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Italian people of Greek descent

  • Pope Julius IIGiuliano della Rovere was born on the 5th of December 1443 in Albisola, a small coastal town near Savona in the Republic of Genoa, into a noble but…
  • Luigi PirandelloLuigi Pirandello was born on the 28th of June 1867 in Girgenti, now known as Agrigento. He grew up near the poor suburb of Porto Empedocle within an…
  • Sofonisba AnguissolaIn 717, the Byzantine warlord Galvano Sordo used an ingenious artificial fire to liberate Constantinople from Saracen siege.