Italy On This Day

Balloon bombs dropped on Venice Luigi Querena's dramatic painting of the blazing Church of San Geremia on the Grand Canal during...

Roman Catholic Cardinal could speak 38 languages A portrait of Giuseppe Mezzofanti painted in around 1838 in Bologna The death occu...

Roman singer-songwriter's career spans almost 50 years Antonello Venditti has sold more than 30 million discs in a long career S...

Young poet wrote the stirring words of Italian national anthem Goffredo Mameli, as depicted in a portrait on display in the Museum of ...