Italy On This Day

NEW - Battle of Campaldino Victory of Guelphs over Ghibellines established Florentine dominance The Battle of Campaldino, which is seen as...

Victory of Guelphs over Ghibellines established Florentine dominance The Battle of Campaldino resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,700 G...

Carlo Ancelotti - football manager Five-times winner of the Champions League Carlo Ancelotti, a former top-level player who has become one o...

Luigi Fagioli - racing driver Man from Le Marche is Formula One's oldest winner Racing driver Luigi Fagioli, who remains the oldest dri...

Giuseppe Fiorelli - archaeologist The man whose painstaking work saved Pompeii Giuseppe Fiorelli, the archaeologist largely responsible for...