Bella Ciao is a traditional Italian folk song known for its association with the anti-fascist resistance in Italy during the second world war.
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History and myth are different narrative techniques, and both can be used to stimulate national pride and cohesion and to celebrate events that defined a people.
M. Son of the Century is a powerful and timely dramatisation of the early political years of Mussolini
In the violence’s worse periods there were up to two deaths on average a week.
Viral selfie spot Saint Ignatius in Rome has much to teach us about the histories of painting, of understanding the eye, and of religious devotion.
Women’s participation in warfare is not a recent phenomenon. Women played many roles in the Italian Wars, which engulfed Europe between 1494 and 1559.
One hundred years after the Italian opposition leader’s murder, documents long locked away at the London School of Economics could shed new light on Mussolini’s involvement in his death
Today, the flat white is enjoyed by people the world over. But there’s good reason to think there’s a very local history behind this special brew.
The story of how a ‘new Pompeii’ was built is far less well known than that of the ancient city.
What will happen to this villa and its unique collection of 16th- and 17th-century ceiling paintings?
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