Italy On This Day

Innovative cook is carrying on a family tradition  Massimiliano Alajmo has been working at Le Calandre since 1993 Massimiliano “Max” Alajmo,...

Cousin of brilliant painter left mark on Padua The Basilica of Santa Giustina in Padua is arguably Andrea Moroni's most famous work Andr...

Baroque musician also contributed to science As well as composing for violin, Tartini established a new technique for playing Giuseppe Tarti...

Soldier from poor origins became general commander of Venetian armies Erasmo da Narni made a  living as a condottiero One of the most famous...

Teacher to the nobility provided free education for poor children Vittorino da Feltre treated his  pupils as equal, wealthy or poor A schola...

Actor and dramatist with a genius for comedy Angelo Beolco's plays were written in Paduan dialect spiced with vulgarities One of the mos...

The Great Belzoni’s powerful physique helped him remove Egyptian treasures A portrait of Giovanni Belzoni during his time as an archaeologis...

Style of writer’s verses took its name from the dumpling A portrait of Teofilo Folengo by Girolamo Romanino, owned by the Uffizi museu...

Musician whose works influenced development of opera Stefano Landi had an early influence on the evolution of opera Stefano Landi, an...

Follower of Palladio had his own distinctive style A portrait of  Vincenzo Scamozzi attributed to Paolo Veronese The architect and w...

Great thinker famous for Galileo ‘denial’ Cesare Cremonini was one of the most revered Aristotelian philosophers of his day The phil...