Italy On This Day

Azeglio Vicini - 1990 World Cup coach Semi-final heartbreak ended dream of victory on home soil Azeglio Vicini, the coach who led Italy to t...

NEW - Festa del Papà - Father’s Day Italian celebration this year coincides with Mothering Sunday in UK While today marks Mothering Sunday ...

Italian celebration this year coincides with Mothering Sunday in UK While today marks Mothering Sunday - or Mother’s Day - in the United Kin...

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...

Gabriele Ferzetti - actor Starred in classic Italian films as well as Bond movie The actor Gabriele Ferzetti, best known to international a...

NEW - Tiberius – Roman Emperor The decline of a leader who ruled from a beautiful place of exile After starting his reign in glory, the Em...

The decline of a leader who ruled from a beautiful place of exile The Death of Tiberius, perhaps attended by Caligula, imagined in an 1864 ...