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Ponte della Maddalena


Ponte della Maddalena (Italian: "Bridge of Mary Magdalene") is a bridge crossing the Serchio river near the town of Borgo a Mozzano in the Italian province of Lucca. One of numerous medieval bridges known as "Ponte del Diavolo", the "Bridge of the Devil", it was a vital river crossing on the Via Francigena, an early medieval road to Rome for those coming from France that was an important medieval pilgrimage route. The bridge is a remarkable example of medieval engineering, probably commissioned by the Countess
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Ponte della Maddalena, Naples


The Ponte della Maddalena was a bridge on the south east of Naples, Italy, spanning over what was once the River Sebeto, and now reflected by the path of the Via Marinella. For centuries it was one of the entry points into Naples from the South, but was obliterated during the late 19th-century urban renewal of the city. Prior to Norman times, the bridge was known as "pons padulis". Then it was named "Guizzardo bridge", for a bridge built by Robert Guiscard, Duke of
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Ponte della Maddalena


Matilda of Tuscany c. 1080-1100. It was renovated c. 1300 under the direction of Castruccio Castracani. The largest span is 37.8 m. The bridge is also described in a 14th-century novella by Giovanni Sercambi of Lucca. Circa 1500 it took on the name of "Ponte della Maddalena", from an oratory dedicated to Mary Magdalene, whose statue stood at the foot of the bridge on the eastern bank. In 1670 the General Council of the Republic of Lucca issued a decree prohibiting passage over the bridge with millstones (
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Devil's Bridge


with rage upon being tricked out of his prize. In the legend of "Teufelsbrück" in Hamburg, which only leads over a small stream, the carpenter had a pact with the devil, and he promised him the first soul crossing the bridge. On the day of inauguration, while the priest and county councillor debated who should step on the bridge first, a rabbit crossed it and the disappointed devil disappeared. A statue refers to the legend there. The legend of Ponte della Maddalena in Borgo a Mozzano, Province of
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Pont du Diable (Céret)


The Pont du Diable () or Pont Vieux () is a medieval stone arch bridge at Céret, France, built between 1321 and 1341. It spans the Tech River with a single arch of . At its apex, the arch is high. At the time of its construction it became the world's largest bridge arch, being bigger than the Ponte della Maddalena in Italy which held the world record until then. It remained so until 1356, when the Castelvecchio Bridge in Verona (Italy) became the new largest bridge
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Ponte della Maddalena, Naples


Puglia, when he lay siege to the city in 1078. It stood near the shoreline to the east of the city where the Via Marinella crossed the River Sebeto (within the present-day Vittorio Emanuele III docks and Piazza Piazza Mercato. The bridge was rebuilt in 1555 under the Viceroy Don Bernardino di Mendoza, to span the marsh ground where the Sebeto river arose during the rainy season. The bridge was rebuilt again in 1747 under Charles III and once again in the second half of the 19th century. No longer in
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Bagni di Lucca


the unified Kingdom of Italy. During the German invasion of Italy in the 1940s, Bagni di Lucca was occupied along with many other towns along the Gothic Line in the Apennines. Several houses and mansions in the area were used as residences for German soldiers, and some residents born after 1940 in this region have German ancestry. In the valley of the Serchio, about below Ponte a Serraglio, is the medieval Ponte della Maddalena (circa 1100), with a lofty central arch. It is also known as "Ponte del
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiavari


S. Maria del Ponte, S. Maria Madre della Chiesa, S. Stefano, S. Pietro, S. Concezione, S. Maria Assunta" Leivi: "S. Rufino, S. Tommaso, S. Michele" Lorsica: "S. Maria, S. Giuseppe, N. S. dell’Orto, S. Andrea" Lumarzo: "S. Margherita, S. Maria Maddalena, S. Tommaso, S. Stefano, S. Maurizio" Mezzanego: "S. Maria Assunta, S. Maria della Neve, S. Michele Arcangelo, S. Siro" Moconesi: "S. Cuore e di S. Margherita,
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Maria Maddalena de' Medici


Maria Maddalena de' Medici (29 June 1600 – 28 December 1633) was a Tuscan princess, the eighth daughter of Ferdinando I and Christina of Lorraine, making her the sister of Cosimo II. Born disabled, she was christened at the age of nine. On 24 May 1621, she entered the Palazzo della Crocetta, attached to the Convento della Crocetta (Convent of the Little Cross, now the National Archaeological Museum), though she never took the monastic vows. When she died, she was buried there. Maria
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Maria Maddalena de' Medici


Maddalena had difficulties climbing stairs. The rooms built for her at the monastery by the architect Giulio Parigi were connected by a series of raised passages above street level across which she could move without use of stairs and, as an added bonus, there was no need to cross the uneven and crowded street. Today four arches of one of these passages remain, one opposite the Ospedale degli Innocenti, one above via della Pergola, one above via Laura (to reach another monastery), and one into the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata
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Maddalena Visconti


Maddalena Visconti (1366 – 17 July 1404) was a daughter of Bernabò Visconti and his wife Beatrice Regina della Scala. Maddalena was Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut by her marriage to Frederick, Duke of Bavaria. Maddalena was born in Milan and was the twelfth of seventeen children born to her parents. Maddalena's maternal grandparents were Mastino II della Scala and his wife Taddea da Carrara. Her paternal grandparents were Stefano Visconti and his wife Valentina Doria. Her father, Bernabò was a cruel and ruthless despot, and an implacable enemy
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Ponte della Maddalena, Naples


existence, it was an established and popular vantage point for topographical artists. The bridge was an excellent point at which to deny entry to invading forces into the city. The most famous of these was the stand in 1799 of the forces of the short-lived Neapolitan republic against the returning royalist Bourbon army. The "Miracle of the Magdalene bridge" recalls an incident in December 1631, when the cardinal of Naples, led a procession dedicated to San Gennaro to the bridge to plead for the end to an eruption of Vesuvius
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Giustino Fortunato (1777–1862)


