Italy On This Day

Woman trapped by wealth who set up religious order Maria De Mattias left behind a life of relative prosperity Maria De Mattias, whose ambiti...

Painter scarred by Battle of Monte Cassino Miele's work often had strong elements of the scuola metafisica as well as impressionis...

First European to step on to the International Space Station Guidoni flew two Space Shuttle missions during his time at NASA in Texas ...

Totò fan became maestro of commedia all’italiana Nino Manfredi made more than 100 films in the course of his career The actor and di...

Multi-billion pound empire started with a single café Baron Forte of Ripley Businessman Charles Forte - later Sir Charles and then Ba...