Italy On This Day

Deadliest incident of the 20th century A dramatic colour postcard image of the 1906 eruption seen from the Bay of Naples One of the most vio...

Giuseppe Mercalli became southern Europe's biggest authority on earthquakes and volcanic activity Scientist who invented Mercalli ...

Priest who devoted himself to helping the poor The Blessed Vincent Romano came from a poor family The Blessed Vincent Romano, a pr...

18th century biologist who pioneered artificial insemination  Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani, the first scientist to interpr...

US sitcom star with Neapolitan roots Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award The actor Vinc...

'Good' ruler who helped victims of Vesuvius eruption A statue of  Titus unearthed in Herculaneum,  which can be found in a Ber...

Terrible toll of Europe's worst volcanic catastrophe  A nightmarish vision of the AD 79 eruption is conveyed in this painting by t...

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

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