In “Saving Michelangelo’s Dome: How Three Mathematicians and a Pope ... the author of “Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome.” ...

Historically, engineers supported domes with iron chains, but there's an easier way to build a dome this tall today. When the dome above St. Peter's Basilica in Rome began to crack under its own ...

We just got back from a fantastic 3-week trip to the French and Italian coasts, Rome, and Venice. It was an amazing way to ...

The original contractor bid $295,000 for the project in 1896, but by the time the courthouse opened, it had cost $478,000.

Regardless, you'll take in a panorama of Rome's spectacular landscape ... within the church may have different hours. The dome is open at 7:30 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. in winter and 6 p.m ...