Giuliano Mauri started to construct this cathedral in 2001. He died in 2009, but his project was completed in 2010. It is one of the most impressive pieces of 'natural architecture' on Earth.

Owners of old Pontiac Fiero vehicles might really like the idea of turning their car into Ferrari 355. However, a businessman from Italy who decided to make such a transformation got his “Ferrari” confiscated because such actions are considered as counterfeit in his country.

Once you see these images of this very expensive car and how it’s treated you might feel a few heart palpitations.

This is the World Cup of pizza that was held in April in the northern part of Italy. The pizza makers acrobatically twirled some of the best pizza dough to win.

Welcome to the Hermitage of San Colombano. It was named after an Irish Saint and built in 1319. The Hermitage has certainly held up well. It is located in Italy between Rovereto and Vivenza. The building is erected on the side of a mountain and is very large and very beautiful.

Although there were protests in the streets of Rome, Silvio Berusconi won a no confidence vote by three votes. Obviously, he is not a popular ruler. There were probably some very unhappy Romans when they heard the news.

Angela Scognamiglio, weighing 170 kilograms (375 pounds), was proud to win the title of "Miss Chubby" at a beauty contest held in Italy this year. The 33-year old winner beat all the 30 other contestants of this category. She was moved to tears and happy to prove that a woman doesn't have to be skinny to be beautiful. What do you, guys, think?

The new beauty queen of Italy is a chubby woman who weights in at 170 kilograms (375 pounds) at the age of 33. Her name is Angela Scognamiglio. Being “Miss Chubby” feels “very moved”, Angela assures. This unusual beauty contest was held in the village of Forcoli, near Pisa.

In the beginning of July there was a car accident in Italy. A truck that carried about 2 million euros in coins overturned. The van burst, and all the coins worth 1 and 2 euro ran across the highway. No wonder that when the sum of money was finally collected it missed about 50 thousand euros.

Ordinary Italian fisherman Roberto Godi caught an unbelievable catfish when he went fishing on the River Po at Mantova, northern Italy.