Italy On This Day

Bernardo Provenzano - Mafia boss Head of Corleonesi clan dodged police for 43 years Bernardo Provenzano, a Mafia boss who managed to evade ...

NEW - Ferdinando Fontana – journalist and playwright Prolific writer produced the words for Puccini’s early operas  The dramatist Ferdinand...

Prolific writer produced the words for Puccini’s early operas  Ferdinando Fontana (left), with Puccini in a photograph taken in around 1885 ...

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 ...