Ragusa Province (Sicily)

Agrigento’s winning project draws on the city’s past as the birthplace of Empeclodes — originator of the “four elements” concept — while touching on contemporary concerns of eco-sustainability.

With a major six-year restoration of the Florence Baptistery's dome mosaics now underway, we’ve rounded up some other standout mosaic cycles around Italy to mark the occasion.

Through a pioneering project regenerating old industrial buildings and oil mills in ancient Italian villages, ITS ITALY social enterprise investment fund is paving the way to help local communities as well as foreigners.

Events columnist John Bensalhia revs up the autumn engine with some distinctly (and deliciously) seasonal festivals.