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...

Which can claim the oldest Christmas tradition? Panettone is served as a Christmas treat by families not just in Italy but all over the worl...

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

Day of remembrance for the Pope who chose the date for Christmas Pope Julius I chose 25 December as a celebration of the birth of Chris...

Much loved saint was immortalised in song Fireworks over the harbour at Syracuse during celebrations of the Festa di Santa Lucia ...