He taught math at the Nunziatella military academy for a short time. With the rise of the Parthenopean Republic in 1799, he was nominated judge of the peace. After the arrival of the anti-republican troops of the cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo, Fortunato fought them in a desperate battle at the "Ponte della Maddalena". Defeated, he was imprisoned in the Sant'Elmo castle but, with the help of Vincenzo Parisi, he fled and hid in his house in Moliterno. After the Bourbon restoration, he exercised the lawyer profession.
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Francesco Netti


"Donne che si preparano per un ballo in maschera"; "Una processione di penitenza durante l'eruzione del Vesuvio del 1631, al ponte della Maddalena"; "La pioggia"; "Uscendo dal ballo all'alba"; and "Ricordo di Parigi"; and "Mary Magdalen at the tomb of Jesus", painted for the cathedral of Altamura. Netti also painted in Neo-Pompeian style, including "Gladiator games during a meal in Pompei" and "Greek Choir ascending to Temple", awarded a prize at the
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Salvatore Fergola


for some time in the Royal Topographic office. He was heavily patronized by the Bourbon Court; for example, in 1819 the future Francesco I of the Two Sicilies commissioned views of Naples, including "Naples from Capodimonte", "Naples from Marinella", "Naples from Ponte della Maddalena", a "Veduta of the Botanical Gardens". In 1827, he was nominated honorary professor to the Royal Institute of Arts ("Real Istituto di Belle Arti" (now the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli). Among
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Borgo a Mozzano


is dominated by the presence of Ponte della Maddalena also called "del Diavolo" (Devil's Bridge). The Devil's Bridge is located on the SP2 one kilometer north of downtown. The bridge's majestic structure attracts hundreds of tourists every year. The Gothic Line, a German Second World War military defence line, passed through the comune. Sections of this fortification are well preserved and guided tours of the interior can be arranged. The church and convent of San Francesco is based in Borgo a Mozzano, a monastery which
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Parthenopean Republic


Pescara holding out. On 13 June 1799 Ruffo and his troops reached Naples, and after a desperate battle at the Ponte della Maddalena, entered the city. For weeks the Calabresi and "lazzaroni" continued to pillage and massacre, and Ruffo was unable, even if willing, to restrain them. However, the Royalists were not masters of the city, for the French in Castel Sant'Elmo and the Republicans in Castel Nuovo and Castel dell'Ovo still held out and bombarded the streets, while the Franco–Spanish fleet might arrive at
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Vincenzo Russo


taken prisoner on 13 June 1799. He became a martyr to the cause of Italian Jacobinism at the age of 29 when he was hanged in Piazza del Mercato, Naples, on 19 November 1799. He was buried, according to one source, on the seashore near the Ponte della Maddalena, Naples, for refusing to utter the required words just prior to execution. A later source gives his last resting place as the Church of San Matteo al Lavinaio, Naples. In his most important work, “Pensieri politici”,
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Matilda of Tuscany


). Matilda, however, didn't surrender. While Gregory VII was forced into exile, she, retaining control over all the western passes in the Apennines, could force Henry IV to approach Rome via Ravenna; even with this route open, the Emperor would find it hard to besiege Rome with a hostile territory at his back. In December 1080 the citizens of Lucca, then the capital of Tuscany, had revolted and driven out her ally Bishop Anselm. She is believed to have commissioned the renowned Ponte della Maddalena where
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Castruccio Castracani


, and the Ghibelline triumph was presently assured. Elected lord (as lifelong consul) of Lucca on 12 June 1316, he warred incessantly against the Florentines, though at home he renovated the Ponte della Maddalena, spanning the river Serchio. At first he was the faithful adviser and staunch supporter of Frederick of Austria, who made him imperial vicar of Lucca, Lunigiana and Val di Nievole in 1320. After the Battle of Mühldorf he went over to the emperor Louis the Bavarian, whom he served for many years. In 1325
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Ettore Carafa


. On 13 June 1799, during the battle at the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, he fell into a ditch, was seized and recognized by a Sanfedista from Andria, brought before Cardinal Ruffo, who jailed him at Castel Nuovo, from which he emerged after the Peace of Florence. Ettore traveled to Puglia with General Duhesme. There they besieged San Severo, which after a violent assault, quickly fell. Then Ettore moved south to Andria with General Broussier and alongside his former jailer Guglielmo Pepe, where he thought his birthplace
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Grand Canal (Venice)


Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The churches along the canal include the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Centuries-old traditions, such as the , are perpetuated every year along the Canal. Because most of the city's traffic goes along the Canal rather than across it, only one bridge crossed the canal until the 19th century, the Rialto Bridge. There are currently three more bridges, the Ponte degli Scalzi, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and the controversial Ponte della Costituzione from 2008, designed by Santiago Calatrava, connecting the train station
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Santa Maria Maddalena


The Santa Maria Maddalena is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, named after Saint Mary Magdalene. It is located on the Via della Maddalena, one of the streets leading from the Piazza della Rotonda in the Campo Marzio area of historic Rome. The Clerks Regular, Ministers to the Sick (), order established by Saint Camillus de Lellis, had a church at that location in Rome since 1586 and in the 17th century started the construction of the current church, which was completed in 1699 in the Baroque style. In seventy
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Ponte della Magliana


The Ponte della Magliana is a motorway bridge located in Rome. It crosses the Tiber between Pian due Torri (right bank) and via the Cappellaccio (left bank), linking the Portuense (and suburbs the same name) and Ostiense districts, respectively on the right and left of the river. Designed in 1930 and built to be the entrance on the west side of the new EUR district, it was completed only after the war. He is currently part of a larger viaduct which on the right bank of the Tiber
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Cocozza


the public. https://www.apgi.it/giardino/giardino-di-palazzo-cocozza-di-montanara/ Notable people with the surname include: -Nardo Cocozza di Nola (born 1476), saved King Ferdinand I from the Conspiracy of Barons earning the Fidelis Familia Crest. -Sebastiano Cocozza di Nola II (1494), successfully led the cavalry against General Lautrec in 1528 to defend the Ponte della Maddalena bridge in Naples and appointed by the Prince of Orange. -Felice Cocozza di Nola I (born 1521) Wounded fighting the Turkish invasion at Lepanto -Vincenzo Cocozza di Nola (born 1576) Ambassador to Pope Clement VIII -Lelio
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Piazza della Libertà, Rome


