The nun of Monza (representation) The sordid affair fra Sister Virginia , a nun in the convent of Santa Margherita in Monza, and Gian Paolo Osio , had been going on for some time now. Many knew, but no one dared to speak out for fear of a general scandal that would uncover everything t
Portrait of Vittorio Alfieri On 14 July 1789 , day of the storming of the Bastille , the Italian poet Vittorio Alfieri was in Paris. Here is what his secretary reported about that event which, in fact, marked the beginning of the French Revolution: “On the day of the storming of the Ba
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The history of ice cream is the story of one of the greatest gastronomic successes of all time The history of ice cream it is quite long and complex. Do you know where this specialty spread widely and found wide acclaim from the public? In Naples, of course. After all, as is known, gastr