Meet the fascinating individuals who have shaped Italy’s unique character in the Italian People category on WeirdItaly.com. Uncover the stories of peculiar, influential, and lesser-known personalities from Italy’s past and present. Learn about their extraordinary achievements, unconventional lifestyles, and the impact they’ve had on Italy’s culture, history, and society.
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Felice Benuzzi was an Italian diplomat and mountaineer who escaped a British prison camp in WWII with two fellow soldiers to climb Mount Kenya with … Read more
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who mostly worked in France. He is best known … Read more
14,000 residents lost in the last 20 years, including 8,000 in the last ten. The historic center of Venice’s population has dropped below 50,000 for … Read more
Antonio Ligabue was a major 20th-century naive artist. Antonio Ligabue was self-taught, he has mostly painted subjects that portray wild and exotic animals. The artist … Read more
Amico Aspertini (born 1474 or 75-1552) was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor who anticipated Mannerism with his convoluted, quirky, and eclectic style. At the … Read more
History and images of the Anatomical Machines The anatomical machines are two anatomical models that reproduce the human circulatory system and are on display in … Read more
Greatest Italian Film Directors of All Time Italian directors have been greatly involved in the revolutionizing of cinema since the 1940s. Here is the list … Read more
An extensive genetic study has reconstructed the genetic ancestry of the inhabitants of the area of Rome from prehistory to the Middle Ages: since ancient … Read more
A heresy trial held in Friuli, Italy in the sixteenth century brings to light the complex cosmogony and worldview of a miller who stunned the … Read more
The story of Giovanni Battista Bugatti Mastro Titta Giovanni Battista Bugatti, known as Mastro Titta (Senigallia, 1779 – Rome, 1869) was an Italian executioner of … Read more
John Cabot is famed for discovering Newfoundland John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto in Italian, Zuan Chabotto in Venetian) was an Italian explorer and navigator commissioned by Henry … Read more
The controversial Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, recently accused of crimes against humanity in Brazil, is expected to arrive in Italy next September 1, in Anguillara … Read more
The bizarre story of the chronovisor The chronovisor (or chronoscope) is allegedly a functional time viewer, an hypothetical device capable of capturing and reproducing images … Read more
Facts & history of the Republic of Roses Island The island was built by Italian engineer Giorgio Rosa, who made himself its president and declared … 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