Italy On This Day

Giovanni Battista Piranesi – artist Genius who put 18th century Rome on the map Draftsman, printmaker and architect Giovanni Battista Pirane...

Francesco Bianchini - jockey 19th century rider who contested Palio di Siena 55 times The jockey Francesco Bianchini, who holds the record f...

NEW - The 1870 Rome plebiscite When the Eternal City defied the Pope to be part of the new Italy Citizens of Rome voted overwhelmingly in f...

When the Eternal City defied the Pope to be part of the new Italy Romans celebrate the result of the vote outside the Palazzo Senatorio Citi...