Italy On This Day

NEW - The 1870 Rome plebiscite When the Eternal City defied the Pope to be part of the new Italy Citizens of Rome voted overwhelmingly in f...

When the Eternal City defied the Pope to be part of the new Italy Romans celebrate the result of the vote outside the Palazzo Senatorio Citi...

Attilio Pavesi - Olympic cycling champion Rider from Emilia-Romagna won Italy's first road racing gold   Attilio Pavesi, the first winne...

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...