Italy On This Day

The first non-Christian Democrat to lead Italian Republic Giovanni Spadolini in 1987 Giovanni Spadolini, who was the Italian Republ...

Prostitute who became a celebrity Raphael's Galatea in his frescoes at the Villa Farnesina in Rome is thought to be Imperia Im...

One opera was enough to build reputation of musician Pietro Mascagni in 1890, the year his opera Cavalleria Rusticana, was first pl...

Woman pretended to be a man to join Austrian army Francesca Scanagatta convinced the Austrian authorities she was a man Francesca S...