Italy On This Day

Garibaldi-led force suffers heavy casualties but wins important victory A depiction of the Battle of Bezzecca by the Venetian painter Felice...

Austrians thwart Italy’s hopes of unifying the peninsula The Polish painter Juliusz Kossak's depiction of the Austrian 13th regimen...

General who became prime minister of Italy Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora was an important figure in Italy's Risorgimento movement ...