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This small Italian town is building a marble statue of Donald Trump
A small town in the midst of Tuscany's rolling hills is about to get a new resident: US President Donald Trump, in statue form.
Italian artist sells contentious Adolf Hitler statue for €15m
A provocative statue of the German dictator Adolf Hitler by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan has sold at auction for €15.1 million.
Michelangelo's David gets expensive clean-up
Michelangelo's world-famous statue of David got a clean-up Monday financed by a US non-profit group which has spent some €500,000 in recent years preserving such Renaissance masterpieces.
US museum gives Italy back looted head of Greek statue
The head of an ancient Greek statue of extraordinary artistic and historical value will finally arrive back in Italy on Friday – almost three decades after being illegally ripped from the ground.
Why will nobody fess up to nude statue cover-up?
As the Italian media on Wednesday raged against a decision to cover up nude statues during a visit to a Rome museum by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, mystery mounted over who actually endorsed it.
Fury over broke Italian town's €150 million Padre Pio statue
Authorities in a small town in Campania have riled residents after agreeing to spend a whopping €150 million - on building a statue in honour of the Italian saint, Padre Pio, that will be even bigger than the Statue of Liberty.
PM covers nude statue to spare Sheikh's blushes
A naked statue in Florence was covered by the Italian premier Matteo Renzi's team so as not to offend the visiting crown prince of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Vandals break finger off Florence statue
Vandals in Florence have broken a finger off Pio Fedi’s famous statue of the Rape of Polyxena, Italian media has reported. It’s only the latest act of vandalism by careless visitors to the city.
Rai in trouble over 'blasphemous' advert
The Catholic Church in Rio de Janeiro has threatened to sue Rai for between €5 and €7 million after Italy's state broadcaster ran an advert with Rio's famous Christ the Redeemer statue “dressed” in an Italian football shirt.
'Michelangelo's David statue won't fall down'
Florence's museums authority on Tuesday played down the risk of Michelangelo's 500-year-old David statue falling down because of fractures in its ankles.
Virgin Mary statue 'cures' cancer sufferer
A 20-year-old woman from Salerno in the southern Italian region of Campania is reported to have been cured of cancer after touching a statue of the Virgin Mary.
Pope Francis statue joins Rome wax museum
Pope Francis has become the latest figure in Rome's wax museum with a statue depicting the pontiff smiling in the iconic moment when he appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after his election.
Roman statue found at underwater palace
Italian archaeologists on Thursday said they have recovered an ancient Roman marble statue spotted by a diver in an imperial palace that is now under water in the Bay of Naples.
Vandals break finger off Concordia memorial
Police have launched an investigation after vandals broke off the left index finger of the Stella Maris, a marble Madonna statue commemorating the victims of the Costa Concordia tragedy on the Tuscan island of Giglio.