Italy On This Day

Pope Gregory XIII Pontiff used his power to change the date overnight Pope Gregory XIII was born Ugo Boncompagni on this day in 1502 in Bol...

Baldassare Verazzi - painter Piedmontese artist famous for image of uprising in Milan The painter Baldassare Verazzi, whose most famous wor...

Giuseppe Impastato - anti-Mafia activist Son of mafioso was murdered for speaking out Giuseppe Impastato, a political activist who was murd...

Carlo Levi – writer and painter Author and doctor who highlighted poverty in southern Italy The anti-Fascist writer, painter and doctor, Car...

NEW - Beatrice d’Este – Duchess of Milan The brief life of a politically astute noblewoman from Ferrara Beatrice d’Este, who became Duchess...

The brief life of a politically astute noblewoman from Ferrara Beatrice D'Este, portrayed in a painting by the 19th century Italian arti...