Italy On This Day

Businessman turned his local spa water into a global export San Pellegrino water has been in production since 1905 Cesare Mazzoni, a Milanes...

Jacopo Peri – composer and singer Court musician produced the first work to be called an opera The singer and composer Jacopo Peri, also kno...

Nanni Moretti - film director Award winning filmmaker helped shape politics Giovanni ‘Nanni’ Moretti, film director, producer, screenwriter...

NEW - Federico Borromeo - cardinal and cultural patron   Archbishop of Milan who founded Biblioteca Ambrosiana Federico Borromeo, who serv...