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Renaissance

Exterior of the Convento de San Diego.

Museo Franciscano del Padre Almeida

This overlooked, beautiful convent hides an original Hieronymus Bosch among its many treasures.

Aerial view of Palmanova.

Palmanova, Italy

Palmanova Star Fort

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

Inside the library.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

The Lazaro Galdiano Museum.

Museo Lazaro Galdiano

This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.

Papacqua fountain - the Queen of Waters

Soriano nel Cimino, Italy

Papacqua Fountain

A stunning fountain depicting a mythological she-goat carved directly into the rocks on the grounds of a Renaissance palace.

Trsteno, Croatia

Trsteno Arboretum

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

Adam and Eve eating from the fig tree in the Garden of Eden.

A Detail You May Not Have Noticed in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco

Remember when Eve bit into the…fig?!

Evan Nicole Brown November 2, 2018

Retorbido.

Retorbido, Italy

Ancient Sources of Retorbido

These four fountains are said to have healing properties, with a glass of the 'miracle' water being given to Louis XII of France.

A party on the roof of Regina Anderson's home, at 580 St. Nicholas Ave. in Harlem. From left to right, attendees included Ethel Ray (Nance), Langston Hughes, Helen Lanning, Pearl Fisher, Regina Anderson (Andrews), Rudolf Fisher, Luella Tucker, Clarissa Scott (Delany), Esther Popel, Hubert Delany, Jessie Fauset, Marie Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier.

The Librarian at the Nexus of the Harlem Renaissance

Regina Anderson ate shrimp with W.E.B. Du Bois and let Zora Neale Hurston sleep on her couch.

Cara Giaimo March 21, 2018

Sandro Botticelli's <em>The Birth of Venus</em>.

Found: The Earliest Depiction of Breast Cancer, in Renaissance Paintings

The disease may have been relatively common in the 16th century.

Vittoria Traverso February 28, 2018

Scala Contarini del Bovolo

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Florence, Italy

Bronze Replica of Michelangelo’s David

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

In March 1518, Michelangelo feasted on fish and bread.

objects of intrigue

The Grocery List Sketched by Michelangelo

You can't sculpt like Michelangelo, but you can eat like him.

Anne Ewbank January 2, 2018

The knives are inscribed with musical notes and a prayer.

objects of intrigue

The Renaissance Knives That Will Have You Singing for Your Supper

Sweeney Todd would approve.

Jim Clarke November 16, 2017

Detail from Bronzino's murals in the Basilica di Santa Croce.

How Great Art Can Make You a Little Crazy

Braving the long lines to see the last Leonardo in private hands.

Natasha Frost November 14, 2017

Chigi Chapel.

Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

From 1570, a world map by Abraham Ortelius.

How 16th-Century European Mapmakers Described the World’s Oceans

For some, they were an obstacle. For others, they were an opportunity.

Genevieve Carlton October 30, 2017

Two pages from the Luneborch Prayer Book, a rare 15th-century illuminated manuscript that was mysteriously returned to the George Peabody Library 40 years after it had gone missing.

The Saga of a Long-Lost 15th-Century Illuminated Prayer Book

The Luneborch manuscript vanished, and was lost for decades only to reappear again in a mysterious package.

Vittoria Traverso October 25, 2017