Sr. Antonella Ochipinti

The end of the 19th century revealed a dazzling Western civilization, which seemed to have materialized every dream of wealth and splendour hitherto imaginable. At the head of the brilliant Prussian army, Otto von Bismarck …

I t is the dawning of a crisp spring morning, at the beginning of the 10th century. Another session of the diet called by the King of Germania will soon begin in the city of …

“Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright; Round yon Virgin Mother and Child! Holy Infant, so tender and mild...” After the carols that characterize the long-awaited Christmas Eve, so full of wonder …

It was the end of the Belle Époque,1 a time marked by the search for the enjoyment of life, of a carefree and leisurely joy, and by great scientific and industrial advances that gave humanity …