Historical news, galleries and features from Italy.
Fascist Propaganda Posters The Italian fascist regime soon understood the importance of communication and propaganda. The Fascist government made extensive use of propaganda to “inspire” … Read more
The Appian Way is one of the earliest and most important Roman roads of the ancient republic that changed the culture of Ancient Rome. The … Read more
The Carnival and the Masks of Venice: Mistery, Illusion & Seduction Masks have always been used in the ancient tradition of Greek theatre, in the … Read more
The most brutal paintings in Italian Art History We’ve made a list of ten of the most violent and terrifying art pieces in Italian art. Since ancient times, … Read more
100-Year-Old Photos Capture Authentic Daily Life in Italy. These evocative snapshots of Italy were taken by American photographers and come from the Library of Congress … Read more
The Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Italy The Valley of the Temples is an archaeological site in Agrigento (ancient Greek Akragas), Sicily. The Valley of … Read more
Roman Theatre, Aosta The Roman Theatre in Aosta is an ancient building built a few decades after the foundation of the Aosta, in 25 BC … Read more
Italian archaeologists have found the remains of nine hominids, eight of which would have lived between 50,000 and 68,000 years ago and one between 90,000 … Read more
The Mithraeum of San Clemente in Rome The Mithraeum is a building from the Roman imperial period buried several meters below the Basilica of San … Read more
After the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon was exiled to Elba, an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea 10 kilometers from the coast of Tuscany. Elba is … Read more
On Sunday, the Italian Ministry of Culture presented plans to build a platform that will restore the arena space at the center of the Colosseum … Read more
The castle of Duino is located in Duino-Aurisina in the province of Trieste. The castle is perched on a cliff overlooking the Gulf of Trieste. … Read more
Crespi d’Adda is a model company town in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy. The village was built by Cristoforo Benigno Crespi in 1877 and finished … Read more
The Nuraghe (Nuraghi in Italian, nurhag in English) is the main type of ancient megalithic stone building found exclusively in Sardinia in Italy. They are … Read more
The “Devil’s Chair”, or the tomb of Aelius Callistion (Elio Callistio), is a funerary architecture of ancient Rome located in Piazza Elio Callistio in Rome. … Read more
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