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Barbiellini
Barbiellini is an Italian family name. * Alessandro Barbiellini Amidei reportedly volunteered to sell a property he owned, a wedge-shaped site on the western peak of the Aventine, for the construction of the Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino church, monastery, and college in Rome. * Bernardo Barbiellini Amidei was a prominent Fascist and founded a ''dopolavoro The National Afterwork Club (''Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro'', or OND) was the Italian Fascist leisure and recreational organization for adults. History In April 1925, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini agreed to the Fascist unions’ demands to set ...'' or Fascist workers' club. References {{reflist Noble families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Anselmo All'Aventino
Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino ( en, Saint Anselm on the Aventine) is a complex located on the Piazza Knights Hospitaller, Cavalieri di Malta Square on the Aventine Hill in Rome's Ripa (rione of Rome), Ripa rione and overseen by the Benedictine Confederation and the Abbot Primate. The ''Sant'Anselmo'' complex, also known as the "''Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo''" ( it, Badia Sant'Anselmo) because it is the residence of the Abbot Primate, consists of: an ecclesiastical residential college known as the "College of Sant'Anselmo" ( it, Collegio Sant'Anselmo); a university known as the "Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm" ( it, Pontificio Ateneo Sant’Anselmo); the "Church of Sant'Anselmo" ( it, Chiesa Sant'Anselmo); and the curial headquarters of the "Benedictine Confederation" and Abbot Primate. The complex and associated institutions are named in honor of the Benedictine monk Anselm of Canterbury, Saint Anselm of Province of Canterbury, Canterbury. History On January 4, 1887, Pope Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro
The National Afterwork Club (''Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro'', or OND) was the Italian Fascist leisure and recreational organization for adults. History In April 1925, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini agreed to the Fascist unions’ demands to set up the OND, with Mario Giani, a former director of Italian Westinghouse, at its head. The trade unions initially saw the provision of leisure facilities for workers as a way to compete with the Socialists, who already had a network of cultural organizations. The OND originally had an apolitical and productivist image, helping it gain the support of employers. There was nothing "inherently fascist" about the OND and it had been modelled on institutions like the YMCA. However, in April 1927 Augusto Turati, the Fascist party Secretary, dismissed Giani and became OND leader, turning the OND into an auxiliary of the party. In the 1930s under the direction of Achille Starace the OND became primarily recreational, concentrating on sports and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |