The Latest Breaking News from Florence

The federal Supermax looms large in popular culture, housing the worst of the worst offenders in America – from El Chapo to terrorists and criminal masterminds. The people who live and work nearby in Colorado’s Florence and Fremont County tell Sheila Flynn what it’s like to live in the shadow…

The vast new 28,700 sq m space in Scandicci, Florence sees Saint Laurent invest in a new generation of craftspeople, whose work straddles technical innovation and traditional know-how

Vineyard tours, one-of-a-kind cuisine and a Unesco-protected natural wonder – it’s time to head to northern Italy and give Piedmont your full attention, writes Alessia Armenise

Ideas for a weird and wonderful trip to some of Europe’s most characterful festivities

Extreme weather event caused fatalities in Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France and Italy

Giorgia Meloni and the hard right are celebrating JRR Tolkien’s saga – while taking over Italy’s key cultural institutions, says Florence-based author Jamie Mackay

Belmond’s Mitico project with Galleria Continua brings contemporary art to historic settings in Tuscany and beyond

Artist spent months in a chamber below the Medici Chapels to evade Pope Clement VII’s death sentence

Travelling overland from London to Greece allows time to soak up the atmosphere and scenery as you ride through France, Switzerland and Italy