WWI

April 30, 2018
Architect Antonio Sant’Elia was born on 30 April 1888 in Como.

August 21, 2017
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa , arguably the most famous painting in the history of Western art, was stolen from the Louve Museum in Paris at 7:20 on 21 August 1911.

October 16, 2016
Painter, writer, and composer Primo Conti was born in Florence on 16 October 1900.

January 29, 2016
The first architectural manifesto of Futurism appeared in print on 29 January 1914, in the Roman newspaper Il piccolo giornale d’Italia, with the title “Futurist Architecture Too…and What is It?” (“Anche l’architettura futurista…e che è?”).

January 8, 2016
Sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti committed suicide on 8 January 1916.

November 4, 2015
4 November in Italy Marks the End of World War I, Armed Forces Day and the Feast of the Unknown Soldier.

October 16, 2015
Sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti was born on 16 October 1884 or 1885 in Milan.

October 10, 2014
Architect Antonio Sant’Elia died on 10 October 1916 while fighting for Italian forces at Monte Ermada near Gorizia on the Italo-Slovene border.