While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta. A trap door in the Pompeian Room of the 16th-century Villa Farnesina in ...

Diagnostic investigations and research conducted in recent years at Villa Farnesina by the National Academy of Lincei have provided new elements to reconstruct the history of the Villa Farnesina and a ...

It began as a routine check of some cables in the Renaissance Villa Farnesina in Rome... But what electrician Davide Renzoni uncovered when he opened a ceiling trapdoor was nothing short of ...

Rome (AFP) – Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by blues, reds and golds have lost none of their brilliance in 17th-century frescoes discovered behind a false ceiling at the Villa Farnesina palace in ...

This elegant villa in Trastevere was the home of the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, who was also the treasurer of Pope Julius II. Chigi was one of the richest men in Rome, which meant that he could ...

View of a section of a series of frescoes discovered during works at Rome's Villa Farnesina. Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by hues of blue, red and gold have lost ...

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