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 Sorrento. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Sorrento. Show all posts

18 March 2016

Mount Vesuvius – the 1944 eruption

The last time the volcano was seen to blow its top A dramatic picture of American B-25 Mitchell bombers circling Vesuvius during the ...

11 March 2016

Torquato Tasso – poet

Troubled Renaissance writer came back to Sorrento Torquato Tasso, as depicted by a German magazine in 1905 Torquato Tasso, who has c...

25 February 2016

Enrico Caruso – opera singer

Tenor's voice still regarded as greatest of all time Enrico Caruso sang in a choir while working as an apprentice to a mechanic...

14 February 2016

San Valentino and Sant’Antonino

Celebrations for two different Italian saints Saint Valentine, a third century Roman martyr, is commemorated with a feast day on th...

15 January 2016

Giambattista De Curtis – songwriter and artist

Talented Neapolitan became captivated with the beauty of Sorrento Writer, painter and sculptor Giambattista De Curtis died on this day ...

16 November 2015

San Giuseppe Moscati - doctor

Remembering the kindness of a brilliant young doctor Doctor and scientist Giuseppe Moscati was beatified by Pope Paul VI on this day i...

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