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Fucecchio
Fucecchio () is a town and (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the recent years their number has been decreasing because of a slight recession started. The medieval town of Fucecchio is mentioned frequently in the opera ''Gianni Schicchi'' (1917) by Giacomo Puccini – one character, Simone, was once its podestà, and some of the estates to be distributed are situated there. Main sights *''Collegiata di San Giovanni Battista'' (11th century, but redone in Neo-Classicist style in the 18th century). *Abbey of ''San Salvatore'', founded in 1001. It houses a painting by Jacopo Chimenti, derived from a similar one by Giorgio Vasari. *Oratory of ''Madonna della Ferruzza''. *''Palazzo Corsini''. Fucecchio marsh The Fucecchio Marsh (1,800 ha) is the largest inland marsh in Italy and is home to over 200 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galleno, Tuscany
Galleno is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comuni of Castelfranco di Sotto (province of Pisa) and Fucecchio (Metropolitan City of Florence). At the time of the 2001 census its population was 609. , . Galleno is about 42 km from Pisa
Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, strad ...
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Giuseppe Montanelli
Giuseppe Montanelli (21 January 1813 – 17 June 1862) was an Italian wikt:statesman, statesman and author. Biography Montanelli was born at Fucecchio, then part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. As a boy he was an organist and composer. In 1840, he was appointed law professor at Pisa after graduating law school when he was 18. He contributed to the ''Antologia'', a celebrated Florentine review, and in 1847 founded a newspaper called ''L'Italia'', the programme of which was "Reform and Nationality". In 1848, Montanelli served with the Tuscan student volunteers at the Battle of Goito, battle of Curtatone, where he was wounded and taken prisoner by the Austrians.''Britannica''. After being liberated, Montanelli returned to Tuscany, and the Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, grand duke Leopold II, knowing that he was popular with the masses, sent him to Livorno to quell the disturbances. In October, Leopold, much against his inclinations, asked him to form a ministry. He accepted, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indro Montanelli
Indro Alessandro Raffaello Schizogene Montanelli (; 22 April 1909 – 22 July 2001) was an Italian journalist, historian, and writer. He was one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes according to the International Press Institute. A volunteer for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and an admirer of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship, Montanelli had a change of heart in 1943, and joined the liberal resistance group Giustizia e Libertà but was discovered and arrested along with his wife by Nazi authorities in 1944. Sentenced to death, he was able to flee to Switzerland the day before his scheduled execution by firing squad thanks to a secret service double agent. After World War II, Montanelli continued his work at ''Corriere della Sera'', where he started working in 1938, and distinguished himself as a staunch liberal-conservative columnist for many decades. An intransigent, anti-conformist, and anti-communist, he defended the idea of another political right, which was sober, culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Tafi (cyclist)
Andrea Tafi (born 7 May 1966, in Fucecchio) is an Italian former road bicycle racer who retired from his professional career in 2005. Tafi's propensity to perform best in the harder races earned him the nickname "Il Gladiatore" (English: "The Gladiator"). Tafi specialized in the cobbled Spring Classics such as Paris–Roubaix which he won in 1999, and Tour of Flanders which he won in 2002. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 1996 and the Italian National Championship in 1998. Career The most successful part of Tafi's career was spent with the Italian super-squad . In the 1996 edition of Paris–Roubaix the team put four of their riders in a breakaway at the front of the race: Johan Museeuw, Gianluca Bortolami, previous year's winner Franco Ballerini, and Tafi. Ballerini had a flat and was out of the lead group, but the other three powered their way to the finish. In 1996 Tafi won the "race of the falling leaves" Giro di Lombardia, using his strength to overcome the climbs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Da Fucecchio
Enrico da Fucecchio (died c. 1297) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He was appointed on April 25, 1273 as Bishop of Diocese of Luni by Pope Gregory X Pope Gregory X (; – 10 January 1276), born Teobaldo Visconti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1271 to his death and was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. He was elected at the .... He insisted on performing his first mass at the Luni Cathedral, a ruined cathedral that had declined since the Roman period. References ''This article was initially translated from the Italian Wikipedia.'' Bishops of Luni 1297 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Italy-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Cecconi
Luca Cecconi (born 24 January 1964 in Fucecchio, Province of Florence) is an Italian football manager and former striker. Playing career Cecconi played with several teams throughout his career, obtaining his best successes with Palermo, Bologna and Como. Coaching career In 1999 Cecconi was appointed as Empoli Primavera youth squad coach, winning a Torneo di Viareggio in 2000. He left Empoli in 2003, being appointed one year later as Prato head coach and serving in the four initial matchdays of the 2004-05 Serie C1 season, all ended in a defeat for his side. He then worked alongside Renzo Ulivieri at Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ... in 2005, and again during the 2006–07 season, and successively replaced him in April 2007, serving as caretaker head c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Bracci
