Italy On This Day

Tragic end for the mistress who earned promotion to Grand Duchess  Bianca Cappello became the mistress of Francesco I Bianca Cappello, the m...

Florentine who influenced the look of his home city Baccio d'Agnolo was a significant influence on Florentine architecture The woodcarve...

Masterpiece emerged from an abandoned block of marble A replica of Michelangelo's David now stands  in front of the Palazzo Ve...

The shocking fate of a Spanish noblewoman Leonora, as depicted by the 16th century portrait painter Alessandro Allori The beautif...

Banker who founded the Medici dynasty This portrait of Cosimo by Jacopo da Contormo  can be viewed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence ...