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| 1951 |
| | | The Rake's Progress, with music by Igor Stravinsky and libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, has its premiere in Venice | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Libya wins independence from Italy, as a kingdom with Idris I as head of state | |
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| 1954 |
| | | Federico Fellini directs La Strada ('The Road'), starring his wife, Giulietta Masina, and Antony Quinn | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Sicilian author Giuseppe de Lampedusa completes his novel The Leopard, but does not live to see it published | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Six founding nations (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, West Germany) establish the European Economic Community (EEC) | |
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| 1958 |
| | | John Cranko's version of Romeo and Juliet, to Prokofiev's score, is premiered by La Scala Ballet in Venice | |
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| 1958 |
| | | Angelo Roncalli is elected pope and takes the name John XXIII | |
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| 1959 |
| | | Pope John XXIII summons a second Vatican Council | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Italian firm director Michelangelo Antonioni makes L'Avventura, with Monica Vitti in the leading role | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Italian film director Federico Fellini makes La Dolce Vita, an episodic study of life along the Via Veneto in Rome | |
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