Italy On This Day

The short turbulent life of a witty satirist    Francesco Berni depicted in a 18th century drawing  Tuscan writer Francesco Berni, whose sat...

Satirist was both admired and feared by the nobility Pietro Aretino, captured by his friend, the Venetian painter Titian in around 154...

Sonnet writer satirised life in 19th century Rome Giuseppe Gioachino Belli's poems often poked  fun at the Roman Catholic church ...

Multiple comic characters loved by generations  Benito Jacovitti Benito Jacovitti, who would become Italy's most famous cartooni...