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One building has a silouette of a lion etched into it while another appears to be a a fountain with a face carved in it. All the structures are made of concrete and are built upon a body of rocks.

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The charge is a mere €7 for 24 hours. State museums all over Italy (in Florence this includes the Uffizi, the Accademia, the Bargello, the Pitti museums and the Medici Chapels) are free on the ...

Italy's top court upholds Amanda Knox's slander conviction, Ryanair to curb investment at Rome airports due to rising costs, and more news from Italy on Friday.

An American who was convicted and later acquitted of the 2007 murder of her British housemate, Ms. Knox was found guilty of falsely accusing someone else of the crime.

Italy's highest court confirmed Amanda Knox's slander conviction regarding the 2007 murder of her British flatmate. An appeals court in Florence sentenced Knox to three years for falsely accusing bar owner Patrick Lumumba of Meredith Kercher's murder in Perugia.

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I have a fantasy of staying somewhere like the abbey in The Sound of Music. But my last-minute monastery stay reminds me of school.

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Amanda Knox’s notorious legal saga has finally come to an end after nearly 20 years, though not in the way she was hoping.