In order to prevent the Nazis from simply barging into the hospital and seizing the Jews, Doctor Giovanni Borromeo invented ...

The Jewish Ghetto is an area of Rome just north of Tiber Island. The Jewish Ghetto was established in 1555 and for centuries was home to Rome’s Jewish population. Today it is part of the regular ...

A small island with a lighthouse stood between the ... barges to be brought along the various canals and towed up the Tiber to Rome. Insight into the organization of the importation process ...

This massive LEGO diorama of the ancient city of Rome includes thousands of pieces and hundreds of detailed buildings.

Pope Francis has sparked new fears for his health after being taken to Rome for a CT scan. The pope, 87, has been suffering ...

22 x 30 cm. (8.7 x 11.8 in.) View of the river Tiber in Rome towards St. Peter's Basilica and Castel Sant'Angelo. Signed with monogram and dated 1850. Oil on panel. 22×30 cm. In 1847, Thorald ...

ROME, Italy (CNN)-- Officials monitoring the River Tiber in Rome fear it could break its banks as early as Friday evening after a spate of bad weather in Italy -- but do not expect major flooding.

On the island of Crete ... of course, its disposal. Rome’s Cloaca Maxima sewer, which flowed into the Tiber River, became the model for urban sanitation. By the time Pliny the Elder was writing ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire ... As babies, the boys were left to drown in the River Tiber by their evil uncle, but they were rescued by a wolf.

Though he loved the Church and taught many of its leaders, the distinguished and much-loved Australian Jesuit theologian and biblical scholar had a complex relationship with the Holy See Complete ...

Memorial of the Apostle Bartholomew of Cana of Galilee. His body is kept in the church of St. Bartholomew on Tiber Island, in Rome, which has become the memorial place for the "New Martyrs." Memorial ...

Kevin M. Tiber holds key roles at Farmers and Merchants Trust Company and Farmers & Merchants Bank, serving as their EVP and COO, and EVP and investment officer, respectively. His responsibilities ...