Italy On This Day

US sitcom star with Neapolitan roots Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award The actor Vinc...

'Good' ruler who helped victims of Vesuvius eruption A statue of  Titus unearthed in Herculaneum,  which can be found in a Ber...

Terrible toll of Europe's worst volcanic catastrophe  A nightmarish vision of the AD 79 eruption is conveyed in this painting by t...

Towns and villages destroyed in natural disaster Dramatic picture shows mud cascading down mountainside Italy was in shock on t...