Italy On This Day

Italy’s worst but little known train tragedy One of several graphic images from the Balvano Disaster shows the bodies of victims laid out on...

Tragic toll of collision between ferry and tanker The charred wreck of the Moby Prince pictured in the days after the tragedy that cl...

Rider from Emilia-Romagna won Italy's first road racing gold  Pavesi was soon regarded as a star in Italy,  where posters of him w...

Nobleman from Ferrara won Peking to Paris car race Scipione Borghese (left) and journalist Luigi Barzini pictured with Borghese's ...

Designer behind two famous Milan landmarks Ulisse Stacchini Ulisse Stacchini, the architect who designed two of Milan's most famo...

Former aircraft manufacturer famed for Italy's iconic Vespa motor scooter The Vespa is still among the most popular scooters in the wo...