Rome, the superpower of the ancient world, was a great fountainhead of culture, literature, military science, philosophy, and above all else, architecture. A lot of the Roman Empire’s architectural ...
All arts and crafts have a history, and histories must start somewhere. Around the end of the Middle Ages scholars of ancient literature—first in some Italian cities— began ruminating on the idea that ...
For well over 2,000 years, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio has existed as a kind of myth in the history of architecture and civil engineering. We know him as the “father of architecture,” the author of the ...
Archaeologists at Fano, Italy, unearthed a basilica that could only be compared to the finding of Tutankhamun’s almost completely intact grave, as it offered a stunning and unprecedented glimpse into ...
"It is a sensational finding ... something that our grandchildren will be talking about," Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli told a press conference. Italian officials on Monday hailed the ...
Archaeologists in Italy recently unearthed a 2,000-year-old basilica linked to Vitruvius, the legendary engineer long known as the father of architecture. The building remains were found in Fano, a ...
Italy has discovered the remnants of a Roman public structure in the city of Fano that closely resembles the only recorded description of a basilica attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient architect ...