Italy On This Day

Marcello Mastroianni – actor Film star who immortalised the Trevi Fountain Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, who grew up to star in s...

Grazia Deledda - Nobel Prize winner First Italian woman to be honoured The novelist Grazia Deledda, who was the first of only two Italian wo...

NEW - Romano Mussolini - jazz musician and painter Dictator’s son forged successful career in music Romano Mussolini, the youngest son of ...

Dictator’s son forged successful career in music At his peak, Romano Mussolini played around the world alongside some of jazz's greatest...

Francesco Borromini - architect Rival of Bernini and Da Cortona was pioneer of Roman Baroque The architect Francesco Borromini, who was a p...