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Giotto Maraghini
Giotto Maraghini (16 November 1882 – 10 April 1946) was an Italian admiral during World War II. Biography He was born in Sanremo, province of Imperia, on November 16, 1882, the son of Edoardo Maraghini, principal of the Lyceum of Vercelli. He entered the Accademia Navale di Livorno, Royal Naval Academy of Livorno in 1899, graduating with the rank of ensign in 1902. He served on various ships, including the armored cruiser Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1899), ''Giuseppe Garibaldi''; after commanding the gunboat ''Volturno'' with the rank of lieutenant, he was assigned on the armored cruiser Italian cruiser Pisa, ''Pisa'', participating in the Italo-Turkish War (1911- 1912) in which he earned a War Cross for Military Valor for distinguishing himself in command of a landing company in Tobruk and Derna, Libya, Derna.Paolo Alberini, Franco Prosperini, Dizionario Biografico Uomini della Marina 1861-1946, p. 325 During the First World War he served on submarines; he began t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Riviera. It hosts numerous cultural events, such as the Sanremo Music Festival and the Milan–San Remo cycling classic. Name The name of the city is a phonetic contraction of ''Sant'Eremo di San Romolo'', which refers to Romulus of Genoa, the successor to Syrus of Genoa. It is often stated in modern folk stories that Sanremo is a translation of Saint Remus. In Ligurian language (Romance), Ligurian, his name is ''San Rœmu''. The spelling ''San Remo'' is on all ancient maps of Liguria, the ancient Republic of Genoa, Italy in the Middle Ages, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Kingdom of Italy. It was used in 1924 in official documents under Benito Mussolini, Mussolini. This form of the name appears still on some road signs and, more rarely, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
