Italian history

A nostalgic look at the old country with a collection of more than 20 vintage photos of Italy from the 1920s through the 1970s.

Italy WW1 Victory

It was on this day in 1935 that the Second Italo-Abyssinian War began when Italian forces under General Emilio De Bono invaded the Abyssinian empire. Contrary to what you have probably heard, it was not a war that the Kingdom of Italy started, although, without doubt, Mussolini was ready to pounce at any chance to avenge the defeat of Adowa and to retaliate for the slights of the Abyssinian government against Italy. It started as a result of a dispute in which there was a clash over an…

This past May, my wife and I headed off to Europe for our honeymoon. We were married last June and saved up enough money to take a three week excursion, criss-crossing the European continent.

Go to Italy. Top of my bucket list

Let us take you back in time to relive what was happening in the world almost 100 years ago with our complete timeline of 1922 events.

The Italian unification was the political and social movement, known as Risorgimento, meaning the Resurgence, that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of the Kingdom of Italy in the 19th century, overcoming 1300 years of disunity. The process began in 1815 with the Congress of Vienna and the end of Napoleonic rule, and ended in 1870 with the Capture of Rome. Some of the terre irredente did not, however, join the Kingdom of Italy until after World War…

The Artist: Born in Milan around 1465, Andrea Solario came from a family of well-known sculptors and architects. His great-grandfather, Marco Solari, was one of the principal architects at the Duomo in Milan during the second half of the fourteenth century

Don't buy disposable junk when you go to Italy. Here's our list of the best artisanal souvenirs from Italy and where you should buy them.

By: Marianna Gatto, ISDA Contributing Editor Folk dances tell stories and reflect a group’s diverse history and culture. While the tarantella — arguably Italy’s most famous folk dance — is best known today as a dance performed at weddings, its origins are as ancient as they are peculiar. The tarantella traces its origins to Taranto, a … Continued