Piazza della Libertà (; ) is a square in the rione Prati in Rome (Italy). The square lies at the end of Ponte Margherita (formerly the last bridge upstream in the town before Ponte Milvio) on the right bank of the Tiber; from it starts Via Cola di Rienzo, that crosses the rione Prati ending in Piazza Risorgimento. The square has a rectangular shape and consists of two green areas with flowerbeds; it shows some centuries-old trees and is surrounded by eclectic-style buildings. It dates back
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Ponte della Vittoria, Pisa


The Ponte della Vittoria (Bridge of Victory) is a bridge over the Arno in Pisa. The Ponte della Vittoria is 122.4 metres long, with a maximum height of 12.25 metres and three arches with a maximum span of 49 metres. It is made of reinforced concrete. Two false shoulders emphasise the join with the riverside balustrade with concrete cassons faced with stone. In the Fascist period, various public works were planned for the city of Pisa, of which only the bridge on the site of the Ponte della Vittoria which connected
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Perugia


Ponte della Pietra, Poggio delle Corti, Ponte Felcino, Ponte Pattoli, Ponte Rio, Ponte San Giovanni, Ponte Valleceppi, Prepo, Pretola, Ramazzano-Le Pulci, Rancolfo, Ripa, Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Sant'Egidio, Sant'Enea, San Fortunato della Collina, San Giovanni del Pantano, Sant'Andrea d'Agliano, Santa Lucia, San Marco, Santa Maria Rossa, San Martino dei Colli, San Martino in Campo, San Martino in Colle, San Sisto, Solfagnano, Villa Pitignano. Other localities are Boneggio, Canneto, Colle della
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Ponte della Concordia, Fossombrone


The Ponte della Concordia, also referred to as the Ponte Diocleziano is an ancient Roman bridge over the river Metauro in Fossombrone, Province of Pesaro and Urbino, region of Marche, Italy. The single arch bridge emerges from the ancient center of the Roman town of Forum Sempronii. The original bridge was built during the rule of Maximian and Diocletian in 292. The name of "Ponte della Concordia" is new, assigned in 1964 by the Council of the Comune di Fossombrone. It had also been known as Ponte Vittorio Emanuele
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Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto


The Miracle of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto, also known as The Healing of the Madman (Italian: "Miracolo della Croce a Rialto") is a painting by Italian Renaissance artist Vittore Carpaccio, dating from c. 1496. It is now housed in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. The painting was commissioned for the Grand Hall of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, the seat of the eponymous brotherhood in Venice. The commission included a total of nine large canvasses, by prominent artists of the time such as
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Isolotto della Maddalena Lighthouse


Isolotto della Maddalena Lighthouse () is an active lighthouse located on a small islet, long, placed north of the south mole of the Port of Alghero on the Sea of Sardinia. The lighthouse was built in 1940 and consists of a concrete cylindrical tower, high, with balcony and lantern; the tower is painted in red, the balcony and the lantern in white and the lantern dome in grey metallic. The light is positioned at above sea level and emits one red flash in a 5 seconds period visible up to a
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Gallura


tourist area of Gallura. Arzachena is also famous for its archeology. Its archeological sites include the LiMuri Tomba dei Giganti (Giants’ Grave). La Maddalena is part of an archipelago called Arcipelago della Maddalena. It is situated in the Straits of Bonifacio, which divide Sardinia from Corsica. La Maddalena represents the largest town of this archipelago, which includes the islands of Caprera, S. Stefano, Spargi, Budelli, S. Maria and Razzoli. La Maddalena represents an important tourist site in Gallura and the island of Caprera is famous
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Santa Maria Maddalena, Lodi


Santa Maria Maddalena, also called the "Chiesa della Maddalena" is a late Baroque-style Roman Catholic church located on via Maddalena in central Lodi, region of Lombardy, Italy. According to tradition, an ancient Roman temple dedicated to Hercules was present at this site. A later, newly-built church, dedicated to Mary Magdalen, is recalled as having burned in a town fire in 1162. Documents across the centuries recall its slow reconstruction, however, during the 18th century, the entire structure was rebuilt. A
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Ponte della Libertà


Ponte della Libertà ("Liberty Bridge") is a road bridge connecting the historical centre (islands) of the city of Venice to the mainland part of Venice. Designed in 1932 by engineer Eugenio Miozzi, it was opened by Benito Mussolini in 1933 as Ponte Littorio ("lictor's bridge") – a name used during the Fascist era for several other Italian bridges. At the end of World War II it was renamed "Ponte della Libertà" to honour the end of the Fascist dictatorship and of the Nazi occupation
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Ponte della Costituzione


2010, incurring large costs, since it was not part of the original design. The official budget for the project was , but actual costs have escalated significantly. The placement of a new bridge a mere stone-throw from the existing Ponte degli Scalzi bridge has also proven controversial, since the distances between Scalzi and Rialto Bridges or between the Rialto and Ponte dell'Accademia bridges are severalfold longer, and with no other way to cross the canal besides the waterbus () or traghetto. There is also no permanent connection between Venice and
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Delfino della Pergola


Delfino della Pergola (1398–1465) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Modena (1463–1465) and Bishop of Parma (1425–1463). Delfino della Pergola was born in 1398. On 24 Aug 1425, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Martin V as Bishop of Parma. On 18 Sep 1426, he was consecrated bishop by Pietro Grassi, Bishop of Pavia. On 24 Sep 1463, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Pius II as Bishop of Modena. He served as Bishop of Modena until
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Maddalena Pass


The Maddalena Pass (Italian: "Colle della Maddalena" French: "Col de Larche", historically "Col de l'Argentière") (elevation 1996 m.) is a high mountain pass between the Cottian Alps and the Maritime Alps, located on the border between Italy and France. It connects Barcelonnette in France with Cuneo in Italy. Its French name "Col de Larche" refers to the village Larche on its northwestern side. Under its earlier name, Col de l'Argentière it has historically linked Lyon with Italy; the Col
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Giuseppe Galeòtti


