Italy On This Day

Catastrophic tremor of 1908 may have killed up to 200,000 A devastated street in Messina with the remains of the Chiesa delle Anime de...

Devastating tremor and tsunami killed 70,000 A 17th century painting shows the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius just five years after the 162...

Artists helped design magnificent church The stunning Renaissance Basilica of St Peter in Rome was completed and consecrated on this da...