WAR OF THE SUEZ CANAL
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 …
Categoria: History & stories
VATICAN SECRETS, POPE JOHN PAUL 1st
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 …
TOMMASO CAMPANELLA, THE POWER OF IDEAS
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 …
THE DEFEAT OF THE INVINCIBLE ARMADA
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 …
THE SPIES THAT CAME FROM CAMBRIDGE
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 …
THE JAZZ IN NAPLES
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 …
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, MYTH AND HISTORY
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 …
BREXIT IN SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND GIBRALTAR
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 …
THE LOST ROMAN LEGION
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 …
THE GREAT FRAUD OF THE BANCA ROMANA
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 …
STANISLAV PETROV, THE MAN WHO AVOIDED THE APOCALYPSE
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. …
LEON TROTSKY, THE MAN OF THE REVOLUTION
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, THE MARTYR OF MODERNITY
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 …
GIACOMO CASANOVA AND THE ESCAPE FROM THE “PIOMBI”
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 …