Neptune and Galatea". For the church of Giovanni Battista in Chiavari, he painted a canvas depicting "The Discovery of the Cross". For the church of San Giovanni Battista in Genoa, he painted a "Comparsa della Madonna" in collaboration with Giovanni Andrea Carlone. He painted a "San Carlo Borromeo" for Santa Maria Maddalena in Genoa. For the church of the Annuziata of Savona he painted the figures in a ceiling fresco with quadratura by Giovanni Battista Natali. Also for the Church of San Filippo Neri in Savona
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Ponte dell'Accademia


The Ponte dell'Accademia is one of only four bridges to span the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It crosses near the southern end of the canal, and is named for the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, which from 1807 to 2004 was housed in the Scuola della Carità together with the Gallerie dell'Accademia, which is still there. The bridge links the sestieri of Dorsoduro and San Marco. A bridge on the site was first suggested as early as 1488. The provveditore Luca Trum proposed in the Council to build two bridges
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Castello della Magione


The Castello della Magione (also Magione di San Giovanni al Ponte or Spedale di San Giovanni in Gerusalemme alla Magione) is a medieval castle in Poggibonsi (province of Siena, central Italy). It is an example of a medieval "Mansio" (residence) that belonged to the Knights Templar. The castle includes the ancient church and the “spedale” (hotel) for the pilgrims in transit to Rome on the Via Francigena. The complex is near the ancient crossing of the Via Francigena over the Staggia River, near
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Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini


Ponte Giuseppe Mazzini, also known as Ponte Mazzini, is a bridge that links Lungotevere dei Sangallo to Lungotevere della Farnesina in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Regola and Trastevere. The bridge was designed by engineers Viani and Moretti and built between 1904 and 1908; it was dedicated to Giuseppe Mazzini, one of the makers of Italian unification. The bridge links Via della Lungara to via Giulia; it was formerly called "Ponte Gianicolense", in remembrance of the ancient bridge with the same name. It shows three masonry
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Ponte della Costituzione


The Ponte della Costituzione () is the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava, and was moved into place in 2007 (connecting Stazione di Santa Lucia to Piazzale Roma), amid protest by politicians and the general public. The bridge was installed in 2008 and opened to the public on the night of September 11, 2008. The bridge was known as "Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande" before the official name was adopted to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Italian constitution
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Ponte della Costituzione


into place by a large barge in July 2007. The bridge has received heated criticism and seen inauguration delays and walk-outs, which originated from three main grievances: the lack of wheelchair access, lack of necessity and its modernist-minimalist style being incompatible with Venice's decorative medieval architecture. Ponte di Calatrava has many steps embedded in its relatively steep pavement, which means elderly people have difficulty climbing it and wheelchair users are excluded from crossing. Due to lasting protests, a mobility lift system resembling cocoons was eventually installed in
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Visconti of Milan


the sons of Bernabò. Bernabò and his wife Regina Della Scala had 15 children. Nine daughters (Taddea, Viridis, Valentina, Agnese, Antonia, Maddalena, Anglesia, Lucia, Elisabetta) married scions of other European dynasties, connecting the Visconti to the houses of Wittelsbach (Taddea, Maddalena, Elisabetta), Habsburg (Viridis), Poitiers-Lusignan (Valentina, Anglesia), Württemberg (Antonia), Gonzaga (Agnese), Kent (Lucia). Their sons Marco and Carlo married respectively Elisabeth of Bavaria and
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Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria


the death of the last Duke of Urbino, instead of claiming the duchy for Ferdinando, who was married to the Duke's granddaughter, and heiress, Vittoria della Rovere, they permitted it to be annexed by Pope Urban VIII. In 1626, they banned any Tuscan subject from being educated outside the Grand Duchy, a law later resurrected by Maria Maddalena's grandson, Cosimo III. Harold Acton ascribes the decline of Tuscany to their regency. The Dowager Grand Duchesses sent Ferdinando on a tour of Europe in 1627. The Grand
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Maddalena (Genoa)


a population density of 20,637 people per km². The neighbourhood is located in the old town of Genoa, between Prè and Molo, in the semi-plain area immediately behind the harbour delimited by piazza Banchi at south-east and via Lomellini at north-west. A characteristic feature of this neighbourhood is the dense grid of alleys close via della Maddalena and via San Luca, upstream of which is via Garibaldi, the 16th-century "strada Nuova" ("new street"), with the luxurious palaces of the
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Santa Maria Maddalena, Alba


Santa Maria Maddalena () is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located at Vittorio Emanuele #19 in the town of Alba in the province of Cuneo in the region of Piedmont, Italy. The church was designed by the prominent Piedmontese architect Bernardo Vittone, and completed in 1749. The church was commissioned from the architect Vittone by the Conte Carlo Giacinto della Rovere. It was built at the site of a chapel built in 1442 by an order of Dominican nuns attached to the Blessed Margaret of Savoy. The brick
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Santa Maria Maddalena, Matelica


Santa Maria Maddalena, also called the Chiesa della Beata Mattia is a Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church and monastery located on a cul de sac of Via Beata Mattia #39, where it intersects with Via Damiano Chiesa, in Matelica, province of Macerata, region of Marche, Italy. The church is among the oldest in Matelica and construction began in 1225, when a group of Clarissine nuns, including Sister Mattia, established a convent. In 1765, the Sister was beatified, and the church is known for "
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Vivian Della Chiesa


the Cincinnati Opera Company and the Havana International Opera. She appeared with the New York City Opera in 1947 as Maddalena in Andrea Chenier. Della Chiesa also appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Her appearances with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini in 1943 were a high point in her career. Opera News considers her to be “best remembered for her 1943 radio concert of Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem” in that series. Radio was an important part of Della Chiesa's career. An
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Gregor von Rezzori


in Tuscany. Besides authoring and performing, he and his spouse Beatrice Monti della Corte were significant art collectors, and together founded the Santa Maddalena Retreat for Writers. He died in Santa Maddalena, part of Florence's Donnini "frazione". Rezzori began his career as a writer of light novels, but he first encountered success in 1953 with the "Maghrebinian Tales", a suite of droll stories and anecdotes from an imaginary land called "Maghrebinia", which reunited in a grotesque and parodic key traits of his multicultural Bukovinian
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332nd Infantry Regiment (United States)


rear-guard battalion which was defending the crossings of the Tagliamento River near the village of Ponte-della-Delizia. Early on 4 November, the 2nd Battalion crossed the river on a narrow foot bridge, and—after a brief fight—captured the Austrian position on the far side. Continuing to move forward along the Treviso-Udine railroad, the 2nd battalion occupied the town of Codroipo where it took possession of large stores of munitions and supplies. At 3:00 p.m., 4 November, when the armistice between Italy and
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Ponte Giacomo Matteotti


