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Giannini
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Giannini may refer to: * Giannini (surname), Italian surname * Giannini Automobili, Italian tuning company and a former producer of cars * Giannini (guitar company), Brazilian musical instruments manufacturing company * Giannini Hall, historic building in Berkeley, California * The Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, * Giannini sextuplets, set of sextuplets born to Rosanna Caviglia Giannini and Franco Giannini at Careggi, Florence, Italy. See also * Gianni Gianni is an Italian name (occasionally a surname), a short form of the Italian Giovanni and a cognate of John meaning God is gracious. Gianni is the most common diminutive of Giovanni in Italian. People with this given name * Gianni Agnelli (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannini Automobili
Giannini Automobili S.p.A. is an Italian Car tuning, tuning company and a former producer of cars. Their focus has mainly been on Fiat cars. It was founded in 1920 by brothers Attilio Giannini, Attilio and Domenico Giannini. The company headquarters are in Rome, Italy. History Origins Founded in 1885 as a garage, in 1922 Giannini became part of Itala (company), Itala's service network. Through this collaboration and the skills acquired thereby, Giannini was able to enter and win its class with an Itala Tipo 61 in the first edition of the Mille Miglia (1927), commissioned by Marquis Pellegrini. 1930s Giannini expanded their scope during the 1930s by working on smaller cars, in particular the popular Fiat 500 "Topolino". In addition to engine modifications, the brake arrangements were also changed. In 1938 Giannini broke a number of world records with a single seat racer powered by one of these 499 cc engines, equipped with a Siata head. 1940s After World War II, the Giannini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannini (surname)
Giannini is a surname of Italian origin. The name refers to: *Adriano Giannini (born 1971), Italian actor and voice actor, son of Giancarlo * Amadeo Giannini (1870–1949), Italian-American banker; founder of Bank of America * Dusolina Giannini (1902–1986), Italian-American opera soprano * Eli Giannini (born 1956) Australian architect * Ettore Giannini (1912–1990), Italian screenwriter and film director * Ferruccio Giannini (1868–1948), Italian naturalized American tenor, and a pioneer of opera recording * Frida Giannini (born 1972), Italian fashion designer *Giancarlo Giannini (born 1942), Italian actor and voice actor, father of Adriano *Giuseppe Giannini (born 1964), Italian professional football player * Gustavo Giannini (born 1968), Argentine filmmaker * Humberto Giannini (1927–2014), Chilean philosopher * Joe Giannini (1888–1942), American professional baseball player * John Giannini (born 1962), American college basketball coach * Jorge Giannini (born 1948), Argentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannini (guitar Company)
Giannini is a Brazilian musical instruments manufacturing company, based in Salto, São Paulo. Products currently manufactured by Giannini include electric, steel-string acoustic, nylon-string acoustic and bass guitars. Other string instruments include craviolas, cavaquinhos, viola caipiras and mandolins. Giannini also manufactures bowed string instruments such as violins, cellos and double basses, and strings for those instruments. History The company was founded in 1900 by Tranquillo Giannini (1876–1952), an Italian immigrant with luthier talents. Their first industrial plant was located at Av. Sao Joao in the city of São Paulo. Today, Giannini's plant is located at Salto, a city in the state of São Paulo (not far from the capital). They currently produce nylon and steel stringed guitars, craviola, viola caipira, cavaquinho, mandolin, violins, electric guitars and basses and some accessories such as guitar tuners and guitar strings. Craviola The Craviola, creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannini Hall
Giannini Hall is a historic building in Berkeley, California, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It was built in 1930 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Giannini Hall was built in 1930, the gift of Amadeo Giannini, founder of the Bank of Italy (United States), Bank of Italy (later Bank of America), who endowed the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics at the university in 1928. The building was designed by William Charles Hays, a faculty member, and was dedicated on October 21, 1930. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1982, along with 16 other sites on the Berkeley campus. Building Giannini Hall is a C-shaped reinforced concrete building in modernized neo-classical architecture, Classical style. The entrance on the west facade, facing the courtyard, is at the top of a flight of steps and has an ornamental iron gateway; the entrances on the two wings are surmounted by balconies with o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics
The Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics was founded in the 1920s from a $1.5 million gift to the University of California from the Bancitaly Corporation in honor of its founder, A.P. Giannini. This fund has now grown to $20 million that is used to promote and support research on the economics of California agriculture. Members, which include faculty from various University of California campuses, may apply for grants to conduct research on California's agricultural economy and development. The findings are often reported in numerous publications. Origin of the Foundation Amadeo Peter Giannini, or A.P. as he was known, established the Bank of Italy in 1904 in the North Beach district of San Francisco. He initially made his money as a commission merchant and produce dealer for farms in the Santa Clara Valley, but found banks uninterested in being in business with farms, so he decided to open his own bank. The business continued to grow and more branches were opened in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannini Sextuplets
The Giannini sextuplets (born 11 January 1980) are a set of sextuplets born to Rosanna Caviglia Giannini and Franco Giannini at the hospital in Villa Medici at Careggi, Florence, Italy. They were the second set of sextuplets in the world to survive past infancy, and the first surviving sextuplets to be born in Europe. The Giannini sextuplets were born six years to the date after the Rosenkowitz sextuplets, the first surviving sextuplets on record. The sextuplets are made up of four boys and two girls. They are, in birth order;Interview with Sextuplets in (in Italian), 2004 Backstory Rosanna Caviglia was born and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
