Padua, in northern Italy's Veneto region, is the site of one of the world’s greatest art treasures that should be on every art lover’s bucket list. The Scrovegni Chapel houses the extraordinary ...

When visitors look up at the ceiling of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy, they often suddenly fall silent. Painted above are the golden stars and the enchanting blue skies of a heaven envisioned ...

(by John Phillips) (ANSA) Rome, August 28 - The disclosure that lightning struck the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua three weeks ago sent shock waves through the art world though its famed frescoes painted ...

PADUA, Italy — We were advised to arrive an hour early for what we soon learned was the best 15 minutes in art history. Not that the Scrovegni Chapel is that hard to find. It is on the outskirts of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Flowers for Christmas have traditionally been flowers indoors; pink and white azaleas, potted orchids or ...

THE COPY of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua that is being exhibited at the Bratislava castle shows beauty of this, Giotto di Bondone's most important work.The copy is a 1:4 ratio scale model that makes ...

The restoration of one of the world's most famous fresco paintings - Giotto's masterpiece in the Scrovegni chapel in Padua - is nearing completion and will be open to the public again on 18 March. The ...

After eight months of restoration, the scaffolding finally came down March 18 on one of the world's great art treasures, the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy. The 700-year-old chapel contains frescoes ...

They are regarded as a supreme masterpiece of medieval Western art and are admired by thousands of visitors to the city of Padua each year. But frescoes by the Italian Renaissance painter, Giotto di ...

(ANSA) - Padua, August 28 - Lightning apparently struck the world-famous Scrovegni Chapel almost three weeks ago, damaging its internal electrical system, including lights, security and humidity ...