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Encyclopedia - Bologna: Encyclopedia - Bologna
Bologna (from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in the local dialect) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, between the Po Rive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bologna: Encyclopedia Ii - Bologna - History
Bologna was founded by the Etruscans with the name Felsina (ca. 534 BC) in an area previously long inhabitated by the villanovians, a peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bologna: Encyclopedia Ii - Bologna - History
Bologna was founded by the Etruscans with the name Felsina (ca. 534 BC) in an area previously long inhabited by the villanovians, a peopl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bologna Central Station: Encyclopedia Ii - Bologna Central Station - History
The first Bologna Centrale station was constructed in 1864, however there are sketchy and unclear testimonies regarding its life. A new s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1988: Encyclopedia - 1988
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1980: Encyclopedia - 1980
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coventry: Encyclopedia Ii - Coventry - History
Coventry is traditionally believed to have been established in the year 1043 with the founding of a Benedictine Abbey by Leofric, Earl of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music School: Encyclopedia Ii - Music School - Prominent Music Schools
Music school - Argentina. Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música Music school - Austria. Anton Bruckner Private University for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia - Antipope John Xxiii
Antipope John XXIII, antipope of the Pisan party (1410–1415), (about 1370 – November 22, 1419), was born as Baldassare Cossa. Cardina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Anthony Of Padua: Encyclopedia - Saint Anthony Of Padua
Saint Anthony of Padua, also venerated as Anthony of Lisbon, particularly in Portugal (August 15, 1195 – June 13, 1231) is a Catholic s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient University: Encyclopedia - Ancient University
Ancient university is a term used to describe the medieval and renaissance universities of Britain and Ireland that have continued to exi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfonso Salmeron: Encyclopedia - Alfonso Salmeron
Alfonso Salmeron (September 8, 1515 - February 13, 1585) was a biblical scholar and one of the first Jesuits. Born at Toledo, he studied ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antonio Di Pietro: Encyclopedia - Antonio Di Pietro
Antonio Di Pietro (born on 12 October 1950 in Montenero di Bisaccia, Italy) is a Member of the European Parliament, former Italian Senato...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancona: Encyclopedia - Ancona
Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 100,507 (2001). Ancona is situated on the Adriat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henri Bergson: Encyclopedia - Henri Bergson
Henri-Louis Bergson (October 18, 1859 – January 4, 1941) was a French philosopher, influential in France, but out of the main currents ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernardino Telesio: Encyclopedia - Bernardino Telesio
Bernardino Telesio (1509 - 1588) was an Italian philosopher and natural scientist. Telesio was born of noble parentage at Cosenza, a town...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Board Of European Students Of Technology: Encyclopedia - Board Of European Students Of Technology
Board of European Students of Technology (BEST) is an international, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit, student organisation ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander Vi: Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander Vi
Alexander VI, (Rodrigo Borgia) (January 1, 1431 – August 18, 1503) pope (1492-1503), is the most memorable of the secular popes of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernardino Ochino: Encyclopedia - Bernardino Ochino
Bernardino Ochino (1487-1564), was an Italian Reformer, born at Siena in 1487. At an early age he entered the order of Observantine Friar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avignon Papacy: Encyclopedia - Avignon Papacy
In the history of the Roman Catholic Church, the Avignon Papacy was the period from 1305 to 1378 during which the Bishop of Rome, the Pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemisia Gentileschi: Encyclopedia - Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi (July 8, 1593 - 1653) is today considered one of the most accomplished Early Baroque painters in the generation inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 2: Encyclopedia - August 2
August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. August 2 - Events. 338...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apennine Mountains: Encyclopedia - Apennine Mountains
The Apennine Mountains (Greek: Απεννινος; Latin: Appenninus--in both cases used in the singular; Italian: Appennini) is a mounta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1280s: Encyclopedia - 1280s
1240s 1250s 1260s - 1270s - 1280s 1290s 1300s 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 The 1280s is the decade starting January ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor: Encyclopedia - Emperor
An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the feminine form ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mail: Encyclopedia - Mail
The postal system is a system by which written documents typically enclosed in envelopes, and also small packages containing other matter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles: Encyclopedia - 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
