In 1537 Francesco Guicciardini, adviser and confidant to three popes, governor of several central Italian states, ambassador, administrator, military captain--and persona non grata with the ruling ...

Francesco Schettino arrested on suspicion of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship Restaurant boss's sister boasted on Facebook minutes before crash how ship would pass 'very close' Chairman ...

Francesco Hayez was a notable Italian painter and the forerunner of the Milanese Romanticism movement. Born on February 10, 1791 in Venice, Italy, Hayez grew up surrounded by art, as his family ...