Italy On This Day

Fire at La Fenice Oldest theatre in Venice keeps rising from the ashes La Fenice, the world famous opera house in Venice, was destroyed by ...

Simonetta Vespucci – Renaissance beauty Noblewoman hailed as embodiment of female perfection Simonetta Vespucci, a young noblewoman who beca...

Giovanni Arpino - writer and novelist   Stories inspired classic Italian films The writer Giovanni Arpino, whose novels lay behind the Itali...

NEW - Corrado Augias - author, journalist and presenter TV personality has devoted his life to writing Veteran journalist and TV presenter ...