Rose water was just one creation of the Dominican monks who in the 13th century began experimenting with alchemy at Florence’s Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy Source

With a sense of adventure, the writer restored her 300-year-old house, making it the star of an international bestseller Source

The singer-musician and his wife bought the dilapidated, 400-year-old Il Palagio, in Tuscany, for a song or two, and have brought the olive groves, vineyards and vegetable gardens back to life Source

The tiny Tuscan town of Collodi is where the wooden puppet who would become a live boy was born – the protagonist of a coming-of-age story much darker than the familiar Disney film Source

The proposal would provide educational or vocational scholarships in exchange for a service commitment Source

For centuries the Italian city has been a hub of trade and commerce, and an historic center for art and architecture Source

Michelangelo’s 17-foot-tall masterpiece stands front-and-center at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence Source

Generations after their ancestors emigrated from Italy to the New World, Americans are themselves emigrating back to the Old World and, thanks to their Italian bloodlines, claiming citizenship Source

Cellist Christian Grosselfinger performs the “Sunday Morning” fanfare, “Abblasen,” on the streets of Florence. Source

As the contenders for the 2020 race have been solidified, domestic policy has taken center stage among the candidates Source