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Former seat of the National Bank in Florence, inaugurated in 1869 and later converted into a branch of the Bank of Italy, with Giotto's Campanile in the background. By royal decree of 14 December 1849 ratified by law of 9 July 1850, the struggling Bank of Turin was merged into the Bank of Genoa, which on the occasion was renamed the National Bank of the Sardinian States.
Ladin (/ l ə ˈ d iː n / lə-DEEN, [5] [6] UK also / l æ ˈ d iː n / la-DEEN; [7] autonym: ladin; Italian: ladino; German: Ladinisch) is a Romance language of the Rhaeto-Romance subgroup, mainly spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino, and Belluno, by the Ladin people. [8]
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" in Vicenza.One of Palladio's most influential designs. Villa Godi in Lugo Vicentino.An early work notable for lack of external decoration. The Palladian villas of the Veneto are villas designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, all of whose buildings were erected in the Veneto, the mainland region of north-eastern Italy then under the political control of the ...
The Autostrada A1 or Autostrada del Sole ("Sun motorway") is the longest (760 kilometres (470 mi)) [ 1] autostrada ( Italian for "motorway") in Italy, [ 2][ 3] linking some of the largest cities of the country: Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome and Naples. The Autostrada A1 is located in the regions of Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria ...
2025 date. 16 – 24 August. 2026 date. 22 – 30 August. Frequency. Annual. Aste Nagusia or "The Great Week" ( Basque: Bilboko Aste Nagusia, Spanish: Semana Grande de Bilbao) is the main festival of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, which is celebrated annually over 9 days beginning on the first Saturday following 15 August, the festivity of the ...
Castelfranco Veneto was the birthplace of the painter Giorgione, and the cathedral, named il Duomo (1723), located inside the walls, contains one of his finest works, the Madonna with St. Francis and Liberalis (1504), but more commonly called Pala del Giorgione. In the background, the towers of the old town may be seen. [4]
Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole (10 December 1654 – 22 July 1719) was an Italian painter and engraver from Bologna, active in the late-Baroque period. Upon the death of Carlo Cignani , Gioseffo dal Sole became among the most prominent painters in Bologna, described as the Guido Moderno .
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