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.

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 ...

Often overlooked by visitors, Bologna magnifies and mixes the best Italian clichés. ... Check—these Renaissance palazzi, terra-cotta roofs, and winding streets seem barely changed in centuries.

Bologna is home to a roster of fine Renaissance buildings spared by the developers of bygone eras, from the Unesco-listed porticos (roofed walkways) that frame the old university as well as ...

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 ...

By the standards of Bologna, Simona Scapin is a mortadella upstart. That’s not only because she’s young and the sole local producer of certified organic mortadella.

Our man in Bologna may be a broad type, but one of his cultural ancestors, Duke Federico da Montefeltro (1422-1482), was also quick to anger, though once you got to know him, he would build you a ...

Italy may conjure images of iconic ruins, enchanting canals, Renaissance paintings, rolling vineyards and remarkable cuisine, but there's much more to include on your itinerary than world-renowned ...

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 ...