Historia Minuta

The many deaths of Ötzi the Iceman

The most investigated murder in prehistory still has no culprit

Jul 7 • Historia Minuta

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Belle Parole: the Tree inside the Book

Strip the bark, tie the boards, fold the leaves: a book

Jul 1 • Historia Minuta

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June 2026

Why is an umbrella called an umbrella?

A little shade under the Italian sun

Jun 24 • Historia Minuta

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The Giant Longhi Painted for Venice

Pietro Longhi’s true portrait of Cornelius Magrath

Jun 15 • Historia Minuta

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The rhinoceros that toured Europe for 17 years

A Venetian patrician paid Pietro Longhi to certify it: the rhinoceros in the room was real

Jun 8 • Historia Minuta

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May 2026

The Leopard: Archive

Notes written over time on the novel, Visconti’s film, and the world they portray

May 24 • Historia Minuta

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Rome. Republic. Come.

April 26, 1849: The Eternal City faces French troops and chooses to resist.

May 3 • Historia Minuta

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February 2026

The Futurist suit becomes anti-neutral

Fashion, propaganda and war in 1914

Feb 16 • Historia Minuta

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Maramaldo

From captain of fortune to vintage insult

Feb 8 • Historia Minuta

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January 2026

Venice on Ice

The Big Chill of 1929

Jan 5 • Historia Minuta

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December 2025

Two Girls in White

A portrait in Florence, a grave in Rome, and the memory that links them.

Dec 8, 2025 • Historia Minuta

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November 2025

The Empress's Suitcase

Habsburg jewels in a Quebec vault

Nov 10, 2025 • Historia Minuta

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