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July 24, 2016
Rainulfo II of Alife became the “rebel king” of the southern Italian peninsula following a victory on 24 July 1132 at the Battle of Nocera during which the Norman ruler, Roger II, was briefly deposed.

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 .

July 17, 2016
Painter and sculptor Aligi Sassu was born in Milan on 17 July 1912.

July 10, 2016
Roman Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hādriānus), whose far-flung adventures inspired the commission of some of the Rome’s most enduring and storied monuments, died on 10 July in 138.

February 25, 2016
Word of the Day: abbraccio (Italian)

January 2, 2016
On 2 January 1907, Italian Architect Luigi Moretti was Born in Rome.

January 1, 2016
Francesco Guardi died on New Year’s Day 1793 in Venice , where he had spent his career as a veduta painter.

December 1, 2015
We have a day for giving thanks.

July 22, 2015
Word of the Day: traboccare (Italian)

June 2, 2015
Italian architect and designer Carlo Scarpa was born on 2 June 1906 in Venice.