Italy On This Day

Paolo Di Canio - footballer Sublime talent overshadowed by fiery temperament The brilliant but controversial footballer Paolo Di Canio was b...

Ernest Hemingway – American novelist War wounds sustained in Italy inspire the great American novel An 18-year-old American Red Cross driver...

Vittorio De Sica - film director Oscar-winning maestro behind 1948 classic Bicycle Thieves Vittorio De Sica, the director whose 1948 film B...

NEW - Battle of Fornovo League of Italian states band together to send the French army home The first major open battle of the Italian Wars...