Italy On This Day

NEW - Simona Ventura - TV presenter Star of sports and entertainment shows The presenter Simona Ventura, whose career spanning forty years...

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...