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Antonio Gaidon
Antonio Gaidon (1738–1829), was an architect, urban planner and naturalist. Early life and training Antonio Gaidon was born in Castione di Brentonico (Trentino) in 1738. His parents were Salvatore and Barbara Burma, residents of Bassano del Grappa. His father came from a long line of stonemasons. As a boy, in order to follow his father's trade, Gaidon was placed in the workshop of Giovanni Bonato. He reluctantly applied himself to the trade of stonemason but preferred scientific subjects such as geometry and engineering. For example, he read the Elements of Euclid, and delighted in reproducing the simple machines built by Bartolomeo Ferracina, an hydraulic engineer from Bassano. Architecture He also showed an interest in architecture, reading, ''I Sette libri dell'architettura'' by Sebastiano Serlio, la ''Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura'' of Vignola and ''I quattro libri dell'architettura'' by Andrea Palladio . His father introduced him to Daniello Bernardi who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trentino
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region under the constitution. The province is composed of 166 ''comuni'' (municipalities). Its capital is the city of Trento (Trent). The province covers an area of more than , with a total population of 541,098 in 2019. Trentino is renowned for its mountains, such as the Dolomites, which are part of the Alps. Etymology The province is generally known as "Trentino". The name derives from Trento, the capital city of the province. Originally, the term was used by the local population only to refer to the city and its immediate surroundings. Under former Austrian rule, which began in the 19th century (previously, Trentino was governed by the local bishop), the common German name for the region was ''Welschtirol'' () or ''Welschsüdtirol'' (‘It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borso Del Grappa
Borso del Grappa is a municipality in the Province of Treviso in the Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ... region of north-eastern Italy. References Cities and towns in Veneto {{Veneto-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaspar Maria Von Sternberg
Count Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (also: ''Caspar Maria'', ''Count Sternberg'', german: Kaspar Maria Graf Sternberg, cs, hrabě Kašpar Maria Šternberk), 1761, Prague – 1838, Březina (Rokycany District), Březina Castle), was a Bohemian Theology, theologian, Mineralogy, mineralogist, Geognosy, geognost, entomologist and Botany, botanist. He is known as the "Father of Paleobotany".. His parents were Count Johann Nepomuk von von Sternberg, Sternberg and Countess Anna Josefa Kolowrat-Krakowsky. He established the National Museum (Prague), Bohemian National Museum in Prague — his collection of minerals, fossils and plant specimens formed the core collection of the museum,Česká pošta Philately, Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761 - 1838) and he is deemed to be the founder of modern paleobot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Strange (diplomat)
John Strange (1732–1799) was an English diplomat and author. Biography He was the second and only surviving son of Sir John Strange, by his wife Susan, eldest daughter of Edward Strong of Greenwich, was born at Barnet in 1732, and educated privately and at Clare Hall, Cambridge (he was admitted a fellow-commoner 11 Oct. 1753), whence he graduated B.A. in 1753, and M.A. in 1755. On his father's death he saw through the press the volume of ''Reports'' published in 1755. He was left very well off, and upon leaving Cambridge travelled extensively in the south of France and Italy. Developing a taste for science and archaeology, Strange was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 10 April, and admitted to the Royal Society on 24 April 1766. Shortly afterwards he was elected F.S.A., and as the result of a summer spent in South Wales in 1768, he contributed to the first number of the '' Archæologia'' "An Account of Roman Remains in and near the City of Brecknock". In 1771 he made an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deodat Gratet De Dolomieu
Deodat or Déodat is a masculine given name. In the French language, it means "God has given", in similar usage to Dieudonné, Matthew, Theodore, Jonathan, and Nathaniel. The name is also found among South Asian communities and their diaspora. Notable people *Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, (1750– 1801), French geologist *Deodat Lawson, (fl. 1684–1688), British colonial minister *Deodat del Monte, (1582–1644), Flemish painter, architect, engineer, astronomer, and art dealer *Déodat de Séverac, (1872–1921), French composer *Deodatus of Nevers (d. 679), bishop of Nevers See also * Deodato (other) Deodato may refer to: * Eumir Deodato (born 1942), Brazilian crossover music pianist, composer, arranger, and record producer * Cláudio Deodato (1947 - 2011), Brazilian footballer * Deodato Arellano (1844 – 1899), propagandist and first preside ..., a similar name {{given name French given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Fortis
Alberto Fortis (1741–1803) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian writer, naturalist and cartographer. Life His real name was Giovanni Battista Fortis (his religious name was ''Alberto'') and he was born in Padua on either 9 or 11 of November 1741. He journeyed extensively in Venetian Dalmatia. His best known work is ''Viaggio in Dalmazia'' ("Journey to Dalmatia"), originally published in 1774 and first published in London in 1778. The highlight of the book is the description of Morlachia, a historical region currently located in Croatia named after the Morlachs that inhabited the region. In his book, Fortis presented his literary discovery "Hasanaginica" as a Morlach (Vlach) ballad. Larry Wolf believed Fortis wrote the ballad as a poetry of South Slavs rather than a poetry of the Morlachs. Fortis believed that the Morlachs preserved their old customs and clothes. Their ethnographic traits were traditional clothings, use of the gusle musical instrument accompanied with epic singing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Arduino (geologist)
