Italy, are listed on Airbnb, the Wall Street Journal said. Florence's rents have risen 42% since 2016 and locals, no longer able to afford it, are leaving. The city has banned new rentals in the ...

They transported the gates to New York by ship, then on to Kansas City by train and truck. The 17ft-high doors, which weigh four-and-a-half tonnes, have been hung on the walls of the lobby of the ...

There’s a pretty unromantic reason why the Renaissance sprouted up in Florence ... is the city’s grandest Renaissance palace, with hulking cornices, fortress-like rusticated walls and ...