Italy On This Day

The day the birth of Christ was celebrated rather than the birth of the Sun  A bust of Constantine in the Capitoline Museum in Rome Christma...

Celebrating Christmas the Italian way A Christmas tree in Piazza Vecchia in the historic  northern Italian city of Bergamo Christmas Day in ...

Christmas Day crowning for the Pope’s supporter Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, the King of the Franks and...

Celebrating Christmas the Italian way   Christmas Day in Italy is very much a family feast just as in other parts of the world. Afte...