Italy On This Day

NEW - Manfredo Fanti - military general Risorgimento hero who founded Royal Italian Army The Italian general Manfredo Fanti, a key figure ...

Risorgimento hero who founded Royal Italian Army Manfredo Fanti's battlefield skills were vital to the unification campaign The Italian ...

Enrico Piaggio - industrialist Former aircraft manufacturer famed for Italy's iconic Vespa motor scooter Enrico Piaggio, born on this d...

Giuseppe Abbati - painter and revolutionary Early death robbed Italian art of bright new talent Italy lost a great artistic talent tragicall...