Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Royal Palace. Show all posts

28 September 2019

Filippo Illuminato - partisan

Teenager who gave his life for his city The young partisan Filippo Illuminato, killed at the age of 13 The partisan fighter Filippo ...

2 September 2018

Marie Josephine of Savoy

Italian noblewoman who became titular Queen of France Detail from a portrait of Marie Josephine by the French royal portraitist Jean-M...

16 July 2017

Vincenzo Gemito - sculptor

Neapolitan who preserved figures from local street life Gemito's statue, Il giocatore di carte, so impressed Vittorio Emanuele I...

30 July 2016

Naples earthquake of 1626

Devastating tremor and tsunami killed 70,000 A 17th century painting shows the 1631 eruption of Vesuvius just five years after the 162...

17 July 2016

Lady Blessington’s Neapolitan Journals

Irish aristocrat fell in love with Naples Lady Blessington, depicted here by Thomas Lawrence, settled in Naples after touring Europe ...

1 March 2016

Luigi Vanvitelli – architect

Neapolitan genius drew up a grand design for his royal client Giacinto Diano's portrait of Luigi Vanvitelli, which is housed at th...

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