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Forget Florence: six of the best towns in Tuscany to escape overtourism

Beyond the Tuscan capital, there are exquisite towns with Medici fortresses, stunning frescoes, Roman amphitheatres – and not a selfie stick in sight

The Guardian - UK

Is this the most opulent hotel in Florence?

Live like a Medici in a painstakingly restored Renaissance palazzo

Evening Standard

Stewarding Artists, Not Just Art: Laura Grenning's Enduring Gallery Model

The Grenning Gallery model is shaped by a deep belief in the value of supporting upcoming and living artists.

International Business Times

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Rigorous rules and hundreds of voters: How hospitality experts decide the world’s 50 best hotels

The 50 Best brand has gained a reputation for credibility and impartiality because it is transparent about how its rankings are generated.

Euronews

A 137-carat diamond hasn’t been seen in public since 1919. It had been hidden inside a Canadian bank for a century

Rumors have swirled for over a century about the precious diamond

The Independent UK

19th-century Catholic teachings, 21st-century tech: How concerns about AI guided Pope Leo’s choice of name

When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before him: The first, Leo the Great, was a fifth-century theologian who helped heal the doctrinal divisions among early Christians; Leo X, a member of the powerful Medici family, helped…

The Conversation

Conclave: How the election of a new Pope has changed over the centuries

ANALYSIS: The ceremony has traditionally been a time of threatening, cajoling and strategising, writes Colin Rose

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Jostling for the papacy: A look back on the conclave’s history

Pope Francis’s successor will be elected in the coming days in a millennium-old ceremony known as the papal conclave. During the conclave, the 135 eligible Cardinal Electors of the Catholic Church will sequester themselves and elect a new pope in isolation.

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“I want to be a f***ing Medici.” A Banksy original formerly owned by Blink-182's Mark Hoppus has sold for £4.3million at auction, and the punk rocker wants to use the money to buy work from upcoming artists.

Banksy's ‘Crude Oil (Vettriano)’ has a new owner, whose bank account is now £4.3 million lighter

Louder

Secret passage that Florence's Medici used to move safely reopens to public after 8-year renovation

For centuries, Florence’s 16th-century Vasari Corridor was only accessible to dukes and lords

The Independent UK

Louis Vuitton, Notre Dame and the quest for ‘secular immortality’

The reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris has recalled debate over the €200 million contribution of France’s Bernard Arnault, the CEO of the LVMH luxury group, to its restoration. Announced in the hours after fire devastated the cathedral in April 2019, the donation surprised many but aligned with Arnault’s track record as a…

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Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael review – bitchy Da Vinci conquers the army of gnarly nudes

The battle scenes at the centre of this somewhat academic exhibition ring with unforgettable violence – as Leonardo’s howling warrior prepares to sever an enemy’s hand

The Guardian - UK

€100m Botticelli painting forgotten for 50 years recovered from Naples home

Restoration planned for renaissance master’s work that was last checked on half a century ago

The Guardian - UK

Napoleon: the film's fashion tells a story of its own, from cropped hair to ribbon chokers

In his epic historical drama, Ridley Scott depicts Napoleon Bonaparte’s career not only through a military lens but a romantic one, suggesting that Napoleon’s global conquests were driven by a desire to conquer his wife Josephine’s heart.

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Michelangelo’s secret sketches under church in Florence open to public

Artist spent months in a chamber below the Medici Chapels to evade Pope Clement VII’s death sentence

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Easy Escapes: Relax in a stylish Tuscan villa at L’Andana hotel

Think sublime solitude in a beautiful villa once owned by the Medicis in Tuscany. Ciao bella...

The Guardian - UK

Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance – a once-in-a-lifetime show

The UK’s forthcoming Donatello exhibition will capture the Florentine artist’s revolutionary genius for perspective, male beauty and, above all, empathy

The Independent UK

Pele was always about more than football

A Netflix documentary explored the life of one of football’s greatest-ever players and the country that loved him like no other, Miguel Delaney writes

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Botticelli’s Secret by Joseph Luzzi review – a great mystery in the picture

Why did Botticelli endure centuries of obscurity? And what happened to those Dante illustrations? A fresh account of the Renaissance explores the answer

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