Italy On This Day

Florentine soldier celebrated in Italy’s national anthem  Francesco Ferruccio's statue in the courtyard of the Uffizi in Florence France...

Calamitous papacy of a vacillating Medici Pope Clement VII, captured by Sebastiano del Piombo, complete with beard Giulio di Giuliano de’ Me...

Satirist was both admired and feared by the nobility Pietro Aretino, captured by his friend, the Venetian painter Titian in around 154...

Countess from Mantua founded European dynasties Clara Gonzaga's marriage began a dynasty of European royalty Clara (Chiara) Gonz...

Follower of Plato, Dante and Savonarola Girolamo Benivieni, pictured as an old man in a painting attributed to Ridolfo Ghirlandaio T...

The day a pontiff finally lost patience with the Tudor king Pope Paul III was born Alessandro Farnese and became pope in 1534 Pope P...

Appointment that sparked split in Catholic Church Pope Clement VII, a portrait by the 19th century French painter Henri Serrur The e...

Mystery over motive for killing cousin Alphonse Mucha's 1896 lithograph of Lorenzino Lorenzino de’ Medici, who became famous fo...

Creator of the famous Perseus bronze had a dark history Cellini's bronze of Perseus with the Head of Medusa in Piazza della Sign...