Marco Bracci (born 23 August 1966) is a former Italian volleyball player, ranked amongst the world's most valuable players of the late 1980s and 1990s. A 197 cm athlete, Bracci played as passer-hitter. Bracci made his debut for the Italian national team on 6 May 1988. He earned 344 caps for his native country, winning three Volleyball World Championships (1990, 1994 and 1998) and four Volleyball European Championships (1989, 1993, 1995 and 1999), plus numerous other titles. One of the most winning players of all-time in the Italian Championships, his club titles include six ''scudetti'' and four European Champions Cups. Bracci played at four Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ..., winning a silver medal at the 1996 Games and a bronze medal at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Lambruschini
Alessandro Lambruschini (born 7 January 1965) is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Biography Lambruschini participated in three editions of the Summer Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996), he has 40 caps in national team from 1985 to 1998. He won 17 international athletics competitions in 3000 metres steeplechase, including two at the IAAF World Cup and eight in the European Cup. After his retirement from competitions, he is dedicated himself to duathlon, also getting good results in the master categories. Achievements 1Representing Europe National titles Lambruschini is a ten-time individual national champion. *2 wins in 1500 metres (1986, 1993) *6 wins in 3000 metres steeplechase (1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) *2 wins in 3000 metres indoor (1991, 1992) Personal life Lambruschini was in a relationship with American footballer Jill Rutten while she played in Italy. See also * Italian all-time lists - 1500 metres * Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuela Falorni
Manuela Falorni (born 20 May 1959), best known as Venere Bianca (), is an Italian model, pornographic actress and author. Career Born in Fucecchio, Falorni started her career in 1979, entering the Miss Italia pageant in which she was awarded "Miss Toscana". Then, she started a successful career as a glamour and fashion model. In 1993 she started working as a strip teaser and hosting the TV-show ''TopClub'', the following year she joined the agency "Diva Futura" and made her adult film debut. In 2001 she was nominated at Hot D'Or as best actress for ''Doom Fighter'', a porn parody of ''Lara Croft''. In 2005 she published her first novel, ''Di là dal fosso'', and in 2010 she published her autobiography, ''E se andassi in paradiso''; the same year she announced her retirement. In 2012 Falorni starred in the music video for the song "Odio i vivi" by rock songwriter Edda. Personal life Falorni was a protagonist of gossip columns, mainly for her tumultuous marriage with ex-Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Schicchi
() is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Puccini's (The Triptych)three one-act operas with contrasting themes, originally written to be presented together. Although it continues to be performed with one or both of the other operas, is now more frequently staged either alone or with short operas by other composers. The aria is one of Puccini's best known, and one of the most popular arias in opera. Puccini had long considered writing a set of one-act operas which would be performed together in a single evening, but faced with a lack of suitable subjects and opposition from his publisher, he repeatedly put the project aside. However, by 1916 Puccini had completed the one-act tragedy and, after considering various ideas, he began work the following year on the solemn, religious, all- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luni, Italy
Luni is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of La Spezia, in the easternmost end of the Liguria region of northern Italy. It was founded by the Romans as Luna. It gives its name to Lunigiana, a region spanning eastern Liguria and northern Tuscany ( province of Massa-Carrara). The commune was known as Ortonovo (from the name of one of its current ''frazioni'') until April 2017. It is now named after the ''frazione'' of Luni. Geography Located in a plain near the Tyrrhenian Sea and close to the borders with Tuscany, Luni is crossed by the river Magra and lies between Sarzana (7 km in north) and Carrara (5 km in south). It is 4 km far from Ortonovo, 15 km from Massa and 30 km from La Spezia. The village is served by National Highway 1 "Aurelia", crossed at Luni Mare by the A12 motorway and counts a railway station on the Pisa-Genoa line. History Classical Period Luna was the frontier town of Etruria, on the left bank of the river M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and of the foundations of the Italian language. The prestige established by the Tuscan dialect's use in literature by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini led to its subsequent elaboration as the language of culture throughout Italy. It has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Palazzo Pitti. Tuscany is also known for its wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano, Brunello di Montalcino and white Vernaccia di San Gimignano. Having a strong linguistic and cultural identity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
