Italy On This Day

Filippo Mazzei – physician and businessman Liberal thinker was praised by John F Kennedy Globe-trotting doctor Filippo Mazzei, who was a clo...

Mount Vesuvius – the 1944 eruption The last time the volcano was seen to blow its top Mount Vesuvius, the huge volcano looming over the bay...

NEW - Giuseppe Borgatti - tenor Beautiful voice brings fame for former bricklayer Opera singer Giuseppe Borgatti, who became known as Ital...

Beautiful voice brings fame for former bricklayer Borgatti was an illiterate bricklayer before his vocal talent was spotted Opera singer Giu...