Ponte Giacomo Matteotti (or briefly Ponte Matteotti), formerly "Ponte del Littorio", is a bridge that links Lungotevere Arnaldo da Brescia to Piazza delle Cinque Giornate in Rome (Italy), in the Rione Prati and in the Flaminio and Della Vittoria quarters. The bridge, designed by Augusto Antonelli with the name "Ponte delle Milizie", was begun in 1924 and completed five years after; it was inaugurated on April 21, 1929 as "Ponte del Littorio". After World War II it was dedicated to the
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Via Julia Augusta


to Gaul from Italia, he took ship past the Maritime Alps rather than rely upon the decaying road. In 1764 Tobias Smollett similarly travelled by sea rather than use the seaside tracks, fit only for "mules and foot passengers". Road access was not restored until the time of Napoleon. There are the remains of a number of Roman bridges along the road, including the Pont des Esclapes, Pont Flavien, Pontaccio, Ponte dell’Acqua, Ponte delle Fate, Ponte delle Voze, Ponte Lungo, Ponte sul Rio della Torre
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Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger


Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca" (1612). After the wedding of Marie de' Medici and Henry IV of France in 1600, Buonarroti published a "Description" of the banquet and was soon commissioned to write court entertainments: "Il natal d'Ercole" (1605), "Il giudizio di Paride" (for the wedding of Cosimo II and Maria Maddalena,1608, music by Jacopo Peri), "La Tancia" (1611) and "Balletto della Cortesia" (1614). In 1612, Buonarroti began construction of
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Cittadella Nuova


The Cittadella Nuova (New Citadel), now called the Giardino di Scotto or Giardino Scotto (Scotto's Garden) is an old fortress in Pisa. The citadel was called ""nuova"" (new) to distinguish it from the older Cittadella Vecchia on the seaward side of the city. The Cittadella Nuova is located on the extreme opposite side of the city walls of Pisa in Lungarno Fibonacci, on the south bank of the river Arno between the Ponte della Vittoria and the Ponte della Fortezza. Construction began in 1440
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Francesco Clemente


were held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1990; at the Sezon Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo in 1994; at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna of Bologna in 1999; at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2000; at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli in Naples in 2002–2003; at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin in 2004; at Palazzo Sant'Elia in Palermo, in Sicily, in 2013; at both the Coro della Maddalena in Alba and Santa Maria della Scala in Siena in 2016; and
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Ponte della Paglia


Ponte della Paglia is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The current structure dates from 1847, and the original structure was built in 1360. The original structure was the oldest stone bridge in Venice. The name of the bridge is understood to come from boats mooring nearby to offload straw (paglia). The bridge is a common place from which to view the Bridge of Sighs. The bridge is the subject of a painting by Maurice Prendergast, the original artwork being part of the Phillips Collection. Casanova references the bridge in
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Santa Maria della Visitazione al Ponte delle Lame


Santa Maria della Visitazione al Ponte delle Lame, is a church or sanctuary in central Bologna, Italy. At one time, the church was built around an oratory in the middle of a bridge, and surrounded by the Reno Canal. It was founded in 1527, when an icon in a tabernacle on the bridge became the site for prayers during an epidemic of the plague. After the epidemic ebbed, an oratory was built at the site of the tabernacle. The interior was reconstructed in 1764 in a late Baroque style,
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Piazzale Roma


Piazzale Roma is a square in Venice, Italy, at the entrance of the city, at the end of the Ponte della Libertà. Piazzale Roma and nearby Tronchetto island are the only places in Venice's insular urban core accessible to ground motor vehicles, such as automobiles and buses. The square acts as the main bus station for Venice. There are bus links to Venice Marco Polo Airport and Treviso Airport. The square is close to the main Santa Lucia railway station for Venice, linked by the Ponte della Costituzione, a
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Ottavio Orsini


Ottavio Orsini (1585–1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Segni (1632–1640) and Bishop of Venafro (1621–1632). Ottavio Orsini was born in 1585 and ordained a priest in 1618. On 13 Sep 1621, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XV as Bishop of Venafro. On 21 Sep 1621, he was consecrated bishop by Roberto Ubaldini, Bishop of Montepulciano, with Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, Bishop of Troia, and Fabrizio Landriani, Bishop of Pavia, serving as co-consecrators
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Ghisolfa


also become one of the Milanese multi-ethnic districts. The anarchist circle of Giuseppe Pinelli and Pietro Valpreda, eponymously called "Circolo Anarchico Ponte della Ghisolfa", had its headquarters in this district. Several works of Italian writer Giovanni Testori are set in the Ghisolfa district; these include "La Gilda del Mac Mahon" and "Il Ponte della Ghisolfa". The latter was also the inspiration for Luchino Visconti's movie "Rocco and His Brothers"; several scenes of the movie, accordingly, were shot in the area
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Pozzo Ardizzi


della Santa Chiesa, e di S. Maria Maddalena". For this action, obtained from Pope Eugene IV plenary indulgence of three years imprisonment and a period of quarantine for the feast of "Madonna della Assunzione" and the feast of "Santo Ieronimo": "Traditiio possessionis ac litentia concessa etc." On the altar wall of the chapel, on the right hand, it could read the inscription: D. O. M Reliq. sanc. cruc. Domini nostri Jesu Cristi, et Sanctorum Lazzari, Maximini, Paulini, M.
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Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta


