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...

Mannerist took the mantle of Tintoretto  Jacopo Negretti, the Venetian artist better known as Palma Giovane The Venetian artist Jaco...

Murdered by Romans in last major purge of Christians A portrait of Santa Giustina by Italian artist Bartolomeo Montagna On the Itali...

Pontiff dismissed jester and clamped down on heretics Saint Pius V: a painting by El Greco The feast day of Saint Pius V is celeb...