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Venice may be put on Unesco endangered list if cruise ships not banned

Why making Paris' Sacré-Cœur a historic monument is causing a stir

More than a century after its completion, the iconic basilica is set to get official recognition equal to that of the Notre Dame and the Louvre museum. But its bloody past is making the decision a controversial one - even today.

CULTURE

Covid-19: Italy suspends free museum Sundays to limit crowds

HISTORY

IN PHOTOS: The treasures unearthed during Pompeii’s six-year restoration

TOURISM

This weekend you can visit Italy’s hidden ‘green heritage’

UNESCO

Will the porticos of Bologna be Italy’s next Unesco World Heritage site?

ART

IN PHOTOS: Lost artworks at Herculaneum uncovered by new technique

FIRE

PHOTOS: Fire at Turin’s Royal Horse Yard, an Italian Unesco site

MUSIC

IN PHOTOS: Inside the workshops of Cremona, Italy’s ‘cradle of violin-making’

HISTORY

Pompeii: Grand thermal baths and ‘erotic’ fresco unveiled to the public

CRIME

Italian police bust smuggling gang looting ancient artefacts

ART

Italy can loan Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man to France, Italian court rules