A 17th-century Italian villa used to host royalty has now gone up for auction. And it’s being auctioned with no reserve – meaning the property will be sold, regardless of price. Known as Villa Litta ...

Sicily — particularly Taormina — has become a special place for my family over the years. Although our Sicilian heritage traces back to a small town almost 200 miles away, the strikingly beautiful ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - It's a case of deja vu. Two former Lake Charles establishments - shut down about a decade ago - are making a comeback. Rikenjaks Brewing Company - which existed in the 2000s ...

Dea Picture Library/DeAgostini/Getty Images Aurora, 1621, by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591-1666), fresco. Casino of the Villa Ludovisi, Rome. One lucky buyer can own the only ...

This enchanting hillside villa overlooking the Mediterranean Sea is in La Mortola, a cape in the Riviera di Ponente that juts into the sea between the westernmost part of the Italian region of Liguria ...

This 13-bedroom villa in the picturesque Florentine countryside was built on the ruins of a medieval castle. "Only the tower remains intact," listing agent Diletta Giorgolo Spinola said. The rest of ...

An Italian villa built in the 1300s is on the market in Scandicci, Italy — with an asking price of $19.66 million. The astounding estate was once home to the family of Francesco del Giocondo, husband ...

ROME - Villa Pinocchio is on the market for $25 million. Pinocchio -- the wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy and whose nose is a built-in lie detector that grows and grows as he tells ...

The Alcarese home, built into a hillside in Baldwin, could not appear more like an Italian villa if it was built overlooking a valley in Tuscany. The only thing missing from the vista surrounding the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. Jul 07, 2022, 12:54pm EDT This article is more than 3 years old ...