Ponte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta, also known as Ponte Principe or Ponte PASA after its acronym, is a bridge that links Lungotevere dei Sangallo to Piazza Della Rovere in Rome (Italy), in the Rioni Ponte, Trastevere and Borgo. The bridge has 3 brick arcades covered with white marble. Between the arcades there are two single-lancet windows with rounded arches. The arcades divide the Tiber into 3 branches by 2 pillars that vaguely look like ships. It links the Basilica of San Giovanni dei Fiorentini and the area of
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Doge's Palace


necessary and was commissioned from Antonio Rizzo, who would introduce the new Renaissance language to the building's architecture. An entire new structure was raised alongside the canal, stretching from the ponte della Canonica to the Ponte della Paglia, with the official rooms of the government decorated with works commissioned from Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Alvise Vivarini and Giovanni Bellini. Another huge fire in 1547 destroyed some of the rooms on the second floor, but fortunately without undermining the structure as a whole. Refurbishment works were being held at the palace when
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Cordignano


Ponte della Muda, the Palace was the seat of customs duty post in the only crossing place of the Meschio on the Venice-Udine, in fact the bridge of muda that gave name to the place. The property has a large covered porch with vaulted ceilings on the ground floor, with round arches supported by columns decorated with sculptural elements, the first floor is open by single lancet rectangular and surmounted by a mezzanine in the attic. Cordignano is located south of the river Meschio, passing through the center of the square
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Giuseppe Corsi da Celano


Montalto family), Rome (Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena, Chiesa Nuova), Loreto (Basilica della S. Casa: where he was ordained priest), Ancona (Cattedrale di S. Ciriaco) and Parma (Basilica di S. Maria della Steccata and Farnese family). Accused by the Inquisition for having "deflowered" a spinster, he was tortured and imprisoned in Rome for a few years on the orders of Pope Innocent XI in the Albornoz fortress of Narni
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Ponte degli Scalzi


it was completed in 1934, replacing an Austrian iron bridge. It is a stone arch bridge. Ponte degli Scalzi is located close to the site of construction of the fourth bridge over the Grand Canal, popularly known as Ponte di Calatrava although it was formally inaugurated as the Ponte della Costituzione. Construction was delayed in part due to controversy over its modern style, but the basic span was finally in place on August 11, 2007, and the bridge was opened for public use on September 11, 2008. This bridge is
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Rialto Bridge


The Rialto Bridge (; ) is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the "" (districts) of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in the 12th century, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city. The first dry crossing of the Grand Canal was a pontoon bridge built in 1181 by Nicolò Barattieri. It was called the Ponte della Moneta, presumably because of the mint that stood near
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Venice


more than 400 bridges to permit the flow of foot traffic. In 2011, the city opened the Ponte della Costituzione, the fourth bridge across the Grand Canal, which connects the Piazzale Roma bus-terminal area with the Venezia Santa Lucia railway station. The other bridges are the original Ponte di Rialto, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and the Ponte degli Scalzi. Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (ACTV) is a public company responsible for public transportation in Venice. The main means of public transportation consists of motorised waterbuses ("vaporetti
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Livia della Rovere


the population urged the Duke to remarry, and he reluctantly agreed. After the death of her mother during the birth of her brother Giulio in 1598, Livia and her sisters were placed in the Santa Maddalena convent in Pesaro, from where she was removed after being chosen by her father to be the new bride of the Duke of Urbino, her second cousin (son of her grandfather's brother, Guidobaldo II della Rovere). After obtaining dispensation from Pope Clement VIII, the marriage between Livia and Francesco Maria II took place
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Lungotevere della Magliana


Lungotevere della Magliana is the stretch of the urban road along the Tiber that connects via del Ponte della Magliana to via della Magliana, in Rome's Portuense district. The lungotevere is named after Magliana, which is a place and estate in the outskirts of Rome, formerly owned by the ancient Roman gens of the Manilii (or Manlia), and famous for the hunting parties given there by Pope Leo X (r. 1513-21) during the Renaissance. The name of the road was established by resolution of the city council
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Ponte della Costituzione


carried out by a specialized group: professors Renato Vitaliani (Padua University) and Francesco Colleselli (Brescia University) for geotechnical and foundation aspects, the company Mastropasqua-Zanchin & Associates Structural Engineering for the steel arch and weldings verification, Fagioli Group and Giorgio Romaro (Padua University) for the installation activities. The internal structure can be appreciated by looking at a cross-section of the bridge exhibited outside at the waterfront, located between the Railway Directorate Headquarters and the Santa Lucia railway station. After fabrication, the bridge was moved
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Settimo Torinese–Pont Canavese railway


The Settimo Torinese–Pont Canavese railway is a railway linking the comuni (municipalities) of Settimo Torinese and Pont Canavese in the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north Italy. Settimo railway station allows an interchange to the Turin-Milan railway, owned by Trenitalia. The Settimo–Pont Canavese railway was, amongst other infrastructures, part of a plan to improve the Piedmontese economy started by Doc. Carlo Demaria, mayor Giuseppe Recrosio and entrepreneurs Giuseppe Chiesa and Fortunato Pistono. Construction started in 1856 by "Società Anonima della Strada
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Giuseppe Pinelli


Giuseppe "Pino" Pinelli (21 October 1928 – 15 December 1969) was an Italian railroad worker and anarchist, who died while being detained by Italian police in 1969. Pinelli was a member of the Milan-based anarchist association named "Ponte della Ghisolfa". He was also the secretary of the Italian branch of the Anarchist Black Cross. His death, believed by many to have been caused by members of the police, inspired Nobel Prize laureate Dario Fo to write his famous play titled "Accidental Death of an Anarchist
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Ponte del Risorgimento


Ponte del Risorgimento (or briefly Ponte Risorgimento) is a bridge that links Piazzale delle Belle Arti to Piazza Monte Grappa in Rome (Italy), in the Flaminio and Della Vittoria quarters. The bridge links the area of Lungotevere delle Armi to Piazzale delle Belle Arti. The works for the building began in 1909 and were completed two years later. The bridge was designed and built by Giovanni Antonio Porcheddu, with the cooperation of the engineers Giaj and Parvopassu, on the occasion of the exhibition for celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Italian
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Ponte Regina Margherita


