During World War II, the Allied push to rid the Nazis from the peninsula began with the invasion of Sicily in 1943. This was followed with the long, yet successful […]

During the 1920s, Il Duce, the leader of the Fascist party, promised to bring Italy back to the glory of Rome. Nationalism reigned with SPQR banners on parade and patriotic […]

Giuseppe Verdi was born on Oct. 10, 1813, in Busseto (Parma) which was then a part of the French Empire. He came from a humble beginning. His mother was a […]

Romano, the son of Benito Mussolini, was born in Carpena in 1927. His first experience with music was listening to jazz on 78-rpm records. Il Duce himself played the violin […]

Antonio Meucci was born near Florence in 1808. He studied mechanical engineering in school. In 1834 he easily gained employment as the lead mechanic at the Teatro delle Pergola whereby […]