The House of Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the death of the last member of the family's main branch, Francesco II Sforza, in 1535.
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, OCarm, was an Italian Carmelite nun and mystic. She has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
Margherita Buy is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and eight-time Nastro d'Argento winner.
Alessandro Gassmann is an Italian actor and film director.
Adriana Basile was an Italian composer and singer of the Baroque period.
Marcello Venusti was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Rome in the mid-16th century.
The Lordship of Piombino, and after 1594 the Principality of Piombino, was a small state on the Italian peninsula centered on the town of Piombino and including part of the island of Elba. A vassal of the Kingdom of Naples associated with the State of the Presidios and a territory of the Holy Roman Empire formed from the remnants of the Republic of Pisa, it existed from 1399 to 1805, when it was merged into the Principality of Lucca and Piombino. In 1815 it was absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
La buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo is an Italian television miniseries based on the true story of Don Pietro Pappagallo (1888–1944), a Catholic priest and Italian anti-fascist who assisted victims of Nazism and Fascism in Rome during World War II and was arrested and executed in the Ardeatine Caves massacre on March 24, 1944.
Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, known as Antonello Grimaldi is an Italian actor, film and television director, and screenwriter.
Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi is an Italian police procedural television series that broadcast on Canale 5 from 2009 to 2016.
Blood of the Losers is a 2008 Italian war drama film directed by Michele Soavi. It is based on a book by Giampaolo Pansa.
Ana Caterina Morariu is a Romanian-born actress Italian naturalized.
The Mongrel is a 2012 Italian thriller-drama film. It marked the directorial debut of actor Alessandro Gassmann, who also co-wrote the script and starred in the film.
Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight is a 2006 Italian drama film written and directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli.
The Romanian-language surname Morariu literally meaning "miller" may refer to:
Guardians of the Clouds is a 2004 Italian drama film written and directed by Luciano Odorisio and starring Alessandro Gassmann, Franco Nero and Anna Galiena. It won the Golden Pyramid at the 28th Cairo International Film Festival.
Brando Pacitto is an Italian actor.
LeoGassmann is an Italian singer and songwriter.
The rites of Holy Week in Ruvo di Puglia constitute the main event held in the Apulian town. The folklore and sacred or profane traditions, typical of the Ruvestine tradition, are a great attraction for tourists from neighboring towns and the rest of Italy, and have been included by IDEA among Italy's intangible heritage events.
The Bastards of Pizzofalcone is an Italian police procedural crime drama television series based on the I bastardi di Pizzofalcone novels by Maurizio de Giovanni. It premiered on Rai 1 on 9 January 2017, and ran for four seasons.