The 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles was originally a regiment of the British Indian Army. Following India's independence, the regi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - College Of Cardinals: Encyclopedia - College Of Cardinals
The Sacred College of Cardinals is the body of all Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. The body plays two roles for the church: part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governments' Positions Pre-2003 Invasion Of Iraq: Encyclopedia - Governments' Positions Pre-2003 Invasion Of Iraq
This article describes the positions of world governments prior to the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and not their curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas: Encyclopedia - Atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps, traditionally bound into book form, but also found in multimedia formats, such as on CD-ROM. As well as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Dylan: Encyclopedia - Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet. He is on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bologna Process: Encyclopedia - Bologna Process
The purpose of the Bologna process is to create the European higher education area by harmonising academic degree standards and quality a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1282: Encyclopedia - 1282
For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. 1282 - Events. 1282 - War and politics. March 30 - The Sicilian rebellion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albertus Magnus: Encyclopedia - Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus (1193? – November 15, 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar who beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Piccinini: Encyclopedia - Alessandro Piccinini
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638), Italian lutenist and composer. Born in Bologna, Piccinini was taught to play the lute by his father, L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alessandro Stradella: Encyclopedia - Alessandro Stradella
Alessandro Stradella (October 1, 1644 - February 25, 1682) was an Italian composer of the middle Baroque. He was born in Rome, and was mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air Dolomiti: Encyclopedia - Air Dolomiti
Air Dolomiti is a regional airline based in Verona in Italy. The airline's name derives from a section of the Alps known as The Dolomites...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization: Encyclopedia - Aegean Civilization
Aegean civilization is the general term for the prehistoric civilizations in Greece and the Aegean. It was formerly called "Mycenaean" be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academia: Encyclopedia - Academia
Academia is a collective term for the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole. The w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adria: Encyclopedia - Adria
Adria is a town in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander V: Encyclopedia - Pope Alexander V
Alexander V (also Peter of Candia or Peter Philarges, ca. 1339 - May 3, 1410) was Pope or Antipope during the Western Schism. He reigned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Air Nostrum: Encyclopedia - Air Nostrum
Air Nostrum is a regional airline based in Valencia, Spain, operating as an Iberia Regional partner. It operates a very extensive domesti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conventual Franciscans: Encyclopedia - Conventual Franciscans
The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv), commonly known as the Conventual Franciscans, is a branch of the order of Roman Catholic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicolaus Copernicus: Encyclopedia - Nicolaus Copernicus
Mikołaj Kopernik (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543), more commonly known by the Latin form Nicolaus Copernicus, was a Polish[1] astrol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Council Of Basel: Encyclopedia - Council Of Basel
The Council of Basel was a council of bishops and other ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church that was held at Basel, Switzerland, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Music School: Encyclopedia - Music School
A music school or conservatory (American English) — also known as a conservatoire (British English) or a conservatorium (Australian Eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Congregation For Catholic Education: Encyclopedia - Congregation For Catholic Education
The Congregation for Catholic Education (in Seminaries and Institutes of Study) [Congregationis de Institutione Catholica quo ordo studio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commedia Dell'arte: Encyclopedia - Commedia Dell'arte
Commedia dell'arte (Italian, meaning "comedy of professional artists" but has also been interpreted as "comedy of humors") also known as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesalius: Encyclopedia - Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius (December 31, 1514 - October 15, 1564) was a Flemish anatomist and author of one of the most influential books on human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valerio Evangelisti: Encyclopedia - Valerio Evangelisti
Valerio Evangelisti (June 20, 1952, Bologna) is one of the most popular Italian writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. He is kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coventry: Encyclopedia - Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Coventry is the ninth largest city in England with a populat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ulisse Aldrovandi: Encyclopedia - Ulisse Aldrovandi
Ulisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 - 10 November 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - De Brevitate Vitae: Encyclopedia - De Brevitate Vitae
De Brevitate Vitae is a song in Latin that is a popular academic commercium song in many European countries. In many modern Western natio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University: Encyclopedia - University
A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University Of Bologna: Encyclopedia - University Of Bologna
The University of Bologna (Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is the university of Bologna, in Italy. Its new name, since 2000, is Alma mater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Viii: Encyclopedia - Pope Urban Viii
Urban VIII, né Maffeo Barberini (April 1568 – July 29, 1644) was pope from 1623-1644. He was born in 1568 to an important Florentine f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Capital Of Culture: Encyclopedia - European Capital Of Culture
The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cold Cut: Encyclopedia - Cold Cut
For English DJ duo, see Coldcut. Cold cuts are precooked meat, often sausages or meat loaves, that are sliced and usually served cold on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Villa D'este: Encyclopedia - Villa D'este
The Villa d'Este is a masterpiece of Italian architecture and garden design. The chief painter of the ambitious internal decoration was L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carpigiani: Encyclopedia - Carpigiani
Carpigiani, Italian industry, specialised in producing ice cream machines located near Bologna. Its history began in 1944, when the broth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Bessarion: Encyclopedia - Johannes Bessarion
Johannes Bessarion, or Basilius (c. 1395-1472), titular patriarch of Constantinople, and one of the illustrious Greek scholars who contri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botanical Garden: Encyclopedia - Botanical Garden
Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ferruccio Busoni: Encyclopedia - Ferruccio Busoni
Dante Michaelangelo Benvenuto Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, music teacher and cond...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cesare Emiliani: Encyclopedia - Cesare Emiliani
Cesare Emiliani (8 December 1922, Bologna, Italy - 20 July 1995, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA) is considered one of the greatest geol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of The Holy Sepulchre: Encyclopedia - Church Of The Holy Sepulchre
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called the Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis in Greek and Սուրբ Հարություն Surp Haru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Turner: Encyclopedia - William Turner
William Turner (c. 1508 - 7 July 1568) was a British ornithologist and botanist. He is sometimes called "the father of English botany" a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Villanovan Culture: Encyclopedia - Villanovan Culture
The Villanovan culture was the earliest Iron Age culture of central and northern Italy, abruptly following the Bronze Age Terramare cultu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Of Tyre: Encyclopedia - William Of Tyre
William of Tyre (c. 1130 - 1185) was archbishop of Tyre and an historian of the Crusades and the Middle Ages. William of Tyre - Early lif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viol: Encyclopedia - Viol
The viol or viola da gamba is a family of musical instruments and is related to and descending from the vihuela and rebec. Viol - History...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Encyclopedia - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of Europea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Urban Planning: Encyclopedia - Urban Planning
Urban, city, or town planning, deals with the physical, social and economic development of metropolitan regions, municipalities and neigh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Edward Stuart: Encyclopedia - Charles Edward Stuart
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cisalpine Republic: Encyclopedia - Cisalpine Republic
The Cisalpine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Cisalpina) was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802. Afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgardo Mortara: Encyclopedia - Edgardo Mortara
Edgardo Mortara (August 27, 1851–March 11, 1940), a Jewish-born Italian Catholic priest, became the centre of an international controve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papal States: Encyclopedia - Papal States
The Papal States (Gli Stati della Chiesa or Stati Pontificii, "States of the Church") was one of the major historical states of Italy bef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raphael: Encyclopedia - Raphael
Raphael or Raffaello (Urbino, Italy, April 6, 1483–Rome, April 6, 1520) was a master painter and architect of the Florentine school in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 898: Encyclopedia - 898
898 - Events. Accession of Pope John IX Accession of King Kasyapa IV of Sri Lanka Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev Magyar tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bologna Central Station: Encyclopedia Ii - Bologna Central Station - Terrorism
On August 2, 1980 at 10.25 am, an improvised explosive device (IED) made with 20 kilograms of a TNT mixture, detonated inside Bologna's m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1402: Encyclopedia - 1402
