Upon arrival, Villa Mantega-a-a-zza was hidden behind a tall stone wall, which is the way it should be: locked away from the schmucks who haven’t shelled out €2500 to spend a week here.

What began as a routine job for an electrician turned into an extraordinary discovery of hidden art treasures in a 16th-century Roman villa.

After being discovered by a junk dealer in Capri in 1962, this rolled-up oil painting may be a Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth $6.6 million.

La Dolce Villa is an entertaining Italian rom-com just in time for Valentine's Day.

Mark Kostabi has been hosting weekly salons in his newly purchased villa in Rome’s Monteverde Vecchio neighborhood.

Real estate buffs will say that a good property is like a priceless work of art, but this newly sold Italian villa, where the legendary artist Michelangelo grew up, takes it to a new level ...

Just south of Lake Garda, Villa Sigurtà has hosted royals and aristocrats but (provided you can fill it) won’t break the bank for a big group holiday ...

Giorgio Taroni’s home overlooking Lake Como has become a cabinet of curiosities, filled with collections of oil paintings, books, ancient coins and vintage postcards.

This one-of-a-kind property is MLive’s House of the Week. Homes across the state of various architectural styles and prices are showcased every Wednesday.

Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa helped Team Italy earn a silver medal in the women’s team competition. But she's gone viral for a much cheesier reason. Photos from Villa’s old partnership wth ...

Rita Jenrette, or Princess Rita Boncompagni-Ludovisi — the Texas-born model-turned-Italian-princess by marriage — was evicted on Thursday from her longtime Italian mansion after being accused ...

Former owners of the Renaissance artist’s villa want to sell a sketch once on a kitchen wall. But scholars are divided over whether Michelangelo actually drew it.