Italy On This Day

Italian internee forced to work for Nazis Enrico Vanzini kept his story private for 60 years after WW2 Enrico Vanzini, a remarkable centenar...

Effective leader with dark side Piero Pollaiuolo's portrait of Galeazzo, which is kept by Uffizi in Florence Galeazzo Maria Sfo...

Designer whose buildings symbolised Fascist ideals Marcello Piacentini in the uniform of the Royal Academy of Italy Urban theorist a...

Italy's record goalscorer and hero of Cagliari Striker Luigi 'Gigi' Riva pictured during Cagliari's victorious 1969-7...

Striking designs from football stadiums to churches The architect Pier Luigi Nervi The brilliant structural engineer and architect P...

Lovere exhibition commemorates record-breaking career  Giacomo Agostini Giacomo Agostini, 15 times Grand Prix world motorcycling cham...