History

Culture
by John Bensalhia |
John Bensalhia revisits Rome's Olympian moment in the spotlight, when it hosted a fondly remembered Olympic Games in the late Summer of 1960. The 1960 Olympic…
by Gabi Logan |
Through the 30th of September 2012, villa La Petraia in the Chianti mountains, is hosting three of Flemish painter Justus Utens birds-eye-view paintings of the…
Lifestyle
by John Bensalhia |
John Bensalhia looks at the facts and figures over past performances to determine the highs and lows of past Italian Olympic teams... Most Successful Years…
Travel
by Gabi Logan |
On this day 20 years ago, the 19th of July 1992, anti-mafia magistrate Paolo Borsellino was brutally murdered in a Mafia car bombing less than two months after…
by Gabi Logan |
Last Friday, the publication of a two-volume e-book proclaiming that Caravaggio's earliest works have sat unrecognised in a public building in Milan for almost…
by Gabi Logan |
The 10 biblical scenes of the eastern bronze doors of the Battistero (Baptistry) in Florence will reunite for public display in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo…
Culture
by Carol King |
It’s almost 70 years since the Allied invasion of Sicily took place that launched the Italian Campaign. The event was a huge turning point during World War II…
by Gabi Logan |
In the northern Grecian port city of Thessaloniki, construction of a a new metro system unearthed a 1,800-year-old ancient Roman highway.The 70-metre-long…
by Gabi Logan |
In Venice's National Museum of Villa Pisani, fruit sellers, seamstresses and water-bearers cover the walls in the exhibit "The Nobility of Work: Trades and…
Culture
by Gabi Logan |
Parading figures outfitted in caps with half-metre tall plums and padded doublets with canary yellow and garnet red stripes twirl and throw flags bearing…