. Mortadella di Bologna is an unusual, and ...

A masterpiece of the Bolognese Renaissance has returned to the city of its birth for the first time in 300 years. The exhibition at Bologna’s Palazzo Fava had previously closed early due to the ...

The most versatile painting family in Italian history was the Carracci of 16th century Bologna, two brothers and a cousin who burst on the post-Renaissance scene as tireless and talented jacks-of ...

Friday night in Bologna, and the central Quadrilatero district is heaving. But it’s not the trendy bars or boutiques that have brought what feels like half the city to these ancient streets; the ...

The 16th century Renaissance statue, which stands in Piazza del Nettuno in Bologna, was chosen by local writer Elisa Barbari to illustrate her Facebook page entitled, “Stories, curiosities and ...

Walk around the Piazza Maggiore, Bologna's sprawling plaza, which brims with arched colonnades, cafes and Renaissance structures, such as the Fountain of Neptune and the Basilica of San Petronio.

Explore Italy's most beautiful cities of Florence, Pisa and Bologna and look at the wondrous collections, buildings and churches that demonstrate the burgeoning knowledge of the Renaissance period.

The Baroque-era painter Annibale Carracci — underpaid during his lifetime and under-appreciated for centuries after his death — is enjoying a posthumous renaissance in his native Italy. What ...