Italy On This Day

Angelo Cerica - Carabinieri general First job was to arrest Mussolini General Angelo Cerica, the police commander tasked with arresting the...

NEW - Guido I da Montefeltro - Lord of Urbino Brilliant military strategist who suffered poetic damnation Guido I da Montefeltro, the bril...

Brilliant military strategist who suffered poetic damnation Guido I da Montefeltro was a powerful force on the side of the Ghibellines Guido...

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...