Italy On This Day

Screen diva who enjoyed worldwide fame Pina Menichelli in one of the extravagant costumes she wore in Il Fuoco The actress Pina ...

Clothes inspired by Surrealist art  Elsa Schiaparelli left Rome in search of adventure in around 1912 The designer Elsa Schiaparell...

One opera was enough to build reputation of musician Pietro Mascagni in 1890, the year his opera Cavalleria Rusticana, was first pl...

The greatest master of still life in the 20th century Giorgio Morandi pictured in his studio in Bologna in 1953 The artist Gio...

Marriage survived 30 years despite dictator's infidelity Rachele Mussolini Rachele Mussolini, the woman who stayed married to I...