Italy’s most famous revolutionary, Giuseppe Garibaldi, spent a good part of his youth in Odesa. Nearly two centuries later, his ideas about freedom and nation-building seem to have blossomed there. To ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- He is revered in Italy for the role he played in the nation's unification, and every year, thousands visit his ornate tomb on the island of Caprera to pay their respects. He is ...

The typical Roman history tour begins with the tomb of an ancient emperor and winds down with the works of your Renaissance-era artist-of-choice. But perched atop the Janiculum hill — with St. Peter’s ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Giuseppe Garibaldi and his role in unifying Italy which, with his Red Shirts, he achieved substantially in 1861 and entirely in 1870. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Because of her longtime love of history, as well as her Italian heritage that’s manifested itself in a myriad ways, Arrochar resident Frances R. Curcio — who happens to be a ...