Italy On This Day

Successful career followed breakthrough role in De Sica classic  The poster for the film that made actor Fabio Testi famous The actor Fabio ...

Cosimo de' Medici Banker who founded the Medici dynasty The first of the Medici rulers of Florence, Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici, ...

Salvatore Maranzano - crime boss Sicilian ‘Little Caesar’ who established New York’s Five Families The criminal boss Salvatore Maranzano, wh...

Vittorio Erspamer - chemist Professor who first identified the neurotransmitter serotonin Vittorio Erspamer, the pharmacologist and chemist...