Padua Italy - Antiquity. Padua claims to be the oldest city in north Italy; the early medieval commune justified itself by a fabled founder in the Trojan Antenor, whose relics the commune recognized in a large stone sarcophagus exhumed in the year 1274. The historical Padua inhabited by Veneti thrived thanks to its excellent breed of horses and the wool of its sheep. Its men fought for the Romans at Cannae, and the city (a Roman municipium since 45 BC (query 43?)) became so powerful that it w ...

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Padua has long been famous for its university, founded in 1222. Under the rule of Venice the university was governed by a board of three patricians, called the Riformatori dello Studio di Padova. The list of professors and alumni is long and illustrious, containing, among others, the names of Bembo, Sperone Speroni, the anatomist Vesalius, Fallopius, Fabrizio d'Acquapendente, Galileo Galilei, Pietro Pomponazzi, Reginald, later Cardinal Pole, Scaliger, Tasso and Sobieski. The university hosts the oldest anatomy theatre 1594 and the old ...

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The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is one of the most well-renowned universities in Italy. Located in the north-eastern part of country, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe, and the second oldest in Italy, founded in 1222. As of 2003 the university has approximately 65,000 students. University of Padua - History. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 when a large group of students and faculty left the University of Bologna seeking more academic freedom ...

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Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venessia in the local dialect), the "city of canals", is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′N 12°19′E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000. The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of ...

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Venice - Transport Venice - Demographics Venice - Places of note
Venice - Sestieri Venice - Piazzas and Campi of Venice Venice - Palaces Venice - Churches Venice - Other buildings Venice - Bridges and channels Venice - Surroundings
Venice - Sinking of Venice Venice - Venice in culture the arts and fiction Venice - Miscellaneous
Venice - Famous Venetians Venice - Foreign words of Venetian origin
Venice - Bibliography
Venice - Scholarship Venice - Other

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Italians were among some of the earliest Europeans to come to Canada. A number of the early explorers such as John Cabot were Italians. During the New France era, France also occupied parts of Italy and there was a significant Italian presence in the French military forces in the colony. Notable were Alphonse de Tonty, who helped establish Detroit, and Henri de Tonti, who journeyed with La Salle in his exploration of the Mississippi River. Italians made up a small portion of the population, however, and quickly lost their ethnic identities. ...

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Of the 1,270,370 Canadian residents who stated they had Italian ancestry in the 2001 Census of Canada, 726,275 had uniquely Italian origins while 544,090 were partly of Italian origin. Italian-Canadians make up 4.3% of the population of Canada. The majority of Italian-Canadians live in Ontario (781,345) where they constitute almost seven per cent of the population, while another 249,205 live in Quebec. The main concentrations of Italian-Canadians are in the following metropolitan areas and Census agglomerations: Greater Toronto Area ( ...

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Italian-Canadian - Radio and television. The first multicultural radio station in Canada (CFMB) began broadcasting at Montréal in 1962. Founded by Casimir Stanczykowkski, a Pole, peak hours programming was nonetheless mostly in Italian. Four years later, in 1966, Johnny Lombardi founded a similar radio station (CHIN) in Toronto. CFMB has become a cultural bulwark for Italians in Montréal, however, the station's programming is often criticized as being geared only toward the older generations. Hardly any new pop ...

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Many Italian immigrants found work in the constructions trades, and later built their own construction businesses. Italian-Canadians can now be found in almost any profession in Canada. Notable Italian-Canadians include: Marisa Ferretti Barth, Canadian Senator Mario Bernardi, Conductor Todd Bertuzzi, Hockey player Charles Caccia, Politician Robert Chiarelli, Mayor of Ottawa Consiglio Di Nino, Canadian Senator Phil and Tony Esposito, Hockey players Julian Fanti ...

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The first modern botanical gardens were founded in Northern Italy in connection with universities: Pisa (1544) by Luca Ghini (1490-1556) Padua (1545) Florence (1545) Bologna (1567) Other European towns then followed suit: Leiden, Netherlands (1590) Montpellier, France (1593) Heidelberg, Germany (1597) Tübingen, Germany by Leonhart Fuchs Copenhagen, Denmark (1600) Uppsala, Sweden (16 ...

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The first modern botanical gardens were founded in Northern Italy in connection with universities: Pisa (1543) by Luca Ghini (1490-1556) Padua (1545) Bologna (1567) Other European towns then followed suit: Leiden, Netherlands (1590) Montpellier, France (1593) Heidelberg, Germany (1597) Tübingen, Germany by Leonhart Fuchs Copenhagen, Denmark (1600) Uppsala, Sweden (16 ...

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Freiburg has several sister-cities throughout the world: Besançon, France since 1959 Innsbruck, Austria since 1963 Padua, Italy since 1967 Guildford, United Kingdom since 1979 Madison, Wisconsin, USA since 1987 Matsuyama, Japan since 1988 Lemberg, Ukraine since 1989 Granada, Spain since 1991 Isfahan, Iran since 2000 The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's, controversial comments, which included calling the Holocaust a myth, have sparked d ...

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