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The novel served as the basis for a movie by Luchino Visconti. The film has been described as a fresco of Sicilian life because of its opulent recreation of life. The saturated colours, cinematography, and Visconti's renowned attention to detail all helped make it the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. A number of prints exist, and in the 1980s Visconti's vision was released for the first time - 20th Century Fox cut the film dramatically for its original 1963 release. The famous ballroom scene w ...

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Italy has influenced the cultural and social development of the whole Mediterranean area, deeply influencing European culture as well. Important cultures and civilizations have existed there since prehistoric times. After Magna Graecia, the Etruscan civilization and especially the Roman Republic and Empire that dominated this part of the world for many centuries, Italy was central to European science and art during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Modern Italy became a nation-state belatedly — on March 17, 1861, when most of the sta ...

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The Consiglio Grande e Generale, or Grand and General Council, is elected by popular vote every five years. This parliament selects two of its members to serve as Regents for periods of six months. These regents are known as the Capitani Reggenti, or Ruling Captains. The Capitani Reggenti and the cabinet form the executive branch of the government. The Council also elects the Consiglio dei XIISee also:

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Mazara was founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century B.C., with the name of Mazar (the Rock). It then passed under the control of Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, before to be occupied by the Arabs in the year 827. During the Arab period, the Sicily was divided into three different administrative regions, Val di Noto, Val Demone and Val di Mazara, making of the city an important commercial harbour and a relevant centre of studies. Nowadays, the city middle, known as Casbah, still remembers that period, probably t ...

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1859 - January-June. January 11 - Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman and Viceroy of India (d. 1925) January 13 - Karl Bleibtreu, critic (d. 1928) January 27 - Wilhelm II of Germany, last Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (d. 1941) February 1 - Victor Herbert, Irish-born composer (d. 1924) February 3 - Hugo Junkers, German industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1935) February 6 - Elias Disney, American farmer and father of Walt Disney (d. 1941)< ...

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San Marino is an enclave in Italy, on the border between the regioni of Emilia-Romagna and Marche. Its topography is dominated by the Apennines mountain range, and it has a rugged terrain. The highest point in the country, Monte Titano, is situated at 749 m above sea level. There are no bodies of water of any significant size. The climate is Mediterranean, with warm summers and mild winters.

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Although San Marino is not an official European Union member, it is allowed to use the euro as its currency by virtue of arrangements with the council of the European Union; it is also granted the right to use its own designs on the national side of the euro coins. Before the Euro, the Sammarinese lira was coupled to and exchangeable with the Italian lira. The small number of Sammarinese euro coins, as was the case with the lire before it, are primarily of interest to coin collectors. The tourist sector contributes over 50% of San Mar ...

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List of asteroids named after people - Popular music. 2620 Santana (Carlos Santana, musician) 3834 Zappafrank (Frank Zappa, musician) The Beatles members: 4147 Lennon (John Lennon) 4148 McCartney (Paul McCartney) 4149 Harrison (George Harrison) 4150 Starr (Ringo Starr) 4305 Clapton (Eric Clapton, musician) 4442 Garcia (Jerry Garcia, musician) 5656 Oldfield (Mike Oldfield, composer) 5945 Roachapproach (Steve ...

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List of asteroids named after people - Characters in classic fiction. 92 Undina (Undine, heroine of the novella Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué) 264 Libussa (Libuše, mythical Bohemian prophetess) 2041 Lancelot (Arthurian knight) 2082 Galahad (Arthurian knight) 2483 Guinevere (Guinevere, King Arthur's queen) 2597 Arthur (King Arthur, legendary king of England) 2598 Merlin (Merlin, wizard who helped King Arthur) 3102 Krok (Krok, my ...

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Regia Marina - Pre-World War I. List of Italian sail battleships List of Italian steam battleships Regia Marina - World War I. List of Italian dreadnought battleships Duilio class: in Durazzo: Dandolo Re Umberto class: in Venice: Sardegna Saint Bon class: in Venice: Ammiraglio di Saint Bon, Emanuele Filiberto Regina Margherita class: in Taranto: Regina Marghe ...

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Pescara is the major city of its Abruzzo region, and is one of the most important economic, commercial, and tourist centers on the Adriatic coast. There is a major industrial district between Pescara and nearby Chieti. Pescara's shoreline extends for more than 20 kilometers. It is most popular among Italian tourists during the summer months for its seaside. Situated in the sea are many breakwaters made with large rocks, placed to provide calm waters near the shore. There is a large shopping district with many fashion designers' shops and a lively nightlife. Pescara has also an university, U ...

