Italy On This Day

Italian dancer who conquered St Petersburg Pierina Legnani photographed in St  Petersburg  in around 1895 The ballerina Pierina Le...

Businessman now barred from office but still leading his party Silvio Berlusconi is Italy's longest serving post-war Prime Ministe...

Sudden end to the reign of ‘The Smiling Pope’ Pope John Paul I making his weekly address to the crowds outside St Peter's John Pa...

English-born performer who made Capri her home  Gracie Fields The English actress, singer and comedian Gracie Fields died on this day...