Ponte Regina Margherita (Italian for "Queen Margherita Bridge"), also known as Ponte Margherita, is a bridge linking Piazza della Libertà to Lungotevere Arnaldo da Brescia, in the rioni Campo Marzio and Prati in Rome, Italy. The bridge was designed by architect Angelo Vescovali and built between 1886 and 1891; it was dedicated to Margherita of Savoy, first Queen of Italy (1861–1946). The bridge serves as a direct connection between rione Prati and Piazza del Popolo; it was the first masonry bridge built over the Tiber
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Rebecca de Pont Davies


Mrs Sedley in "Peter Grimes" for Deutsche Oper am Rhein and the Liceu in Barcelona; Geneviève in "Pelléas et Mélisande" in Essen; Jack’s Mother in "Into the Woods"; Beroe in "The Bassarids", Old Lady in "Sunday in the Park with George", and Beggar Woman in "" for Théâtre du Châtelet; Mrs Sedley in "Peter Grimes", Maddalena in "Rigoletto" and Klytämnestra in "Elektra" for Opera North; French Mother in "Death in Venice" for
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Pietro Antonio Da Ponte


Pietro Antonio Da Ponte, C.R. (1574–1622) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Troia (1607–1622) and Apostolic Nuncio to Gratz (1610–1613). Pietro Antonio Da Ponte was born in Naples, Italy in 1574 and ordained a priest in the Congregation of Clerics Regular of the Divine Providence. On 14 May 1607, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Paul V as Bishop of Troia. On 20 May 1607, he was consecrated bishop by Marcello Lante della Rovere, Bishop of Todi, with Giovanni
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Administrative subdivision of Rome


-Italia, Nuovo Salario, Olgiata, Osteria del Curato, Ostia, Ostiense, Ottavia, Ottavo Colle, Parco dei Medici, Parioli, Pietralata, Pigneto, Pineta Sacchetti, Pinciano, Pisana, Ponte Galeria, Ponte Mammolo, Ponte Milvio, Porta di Roma, Porta Maggiore, Portonaccio, Portuense, Prati Fiscali, Prato della Signora, Prenestino, Prima Porta, Primavalle, Quadraro, Quarticciolo, Quarto Miglio, Rebibbia, Roma 70, Salario, San Basilio, San Lorenzo, San Paolo, Santa Maria del Soccorso,
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Lake Seppings


built along the western side of the lake. A car park for access to the path is located along Golf Links Road. Lake Seppings is approximately in length (from north to south) and the north end is approximately in width. The lake narrows toward the southern end and the path crosses the lake approximately before the southern tip. The lake is situated in the Lake Seppings nature reserve that has a total area of . Lake Seppings is regarded as an excellent place for bird watching, particularly for water-birds. Over
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Calvagese della Riviera


Calvagese della Riviera (Brescian: ) is one of the 206 municipalities of the Province of Brescia in the northern Italian region Lombardy. It is located some west of Lake Garda and its population of 3,522 is divided between the centres of Calvagese itself, Carzago, and Mocasina. Further localities include Belvedere, Ponte Clisi (where there is a bridge across the river Chiese) and Terzago. The communes which border on Calvagese della Riviera are Polpenazze del Garda, Prevalle, Bedizzole, Padenghe sul Garda, Lonato, Soiano del Lago,
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Oratorio della Beata Vergine delle Grazie, Fanano


The Oratorio della Beata Vergine delle Grazie (Oratory of the Blessed Virgin of the Graces), also known as the Oratorio della Madonna del Ponte is a Roman Catholic chapel-like building, or small church, located in the town of Fanano in the province of Modena, region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is located near a bridge over the river Fellicarolo. The oratory was erected in 1650 around an icon placed on an aedicule near the bridge. It was refurbished in the last century, and dedicated to those
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Cross della Vallagarina


The Cross della Vallagarina is an annual cross country running competition that is held in mid-January in Rovereto, Italy. The competition derives its name from the Vallagarina valley in which the city is located. It was first held in 1978 following the success of local runner Cristina Tomasini at the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She was the inaugural winner of the Cross della Vallagarina, which was unusual in being a women's competition only – the men's race was added later in 1981. The Cross della Vallagarina is part
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Sandy Bay, Tasmania


Vict No.8.), proposed on the 24 Nov 1860, and held its first meeting on 22 Jan 1861. Its purpose was to construct, maintain and regulate cross and bye roads in the Queenborough Road District. The Browns River Road District was proclaimed on 8 Nov 1852, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1852 (15 Vict No.8.) and abolished on 4 Sep 1871. The Browns River and Sandy Bay Rivulet Road District was proclaimed on 4 Sep 1871, under the Cross and Bye Roads Act 1870 (33
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Ripatransone Cathedral


" (1579) by Simone de Magistris; a "Carlo Borromeo" (1623) attributed to Alessandro Turchi; and an altarpiece S. Ciannavei di Ascoli Piceno (active 18th–19th centuries). The musical organ (1783) was made by the Venetian Gaetano Callido. It was originally made for the Church of the Magdalene ("Chiesa della Maddalena) of the Franciscans. From the cathedral one can enter the Diocesan "Sanctuary of the Madonna", known also as the "Sanctuary of San Giovanni" (patroness of the city
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Sant'Andrea della Valle


erected for the Strozzi family: Cardinal Lorenzo (died 1571), Leone (died 1554), Pietro (died 1558), Roberto Strozzi (died 1566) and Maddalena Medici. The chapel of "Our Lady of the Sacred Heart" (1887–1889) was designed by Aristide Leonori. The painting of the Madonna is by Silverio Capparoni and was blessed by Pope Pius IX. In the right transept is the "Chapel of St Andrew Avellino" with "Death of the Saint" (1625) by Giovanni Lanfranco, who
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Artemisia Gentileschi


, combined with ongoing financial and legal problems, led them to resettle in Rome. Notable works from this period include "La Conversione della Maddalena" ("The Conversion of the Magdalene"), "Self-Portrait as a Lute Player" (in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art) and "Giuditta con la sua ancella" ("Judith and her Maidservant"), now in the Palazzo Pitti. Artemisia painted a second version of "Judith beheading Holofernes", which now is housed in the
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Tamagnino


