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 Ercolano. Show all posts

12 January 2018

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

Despotic ruler presided over chaos in southern Italy Ferdinand IV of Naples as a boy, painted by the German painter Anton Raphel Me...

7 January 2017

Vincent Gardenia - TV and film actor

US sitcom star with Neapolitan roots Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award The actor Vinc...

25 August 2016

Vesuvius erupts

Terrible toll of Europe's worst volcanic catastrophe A nightmarish vision of the AD 79 eruption is conveyed in this painting by t...

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