‘A robber, a murderer, and incestuous person, unworthy to represent Christ upon the pontifical throne … This abominable priest soiled the chair of St. Peter for nine entire years and deserved to be called the most wicked of popes.’ his was how the French historian and...
ne hot day in August 1953, a white-and-brown stray dog calmly got off a cargo train at the Campiglia Marittima railway station in Italy, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Elvio Barlettani, the stationmaster in the small Tuscan station, and his...
tanding 89 meters (about 292 ft) tall, the Ghirlandina bell tower is the symbol of the city of Modena, a town nestled at the foot of lush hills in Central Northern Italy. Since the 14th century, the ringing of its bells marked the time for life in the city, announced...
ittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Ranieri Eugenio Ferdinando Tomaso of Savoy, the first king of a united Italy, was born in 1820 in Turin. From day one, the child proved to be so fundamentally different from his royal father, King Carlo Alberto, that the rumor he was...
