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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 ...
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]
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.
Este, Veneto. / 45.233°N 11.667°E / 45.233; 11.667. Este ( Italian: [ˈɛste]) is a town and comune of the Province of Padua, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Euganean Hills. The town is a centre for farming, crafts and industry worthy of note.
Three days after Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman revealed that his 3-year-old son was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome — and eight days after his son was admitted into ...
The Istituto Veneto was created as the Reale Istituto Nazionale, created by Napoleon for the Kingdom of Italy in 1810. The current name was given in 1838 by Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, when Venetia was under Austrian Government. In 1866, after the annexation of Venetia to Kingdom of Italy, the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti ...
A 2015 study compared rosemary oil to minoxidil over a period of six months. The researchers found that both the rosemary oil and the minoxidil produced a significant increase in hair growth, with ...
The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought from 24 October to 3 November 1918 (with an armistice taking effect 24 hours later) near Vittorio Veneto on the Italian Front during World War I. After having thoroughly defeated Austro-Hungarian troops during the defensive Battle of the Piave River, the Italian army launched a great counter-offensive ...