Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Nestled on the side of a hill in Umbria, Italy is an unusual sight: a ...

If you believe the stereotypes, Italy's north and south might as well be two separate countries. But how different are they really? Here we take a closer look at Italy's famous regional differences.

British planners in 1943 proposed that Greece would take control of southern Italy as part of a rejected plan to dismember it ...

Into the big office of Benito Mussolini at Palazzo Venezia last week bustled U. S. Publisher Paul Block to tell the Dictator that “I find Italy greatly improved under Fascism and tremendous loyalty to ...