Antonio della Porta, better known as Tamagnino (Osteno, c. 1471 – Porlezza, c. 1520) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance. Tamagnino, a sculptor and decorative artist, belonging to a known family of artists of Porlezza was the son of Giacomo (1430–1481), also a sculptor, and the brother of Guglielmo and Bartolomeo (1460–1514). His mother was the sister of Maddalena Solari, the daughter of Guiniforte Solari, chief engineer of the Duomo of Milan. His first appearance in the historical record is in
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Rosa Raisa


, singing it 22 times alone in that important city in three seasons. Leonora in "Il trovatore", "Tosca", Margherita in "Mefistofele", and "Lo Schiavo" were added to her role list in Latin America. In Chicago she added Maddalena in "Andrea Chénier", Zina in de Gounzberg's "Le Vieil Aigle", "Isabeau" in the North American premiere of Mascagni's opera, Maliella in "'I gioielli della Madonna", "La Gioconda", Basiliola in Montemezzi's
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Pont-y-Cafnau


and leats were built to convey water into the works. The leat from the Taff Fawr was conveyed in a cast iron elevated aqueduct which ran along the north bank and crossed the Taff Fechan before crossing the Taff at Pont-y-Cafnau and entering the works to power a 50-foot cast iron water wheel known as Aeolus. The leat from Taff Fechan was at ground level and again crossed the Taff at Pont-y-Cafnau. This supplied water to the Cyfarthfa brick works. The three levels of Pont-y-
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Giovanni Battista Magnani


the first theatre with changeable scenery. Among his early works on his own are the monument erected in the Duomo to his friend, the painter Agostino Carracci (died 1602), the altar to Saint Joseph in the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata (1608) and, in fulfilment of a vow, that for the Carmelites in Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1611). In 1622 he was nominated architect to the city, in the service of the Farnese dukes. In this capacity he was responsible for four temporary
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Mongioia


in the following way: Mount "Riouburent" was considered by William Mathews the highest peak of Maritime Alps, but in his view the ridge ended north of Mongioia and not at Colle della Maddalena. The first known attempt to climb the mountain was of the French militar topographer Loreilhe in 1823, but he didn't reach the summit. A second documented climb by François Arnaud (and the first with a detailed report) took place in 1875, and also turned unsuccessful. The summit of Mongioia was reached for the first time
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Vincenta Da Ponte


Vincenta da Ponte ("fl." second half of the 18th century) was an Italian composer, singer and instrumentalist. She was a member of the "coro", or music school, of Venice's Ospedale della Pietà during the tenure of as music director. Her origins are unknown, but her surname indicates that she was a member of a patrician family and not a foundling, as were most of the Ospidale's students; consequently, she would have been a tuition-paying student, or would have been
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Edith Bruck


. In 1954, Bruck moved to Rome. In Italy, she married Italian writer and director Nelo Risi. In 1959, she published her autobiography "Chi ti ama così" , later translated as "Who loves you like this" (2001). In 1971, she wrote her first play "Sulla Porta". Bruck was a founder of the Teatro della Maddalena theatre in Rome. From the 1970s to the 1990s, she worked for the RAI as a director and screenwriter. She translated works by the Hungarian poets
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National Archaeological Museum, Florence


The National Archaeological Museum of Florence (Italian – Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze) is an archaeological museum in Florence, Italy. It is located at 1 piazza Santissima Annunziata, in the Palazzo della Crocetta (a palace built in 1620 for princess Maria Maddalena de' Medici, daughter of Ferdinand I de Medici, by Giulio Parigi). The museum was inaugurated in the presence of king Victor Emmanuel II in 1870 in the buildings of the "Cenacolo di Fuligno" on via Faenza. At that time it only comprised Etruscan and
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Andrea Chénier


him. He urges Gérard to write down the charges against Chénier for his trial. Gérard hesitates but the Incroyable convinces him that a conviction by the Tribunal will only secure Maddalena's appearance. Alone, he muses that his Revolutionary ideals are being betrayed by his false charges, therefore he is still a slave: formerly of the nobles, now of his own lust. Finally desire triumphs and he signs the indictment in a mood of cynicism. (Gérard: "Nemico della patria?!") The Incroyable takes it to
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Gaetano Saracco


Gaetano Saracco (1856–1922) was an Italian choreographer and dancer. He was baptised at the Santa Maria delle Vigne of Genoa on the 25th of April 1856 and died in Paris on the 12th of February 1922. Saracco was the son of Giuseppe Saracco, a well known mime artist at the Teatro della Pergola of Florence, and Maddalena Balbo. He made his debut in the Teatro Quirino in Rome in 1874. He then worked in Florence, Pisa and Turin, after which he returned to Florence in 1880. During the season
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Maddalena Campiglia


virginity had to be lived not as a constraint but as an effective means of achieving female independence from the male gender. As incarnation par excellence of this principle, she indicated the Virgin Mary who, according to her, had spontaneously voted for chastity and because of the greatness of this choice she had been chosen by God. She expressed this concept in "Discorso intorno all'Annunciazione della Vergine", printed in Vicenza in 1585. The most recognized work of Campiglia was "Flori", a "boscareccia" fable inspired by the
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Rinaldo Botti


with Lorenzo del Moro in decorating some murals (1708). With the same artist he worked (1702) in the piano nobile of the Palazzo Incontri. With Andrea Landini in 1700, he helped paint the wall decorations of the Villa Feroni. Stucco decoration was added by Giovanni Battista Ciceri. He also worked in Pescia, for example in the Oratory "della Misericordia" (1702), the nave of Santa Maria Maddalena, the Oratory of San Biagio, the church of Santa Maria Nuova, the Casa Galeffi, and
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Tommaso Temanza


or chief architecture for the Magistrate of the waterways, a position also held by Lucchesi. Among his works include the church of Santa Margherita (circa 1748) in Padua; the private chapel on the grounds of Villa Contarini located in Piazzola sul Brenta; and a loggia for Ca' Zenobio in Venice. His masterpieces are however for churches in Venice, including the cylindrical church of Santa Maria Maddalena (where his remains rest), the church of San Servolo and the chapel Sagredo in San Francesco della Vigna. The abandoned project
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