Italy On This Day

Teatro Olimpico – Vicenza Renaissance theatre still stages plays and concerts The Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza , originally designed by Andre...

Pope Pius XII Pope elected on 63rd birthday to lead the church during the war Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected Pope and took the name of...

NEW - Giovanni Dupré - sculptor Work helped end the dominance of Neoclassicism Giovanni Dupré, who came to be seen as one of the most impor...

Work helped end the dominance of Neoclassicism Giovanni Dupré, painted by the  Swiss-Italian artist Antonio Ciseri Giovanni Dupré, who came ...