Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Apulia. Show all posts

24 January 2018

Farinelli – music’s first superstar

Castrato rated among all-time opera greats The castrato Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, in a 1752 painting by Jacopo Amigoni T...

9 February 2017

Vito Antuofermo - world champion boxer

Farmer's son from deep south who won title in Monaco Vito Antuofermo won the European light-middleweight title in 1976 and became ...

6 May 2016

Rudolph Valentino - star of silent films

Heart-throb actor who died tragically young Rudolph Valentino in a publicity shot for his hit movie The Four Horsemen of the Apocalyps...

16 March 2016

Aldo Moro - Italy's tragic former prime minister

Politician kidnapped and murdered by Red Brigades Aldo Moro pictured in 1978, not long before his kidnap by the Red Brigades Italy a...

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