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Bose advocated the approach that the political instability of war-time Britain should be taken advantage of—rather than simply wait for the British to grant independence after the end of the war (which was the view of Gandhi, Nehru and a section of the Congress leadership) at the time. In this he was influenced by the examples of Italian statesmen Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Mazzini. During his stay in Europe from 1933 to 1936, he met several European leaders and thinkers, including Benito Mussolini, Eduard Beneš, Karl Seitz, Eamon De ...

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In 1941, when the British learned that Bose had sought the support of the Axis Powers, they ordered their agents to assassinate Bose. This remarkable claim comes from Irish historian Dr. Eunan O'Halpin, who is the author of several books on British intelligence and teaches at Trinity College, Dublin . According to Professor O'Halpin, British agents were instructed to intercept and kill Bose before he reached Germany via the Middle East. O'Halpin says a recently declassified intelligence document refers to a top-secret instruction to the Special Ope ...

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The INA is fondly remembered by some Japanese historians, who see the Japanese efforts to support Bose as proof of their view that Japan really was fighting on behalf of the oppressed peoples of Asia. In addition, the INA is seen by some as an organisation devoid of the divisive energies of parochialism that have since plagued India. Bose's portrait hangs in the Indian Parliament and a statue ha ...

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Subhash Chandra Bose - Cinema. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero [5], was a 2005 film made in Hindi and English, directed by Shyam Benegal. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was a 1966 Hindi film directed by Hemen Gupta. Subhas Ghare Fere Nai(Subhas Did Not Return Home) was a 1958 Bengali film. Pehla Aadmi(The First Man) wa ...

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"The ancient Egyptians only buried people in their pyramids. We are living in ours." - De Castries Leiber provides little background about Thibaut De Castries. When De Castries arrived in San Francisco in 1900, he had already written Megapolisomancy. The most commonly accepted rumor about his life prior to 1900 was that he had escaped from the Franco-Prussian War as a teenager, fleeing Paris in a balloon with his dying father, his father's mistress (who allegedly later became his own), and a black panther that his father ...

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Megapolisomancy is a fictional occult science created by Fritz Leiber, an influential American writer of fantasy and science fiction. Featured in Leiber's novella Our Lady of Darkness, megapolisomancy is the art of predicting and manipulating the future through the existence of large cities. In Our Lady of Darkness, the primary practitioner of this pseudoscience is fictional occultist Thibaut de Castries, whose seminal work, Megapolisomancy: A New Science of Cities, concerns the physical, psychological and paramen ...

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1860 - January-April. January 3 - Kato Takaaki, 24th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1926) January 11 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist (d. 1884) January 25 - Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States (d. 1936) January 29 - William Jacob Baer, American painter (d. 1941) January 29- Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904) February 11 - Rachilde, French author (d. 1953) February 29 - Herman Hollerith, American businessman and inventor (d. 1929)See also:

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List of asteroids named after people - Literature. 1931 Čapek (Karel Čapek) 2681 Ostrovskij (Nikolai Ostrovsky) 3047 Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) 3412 Kafka (Franz Kafka) 4112 Hrabal (Bohumil Hrabal) 5418 Joyce (James Joyce) 5535 Annefrank (Anne Frank) 5666 Rabelais (François Rabelais) 5676 Voltaire (Voltaire) 6984 Lewiscarroll (Lewis Carroll or Charles Dodgson) 7328 Casanova (Giacomo Casanova) < ...

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List of asteroids named after people - World War II heroes and veterans. 1793 Zoya (Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya) 1907 Rudneva (Evgeniya Rudneva) 2132 Zhukov (Georgy Zhukov) 3348 Pokryshkin (Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin) 11572 Schindler (Oskar Schindler, rescuer of 1,200 Jewish people) 19384 Winton (Nicholas Winton, rescuer of 669 Jewish children) 50413 ...

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Roman Catholicism is by far the most popular religion in the country. According to estimates by (CIA World Fact Book 2005, Italian polls, Adherents.com, BBCNews and others), it is safe to conclude that 87% of the Italian population self-identify as Roman Catholic, whereas around 13% identify with either other religions or none at all. Italy also has some important pilgrimages and famous Roman Catholic churches, cathedrals and sites. According to many other books (Reference) surveys (from Gallup, Christian Science Monitor, and others) Italy can claim above ...

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Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output as France and the United Kingdom. This capitalistic economy remains divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less developed agricultural south (with 20% unemployment). In comparison to its western European neighbours, it has a high number of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEes). Most raw materials needed by industry and more than 75% of energy requirements are imported. Over the past decade, Italy h ...

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