history

September 2, 2016
Neoclassical artist Vincenzo Camuccini died on 2 September 1844 in Rome.

September 2, 2016
Architect Vincenzo Scamozzi was born on 2 September 1548 in Vicenza.

August 26, 2016
Chair of architecture at the University of Palermo, Ernesto Basile died on 26 August 1932.

August 7, 2016
Sculptor Pompeo Marchesi was born 7 August 1783 in Saltrio.

August 1, 2016
Giovanni Santi , father of the artist Raphael , died on 1 August 1494 in Urbino .

July 29, 2016
The Florentine painter Pesellino died on 29 July 1457.

July 29, 2016
Italian sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini died on 29 July 1752 in Rome at age 62.

July 29, 2016
On 29 July 1580, Francesco di Lorenzo Mochi was born in Montevarchi.

July 29, 2016
The Futurist poet and painter Francesco Cangiullo died on this day, 29 July 1977.

July 17, 2016
On 17 July 1204 the Venetian naval fleet broke through the sea wall fortifications of Constantinople, setting the city on fire and marking the conclusion of an episode of the Fourth Crusade .