Italy On This Day

Italian who designed Valletta, the fortified capital of Malta Francesco Laparelli found himself in demand as a military architect The archit...

Pontiff used his power to change the date overnight Pope Gregory XIII took his papal name in honour of another reformer, Gregory I P...

Tasso’s patron raised Ferrara to the height of its glory Alfonso II d'Este, a portrait by Girolamo da Carpi Alfonso II d’Este, w...

Great reformer earned appreciation after his death This painting of Charles Borromeo is in the St. Hermes Church in Ronse, Belgium C...