It’s a modern solution to an age-old issue. Monasteries are turning to Etsy-style e-commerce and renovating their convents to appeal to the Airbnb crowd.
A quiet cloister behind a wooden door near Rome’s Pantheon offers calm meditation, while its frescoes reveal a turbulent past.
A descendant of one of the island’s oldest families safeguards the history of her 18th-century home — which includes a ...
In the heart of Rome, just a stone’s throw from the Pantheon, there is a fascinating place that is normally closed to the public: the marvelous Guidetti Cloister of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra ...