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Caffaro Di Rustico Da Caschifellone - Villetta Di Negro (Genoa) - DSC02421
Caffaro may refer to: *Caffaro (river), a river in north Italy *Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone (c.1080–c.1164), a Genoan crusader and chronicler *Caffaro, manufacturer of bearings and rolls in Poland See also * Cafaro, a surname {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caffaro (river)
The Caffaro is a 25 km river of northern Italy whose course lies within the Province of Brescia, sometimes forming the border with Trentino. It belongs to the basin of Lago d'Idro. Its source is on Cornone di Blumone, a peak in the Rhaetian Alps, near the Passo del Termine within the commune of Breno, in the Parco regionale dell'Adamello regional park. The river then runs through the Val di Caffaro entering the territory of Bagolino and flows into the Chiese just before the latter enters lago d'Idro at Ponte Caffaro. The Caffaro's principal affluents are the Riccomassimo, the Rio Frèi, the Dazare, the Bruffione, the Lajone, the Sanguinera, the , the Dasdanè, the Racigande, the Berga and the Leprazzo. The river provides a significant source for the production of hydropower Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caffaro Di Rustico Da Caschifellone
Caffaro di Rustico da Caschifellone ( 1080 – c. 1164) was a statesman, diplomat, admiral and historian of the Republic of Genoa. Between 1122 and 1149 he served eight terms as a consul. His most enduring work was the '' Annales ianuenses'' ("Genoese annals"), the official history of the Genoese republic, which he began and which was continued by successors down to 1294. He also wrote ''Ystoria captionis Almarie et Turtuose'', an account of the siege of Almería (1 August – 17 October 1147) and the siege of Tortosa (1 July – 30 December 1148). Caffaro was born in the village of Caschifellone (now part of Serra Riccò) in either 1080 or 1081. While a teenager, he travelled to the Holy Land with a Genoese contingent on the First Crusade from August 1100 until January 1101. He returned to the Holy Land in the 1130s. Some time after that, perhaps in 1155–56, when Genoa was in the midst of a dispute with the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Caffaro wrote ''De liberatione civitatum orienti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |