Italy On This Day

Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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30 June 2016

First Martyrs' Day

Nero blamed Christians for his own crimes Henryk Siemiradzki's painting shows trussed up Christian captives about to be torch...

29 June 2016

Elizabeth Barrett Browning dies in Florence

Romantic poet produced some of her best work after fleeing to Italy Hungarian artist Károly Brocky's portrait of Elizabeth Barret...

28 June 2016

Giovanni della Casa - advocate of good manners

Bishop and poet remembered for his manual on etiquette A portrait of Giovanni della Casa by the artist Jacopo Pontorno Giovanni del...

27 June 2016

Giorgio Vasari - the first art historian

Artist and architect who chronicled lives of Old Masters Portrait of Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari, whose 16th century book on the li...

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