A 15th-century Bible illustrated with gold and Afghan lapis lazuli has been unveiled in Rome, as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations. Typically stowed away in Modena, the two-volume ...

ROME (AP) — A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year ...

A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on display in Rome on Thursday as part of the Vatican's Holy Year celebrations ...

SAN FRANCISCO - After nearly 50 years in business, an iconic San Francisco restaurant is closing its doors. The Mona Lisa Restaurant, a fixture in the city’s North Beach neighborhood since 1979, will ...

North Beach’s premier destination for eating cacio e pepe under rainbow chandeliers is closing. Mona Lisa Restaurant, the iconic Italian spot on Columbus Avenue, will serve its final ravioli on Friday ...

The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever could: It has catapulted France’s dusty Crown Jewels — long admired at home, little known abroad — to global fame. One week on, the ...

Want to live like you're Katherine Watson in "Mona Lisa Smile" this fall? You're in luck – the 2003 Julia Roberts movie was filmed in New England. While some filming took place in New York and ...

Ah, Paris - the city of lights, love, and apparently, low-effort museum break-ins. In a dazzling display of what can only be described as “Ocean’s 11 meets Home Depot,” a gang of thieves robbed the ...

At the Mona Lisa Restaurant in North Beach, Andrea Bocelli croons over the loudspeakers as diners feast on cacio e pepe, lobster ravioli and Neapolitan pizza. The 46-year-old restaurant is a sensory ...

On this day 114 years ago, a handyman walked into the Louvre Museum in Paris and walked out with the most famous painting in the world. That's right, the Mona Lisa was stolen on Aug. 21, 1911, so ...

Without a good backstory, many of the most famous and valuable collectibles would be little more than forgotten knickknacks. That T206 Honus Wagner card worth millions? If it wasn’t for its legendary ...