Italy On This Day

Turn of fate led to a life in haute couture  Nino Cerruti ran the family business for more than 50 years The fashion designer Nino C...

Star who married the producer Dino De Laurentiis Silvana Mangano worked as a model before breaking into the film industry The actres...

Lion of Mugello won both Tour de France and Giro d’Italia Gastone Nencini in buoyant mood after winning the Tour de France in 1960...

'Sculptor in cloth' who rejected ready-to-wear Roberto Capucci is still involved with the fashion and design world even in hi...

Radical voice who helped modernise Italian society Marco Pannella in 2010, still a voracious campaigner at the age of 80 The Radic...

Climber's outstanding career marred by 50-year row Walter Bonatti, pictured in 1964 Walter Bonatti, the Italian who some would ar...