Italy On This Day

Pope Innocent X Political pontiff dominated by sister-in-law A politically charged and controversial period in papal history ended on this d...

Baldassare Verazzi - painter Piedmontese artist famous for image of uprising in Milan The painter Baldassare Verazzi, whose most famous work...

NEW - Giuseppe Gibilisco - pole vaulter World champion who later faced doping ban Italy’s most successful pole vaulter, the Sicilian Giusep...

World champion who later faced doping ban Giuseppe Gibilisco, world champion in 2003, is the most successful pole vaulter in Italian history...

Gaetano Merola – conductor and impresario Neapolitan who founded the San Francisco Opera Gaetano Merola, a musician from Naples who emigrat...