Italy On This Day

Ruler who made Turin the capital of Savoy A  portrait of Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy, by an unknown artist Emanuele Filibert...

Duke’s French connection may have proved fatal Victor Amadeus ruled the Duchy of Savoy for seven years until his death Victor Amadeu...

Rash ruler who led catastrophic attack on Geneva  A portrait of Charles Emmanuel I by the Dutch Renaissance painter Jan Kraeck Charl...