Italy On This Day

Death of Pope Julius II Pope who commissioned Michelangelo for Sistine Chapel Pope Julius II , who was nicknamed ‘the Warrior Pope’, died on...

NEW - Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici - banker Medici dynasty was built on his fortune Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici, who created the wealth u...

Medici dynasty was built on his fortune Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici; this portrait by Alessandro Allori hangs in the Uffizi in Florence...

Massimo Troisi – actor, writer and director Tragic star died hours after completing finest work Massimo Troisi, the comic actor, writer and...

NEW - Lord Byron - Ravenna revolutionary Poet pursues romantic dream in the Romagna The English poet Lord Byron, who was a member of the s...