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Elda Mazzocchi Scarzella
Elda Mazzocchi Scarzella (1904–2005) was an Italian pedagogy, educationalist, social worker and philanthropist, who founded the '':it: Villaggio della Madre e del Fanciullo, Villaggio della Madre e del Fanciullo'' (Village of the Mother and Child) for single mothers in Milan and is also remembered for her work with children in Sardinia. Early life and Sardinia Elda Mazzocchi was born in Milan into an upper-middle class family, on 14 December 1904. She was daughter of Cesare Mazzocchi, an architect and Isabella Bossi, an elementary school teacher. Her grandfather designed the ''Cimitero Maggiore di Milano'', Milan's largest cemetery. One of her cousins was Dino Risi, a film director. She studied in schools in Milan but was mainly educated at home, studying French and German. In 1921, Mazzocchi married Enzo Scarzella, a mining engineer, and in 1922, at the age of 18, she moved to Domusnovas in Sardinia, where her husband's family administered an estate. This was a poor area; a wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