Giovanni Arduino (16 October 1714 – 21 March 1795) was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology". Arduino was born at Caprino Veronese, Veneto. He was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern Italy. He divided the history of the Earth into four periods: Primitive, Secondary, Tertiary, and Volcanic, or Quaternary. The scheme proposed by Arduino in 1759,See: * Available atMuseo Galileo (Florence (Firenze), Italy) From p. 158 (clviii): ''"Per quanto ho potuto sinora osservavare, la serie di questi strati, che compongono la corteccia visibile della terra, mi pare distinta in quattro ordini generali, e successivi, senza considerarvi il mare."'' (As far as I have been able to observe, the series of these layers that compose the visible crust of the earth seems to me distinct in four general orders, and successive, not considering the sea.) * English translation: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornuda
Cornuda is a ''comune'' with 6,325 inhabitants in the province of Treviso. Physical geography The territory of Cornuda, which extends to the right of the Piave, is largely hilly. The inhabited area insists on a roughly flat area, whose altitudes vary from a minimum of 135 m a.s.l., found at the southern end, to no more than 165 m. Cornuda borders the following municipalities: Caerano di San Marco, Crocetta del Montello, Maser, Monfumo, Montebelluna, Pederobba. History The origins of the toponym are uncertain: a first hypothesis makes it derive from the Latin cornua ("horns"), alluding to the location of the locality, located at the eastern end of the centuriation of Asolo, municipium in Roman times. Another explanation links it to the two hills, similar to horns, at the foot of which the town was built. Still, there are those who consider it an alteration of a term meaning "crossroads", bringing it closer to the intersection between the via Feltrina and the Piovega, important a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maser, Veneto
Maser is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Treviso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,854 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Maser contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Coste, Crespignaga, and Madonna della Salute. Maser borders the following municipalities: Altivole, Asolo, Caerano di San Marco, Cornuda, Monfumo. Maser is notable for being the place of death of the architect Andrea Palladio, creator of the famous Palladian style of architecture. Villa Barbaro Villa Barbaro, also known as the Villa di Maser, is a large villa at Maser in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed and built by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, with frescos by Paolo Veronese and sculptures by Al ... in Maser is one of his finest project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asolo
Asolo () is a town and ''comune'' in the Veneto Region of northern Italy. It is known as "The Pearl of the province of Treviso", and also as "The City of a Hundred Horizons" for its mountain settings. History The town was originally a settlement of the Veneti, and was mentioned as Acelum in the works of Pliny. Its citizens were inscribed into the Roman tribe ''Claudia''. It was called Acelum in the acts of a synod held in Marano in 588 or 591, since one of the participants was ''Agnellus episcopus sanctae Acelinae ecclesiae''; the name Asolo was already in use by the time of a synod held in Mantua in 827 (or perhaps 835), at which the participation of ''Arthemius episcopus Asolensis'' is noted. In 969, Emperor Otto I assigned the territory of the diocese of Acelum/Asolo to the diocese of Treviso. This action may be related to the destruction caused by the Hungarian raiders who in 899 defeated Berengar I of Italy near the town. However, one of the bishops at a synod at Rome und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piave (river)
The Piave ( la, Plavis, German: ''Ploden'') is a river in northern Italy. It begins in the Alps and flows southeast for into the Adriatic Sea near the city of Venice. One of its tributaries is the Boite. In 1809 it was the scene of a battle during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Franco-Italian and Austrian forces clashed. In 1918, during World War I, it was the scene of Battle of the Piave River, the last major Austro-Hungarian attack on the Italian Front, which failed. The Battle of the Piave River was a decisive battle of World War I on the Italian Front. The river is thus called in Italy ''Fiume Sacro alla Patria'' (Sacred River of the Homeland) and is mentioned in the patriotic song "La leggenda del Piave". It was eventually followed by the Battle of Vittorio Veneto later that year. Viticulture North of the city of Venice along the Piave river valley is the ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) zone that makes up the Veneto wine region known as the Piave DOC. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldassare Longhena
Baldassare Longhena (1598 – 18 February 1682) was an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period. Biography Born in Venice, Longhena studied under the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi and after Scamozzi's death completed his monumental Procuratie Nuove in St. Mark's Square, a complex of imposing residences and offices for officials of the Venetian Republic that gives the square its appearance today. His best-known work is the elegantly decorated Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute begun in 1631 to thank the Virgin for the city's deliverance from the plague. This two domed church on the peninsula between the Canal Grande and the Zattere is one of the city's best-known landmarks. The main entrance, modeled on the Roman triumphal arch, was later copied in successive churches and cathedrals, in Venice and elsewhere. He designed many other churches in the city, among them the Chiesa dell'Ospedalett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
