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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27 October 2016

Roberto Benigni - Oscar winner

How Life is Beautiful made Tuscan actor and director famous Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni, whose performance in the 1997 film L...

26 October 2016

Trieste becomes part of Italy

Fascinating city retains influences from past rulers The harbour of Trieste in 1885, when it was still under the control of Austri...

25 October 2016

Evangelista Torricelli – inventor of the barometer

Physicist's name lives on in scientific terminology Evangelista Torricelli: a portrait by Lorenzo Lippi, shortly before he died ...

24 October 2016

Tito Gobbi – baritone

Singer found fame on both stage and screen Tito Gobbi, pictured in 1955 Opera singer Tito Gobbi was born on this day in 1913 in Bass...

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