Andrea Mantegna, Minerva (Athena) expelling Vices from the Garden of Virtue, from the Studiolo of Isabella d'Este, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (c. 1499–1502).
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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.
The body of socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti is discovered on the outskirts of Rome on August 16 1924, two months after his disappearance.
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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
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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.
Depiction of an eruption of Vesuvius seen from Portici, by Joseph Wright (c. 1774–6).
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The story of how a ‘new Pompeii’ was built is far less well known than that of the ancient city.
Villa Aurora in Rome, which houses works by Caravaggio and Guercino, is up for sale.
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What will happen to this villa and its unique collection of 16th- and 17th-century ceiling paintings?