Italy On This Day

Liberal leanings prevented scholar’s elevation to the papacy Carlo Maria Martini, a liberal within the Catholic Church, lost out to papal ri...

Flamboyant pope who helped make books available to ordinary people Cristofano dell'Altissimo's portrait of Pope Paul II P...

First time artillery played a major part in warfare A scene from the Battle of Molinella depicted by the artist Il Romanino in fresco...