Categoria: History & stories

The first builder of a canal able to connect the Mediterranean with the Red Sea was Darius I, a Persian emperor who lived around 500 …

It was 5:30 am on September 29, 1978. The nun Vincenza Taffarel, charged with bringing the breakfast to the pope, knocked on the door of …

He was born in Stilo, a town of Calabria Ulteriore and today it is part of the province of Reggio Calabria. He was the son …

During the “siglo de oro” the Spanish empire extended from America, from where galleons loaded with gold arrived, to Europe. The Netherlands, Flanders, Lombardy and …

In 1920 the Communist Party of Great Britain was founded. It made numerous proselytes among those British who were tired of the class stratification present …

Jazz was the music of American slaves who worked in cotton plantations. The African-Americans, who had the rhythm in their blood, and who naturally did …

At the beginning of the twentieth century the situation in the Middle East was extremely confusing. The Ottoman empire had been crumbling even if nominally …

United Kingdom Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron decided to hold a referendum for the stay (Remain) or exit (Leave) from the EU in the context …

Marco Licinio Crasso, the 61-year-old Roman consul, who became immensely wealthy by virtue of his fortunate political life, wanted to close his military career with …

In 1860, after the unification of Italy, there was a need for a reorganization of the banking system that was fragmented due to the many …

In the year 1983, relations between Moscow and Washington was particularly strained. The president of the United States, elected in 1981, was Conservative Ronald Reagan. …

Ramon Mercader del Rio had been charged with killing Leon Trotsky, who had fled to Mexico, where he lived in a villa in Coyoacan, a …

Giordano Bruno was born in Nola in January 1548. He was son of a soldier, Giovanni, ensign of the viceroy army of Don Pedro de …

Suddenly, without knowing the reasons, he found himself locked up in the “Piombi”, the terrible prison located in the attic of the Ducal Palace. He …