Blaze of colours. St Alban's Cathedral is illuminated in rich, warm lights. Image (C) Tim Sandle Blaze of colours. St Alban's Cathedral is illuminated in rich, warm lights. Image (C) Tim Sandle St ...

The reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after the fire that devastated its roof and spires and made it unusable, is “a renaissance,” Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich told CNA.

From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...

Nanni di Banco, “St. Luke the Evangelist” (1408–13), marble, and Donatello, “St. John the Evangelist” (1408–15), marble, both of which were in niches alongside the Florence Cathedral’s main portal and ...

Everyone who has ever sung in the shower loves it; Turkey Trot runners as they go under the Route 198 bridge shout about it, and church choirs who sing in cathedrals are moved by it. It’s the ...

Nestled in the heart of Tuscany, Florence is a city of firsts: it was the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to artistic geniuses like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and the spot where the ...

Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore astonished the world with its colossal dome ingeniously designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. Crowning gloryThe great dome that tops the Cathedral of Santa ...

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The reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, five years after the fire that devastated its roof and spires and made it unusable, is “a renaissance,” Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich told CNA.