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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26 November 2024

Irma Marchiani - partisan

Resistance heroine honoured with medal for valour Irma Marchiani was deputy commander of her battalion Irma Marchiani, who was one of only a...

8 February 2019

Italo Santelli - fencer

Olympic medallist famous for real ‘duel’ Italo Santelli set new standards for sabre fencing with his own technique The Olympic fence...

29 December 2017

Luigi Olivari – flying ace

First World War pilot claimed 19 victories Luigi Olivari was only 25 when he was killed in a crash near Udine Lieutenant Luigi ...

22 March 2016

'La Castiglione' – model and secret agent

Beautiful woman helped the cause of Italian unification Virginia Oldoini, captured in a portrait painted in 1862 Virginia Oldoin...

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