A man by himself, under the sky of Rome. Dark skin like concrete, barefoot, smiling, the very first one to cross the finish line under the Arch of Constantine. It was Saturday…
Men’s Tales
Paris, 7th July 1951. Francisco Boix was only 31 but he had seen enough horror to be done for his following 10 lives. At the age of 18 he fought in the…
The morning of the 2nd of July 1778 the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau died unexpectedly at the age of 66. He had come back to Ermenonville, not too far from Paris, in the…
The Moon, the satellite so close yet so far from us too, fascinated the mankind for centuries to the point that it was even the main character of a sci-fi book written…
Speaking of geniuses it might be useful quoting a sentence from the film “My Friends”, film by Mario Monicelli what’s genius? It is fantasy, intuition, decision and speed of execution Despite the…
For him there was a glorious future awaiting, thanks to the many paternal victories. He should have become emperor succeeding his prince father Napoleon and mother Marie Louise of Parma, but he…
It was the 1907 when three out of seven brothers from the Jacuzzi family made up their mind and moved to the US. They wanted to escape the misery of the farmers…
For many centuries historians, writers and philosophers tried to give an answer to one of the most curious mysteries which has intrigued the public opinion of all times, thanks also to the…
The Hapsburg House has been one of the most powerful Houses of all Europe, which has ruled throughout the 2nd millennium some of the most important European states as well as their…
by ERIKA ATZORI In the highly superstitious Sicily in the end of 1800, the three legs and four feet showman Francesco Lentini, Frank for the fans, was born. The man, counting 16…