Italy On This Day

Star of sports and entertainment shows Simona Ventura has been one of  Italian TV's most familiar faces The presenter Simona Ventura, wh...

Dante Giacosa - auto engineer Designer known as ‘the father of the Cinquecento' The automobile engineer Dante Giacosa, who worked for t...

Ignazio Gardella – architect Modernist who created Venetian classic The engineer and architect Ignazio Gardella, considered one of the grea...

The Ghetto - Venice’s Jewish quarter District began as area of enforced segregation The Doge of Venice, Leonardo Loredan, pronounced a decre...

NEW - Premiere of Andrea Chénier Giordano’s masterpiece is still stirring emotions Andrea Chénier, the greatest and most enduring opera to...