Italy On This Day

Franciscan monk canonized in 1867 Leonardo survived a life-threatening illness to devote his life to preaching San Leonardo da Porto...

Half of a successful partnership with brother Vittorio Paolo Taviani has been active in Italian cinema for more than 60 years  The f...

Doctor was the first to define leukaemia Guido Banti was among the first doctors to understand the disease process in leukaemia The ...

First artist to paint a realistic moon Cigoli's fresco at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore shows  the Madonna standing on a po...