1402 - Events. June 26 - Battle of Casalecchio - Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the Duke of Milan, crushes the forces of Bologna, but he dies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola: Encyclopedia - Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (February 24, 1463 – November 17, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance humanist philosopher and scholar. Most...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Asteroids Named After Places: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Asteroids Named After Places - Europe
List of asteroids named after places - Czech Republic. 290 Brunna (Latin name for Brno) 371 Bohemia (Bohemia) 1901 Moravia (Moravia) 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Stadiums: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Stadiums - Africa
List of stadiums - Algeria. Stade 5 Julliet 1962, Algiers Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba Stade 24 Fevrier 1956, Sidi Bel Abbes Stade Ahmed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tomaso Albinoni: Encyclopedia Ii - Tomaso Albinoni - Life
Born to Antonio Albinoni (1634–1709), a wealthy paper merchant and nobleman in Venice, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of City Nicknames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of City Nicknames - Patterns
There are some common types of city nicknames. List of city nicknames - Agricultural or Industrial Capitals. Many cities have nicknames...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of City Nicknames: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of City Nicknames - Patterns
There are some common types of city nicknames. List of city nicknames - Agricultural or Industrial Capitals. Many cities have nicknames...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcelo Ríos: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcelo Ríos - Tennis Career
Ríos began playing tennis at the relatively-late age of 11 at the Sport Francés country club in Vitacura, Santiago. He was soon recogni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of City Squares: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of City Squares - Europe
List of city squares - Armenia. Republic Square - Yerevan List of city squares - Austria. Heldenplatz - Vienna List of city squa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcello Malpighi: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcello Malpighi - Research
Malpighi used the microscope for studies on skin, kidney, and for the first interspecies comparison of the liver. He greatly extended the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Oldest Universities In Continuous Operation: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Oldest Universities In Continuous Operation - Caveat
The actual date a University started to function is often rather hazy and differs a good deal from legend, or from the date its ancestor-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luca Gaurico: Encyclopedia Ii - Luca Gaurico - Career As Astrologer
Gaurico's reputation was such that he served as an "astrological consultant" to Catherine de Medici. Gaurico had predicted the accession ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Railway Stations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Railway Stations - Asia
List of railway stations - India. List of railway stations in India List of railway stations - China. People's Republic of China ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Terrorist Incidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Terrorist Incidents - 1970s
List of terrorist incidents - 1970. February 21: A bomb explodes in the rear of Swissair Flight 330, causing it to crash near Zürich,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johannes Wiedewelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Johannes Wiedewelt - Life
Johannes Wiedewelt - Early training. The elder Wiedewelt recognised his son’s talents early, and the boy trained under the Italian hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lorenzo De' Medici: Encyclopedia Ii - Lorenzo De' Medici - Lorenzo And Politics
Lorenzo was born into the leading family in Florence, owners of an international bank with branches throughout Europe. His grandfather, C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucas Cranach The Elder: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucas Cranach The Elder - Cranach's Attitudes Toward Women
This section attempts to extrapolate some of the regards Cranach may have held towards women by examining some of the letters he has writ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International E-road Network: Encyclopedia Ii - International E-road Network - Class A Roads
International E-road network - North-South reference. E05 - Greenock - Glasgow - Preston - Birmingham - Southampton ... Le Havre - Par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January 2005 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - January 2005 In Rail Transport - Events
January 2005 in rail transport - January 1. January 2005 in rail transport - January 2 – January 8. January 3 – Kansas C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean Mouton: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean Mouton - Life
He was born either in 1459 or earlier, but records of his early life, as is so often the case with Renaissance composers, are scanty. Mos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University: Encyclopedia Ii - University - History
Because of the above definition, the oldest universities in the world were all European, as the awarding of academic degrees was not a cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Twin Towns And Sister Cities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Twin Towns And Sister Cities - Europe
List of twin towns and sister cities - Albania. Tirana - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996) List of twin towns and sister citie...   » Read the article