Italy On This Day

NEW - Giuseppe Toaldo - priest and physicist Meteorology pioneer who persuaded Italy to use lightning rods Giuseppe Toaldo, a physicist wh...

Meteorology pioneer who persuaded Italy to use lightning rods Giuseppe Toaldo was one of the first to use data to predict meteorological pat...

Lord Byron in Venice Romantic English poet finds renewed inspiration Aristocratic English poet Lord Byron and his friend, John Cam Hobhouse,...

Alessandro Del Piero – World Cup winner Former striker is all-time record goalscorer for Juventus The retired footballer Alessandro Del Pier...

NEW - Luigi Segre - motor engineer and entrepreneur Neapolitan who turned Ghia name into symbol of automotive style The automobile entrepre...