Jason Horowitz
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Are ‘Secret Room’ Drawings by Michelangelo? Now, Visitors Can Judge for Themselves.
Since its discovery nearly 50 years ago, a room beneath the Medici Chapels in Florence covered in sketches has been closed to the public. Next...
In Rome, It’s Luxury vs. Squalor
The city’s newest attempt to reimagine itself includes palatial accommodations that cost up to $41,000 a night. Cynics point to overflowing garbage and stalled public...
Wildfires and Heat Transform Italy and Greece Into Tourism Nightmares
Record heat and wildfires have turned summer holidays into nightmares and called into question the future of cherished tourist destinations.
It’s May in Rome: A Time to Revere, and Fear, Fava Beans
Although favism, a blood disorder that can cause a violent reaction to fava beans, lurks throughout Italy, many Romans look forward to May, when the...
Leonardo’s Ferry Left High and Dry by Global Warming and Red Tape
A ferry used to traverse the banks of the Adda River, in northern Italy, but drought and an abundance of bureaucracy has closed it down.
To Save a Ruin, Send in the Sheep
The archaeological park of Pompeii has found a low-tech way to prevent the site from being overrun by vegetation: hungry sheep.
As Inflation Stalks Europe, Leaders Shudder
The downfall of Britain’s prime minister served as a warning to all of the political peril that awaits those who fail to address the erosion...
Braving the Winds on a Greek Isle
‘We had been expecting Tinos’s famous Meltemi, the seasonal and often fierce northern winds that blow through the islands in the summer, to cool us...
An Italian Princess From Texas Awaits Her Next Act
Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi, formerly Rita Jenrette, is locked in a battle over the estate of her late husband, a Roman prince.
An Italian Town Hopes Its Basketball Patron Advances to National Status
Porretta Terme, in central Italy, is passionate about basketball, and is pressing the Vatican to officially recognize its local saint as Italy’s patron of the...