Italy On This Day

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - composer Prolific writer had huge influence on the development of religious music The composer Giovanni P...

Corradino D'Ascanio - engineer Aeronautical genius famed for helicopters and the Vespa scooter  Corradino D'Ascanio, the aeronautica...

Bernardo Provenzano - Mafia boss Head of Corleonesi clan dodged police for 43 years Bernardo Provenzano, a Mafia boss who managed to evade ...

NEW - Ferdinando Fontana – journalist and playwright Prolific writer produced the words for Puccini’s early operas  The dramatist Ferdinand...

Prolific writer produced the words for Puccini’s early operas  Ferdinando Fontana (left), with Puccini in a photograph taken in around 1885 ...