Piazza San Marco, Venice 24 November 2015

State Funeral of Valeria Solesin (28) the sole Italian victim of the massacre at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on 13 November 2015.

Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome 9 January 2014

Piazza dell' Oro, Rome 7 May 2013

Funeral of Giulio Andreotti at San Giovanni dei Fiorentini

Piazza San Pietro, Rome 13 March 2013

ANNUNTIO VOBIS GAUDIAM MAGNAM HABEMUS PAPAMThe election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I

Piazza del Pantheon, Rome 19 May 2012

A demonstration to protest against the murder of Melissa Bassi, a school student in a bomb attack early that morning in Brindisi

Piazza del Quirinale, Rome 12 November 2011

Silvio Berlusconi's resignation is marked by shouts of buffoon, and a rendition of the 'Hallelujah Chorus'.

A Golden Tapir in Piazza Venezia, Rome

A golden tapir is presented to Silvio Berlusconi at Palazzo Grazioli, by an Italian satirical television programme, to mark his humiliating exit from office as Prime Minister.