Italy On This Day

Swiss designer who built the Royal Palace in Naples The Royal Palace in Piazza del Plebiscito was designed by Fontana in his role as Royal E...

Rival of Bernini and Da Cortona was pioneer of Roman Baroque The undulating facade of the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane The archi...

Patron of the arts sympathised with Galileo Francesco Barberini knew Galileo from his days as a student at the University of Pisa F...

Superb horseman helped keep the British at bay Amedeo Guillet, pictured in his military dress uniform, was a brilliant horseman A...

Facade of St Peter's among most notable works The facade of St Peter's Basilica in Rome is one of Carlo Maderno's most ...