Italy On This Day

Piazza Fontana bombing Blast at Milan bank killed 17 and wounded 88 Italy found itself the victim of an horrific terrorist attack on this da...

NEW - Giovanni Antonio Medrano - architect and engineer Designed Teatro di San Carlo and Palace of Capodimonte in Naples The architect and ...

Designed Teatro di San Carlo and Palace of Capodimonte in Naples Medrano revolutionised theatre design with his horseshoe-shaped auditorium ...

Luigi Pirandello - playwright, poet and novelist Brilliant writing was born out of ‘chaos’ Sicilian writer Luigi Pirandello died on this da...

Sonia Gandhi - Indian politician Widow of ex-PM Rajiv born in pre-Alps of Veneto Sonia Gandhi, an Italian who married into a famous politic...