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Hanno (elephant)
Hanno ( it, Annone; c. 1510 – 8 June 1516) was the pet white elephant given by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X (born Giovanni de' Medici) at his coronation. Hanno, an Asian elephant, came to Rome in 1514 with the Portuguese ambassador Tristão da Cunha and quickly became the Pope's favorite animal. Hanno died two years later from complications of a treatment for constipation with gold-enriched laxative. Background King Manuel had either received him as a gift from the Raja of Cochin, or had asked Afonso de Albuquerque, his viceroy in India, to purchase him. Hanno was said to be white in colour, and arrived by ship from Lisbon to Rome in 1514, aged about four years, and was kept initially in an enclosure in the Belvedere courtyard, then moved to a specially constructed building between St. Peter's Basilica and the Apostolic Palace, near the Borgo Sant'Angelo (a road in the rione of Borgo). His arrival was commemorated in poetry and art. Pasquale Malaspina wrot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanno
Hanno may refer to: People * Hanno (given name) :* Hanunu (8th century BC), Philistine king previously rendered by scholars as "Hanno" *Hanno ( xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤀 , '; , ''Hannōn''), common Carthaginian name :* Hanno the Navigator, Carthaginian explorer :* Hanno the Elder (died 204 BC), Carthaginian general :* Hanno I the Great (4th century BC), Carthaginian politician and military leader :* Hanno II the Great (3rd century BC), wealthy Carthaginian aristocrat :*Hanno III the Great (2nd century BC), Carthaginian politician :* Hanno, son of Hannibal, Carthaginian general in the First Punic War :*Hanno, Messana garrison commander, Carthaginian general in The First Punic War :* Hanno, son of Bomilcar, Carthaginian officer in the Second Punic War * Dennis M. Hanno, U.S. college president * Carl von Hanno (1901–1953), Norwegian painter * Lillemor von Hanno (1900–1984), Norwegian actress, novelist and playwright * Wilhelm von Hanno (1826–1882), German-born Norwegian architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rione
A (; plural: ) is a neighbourhood in several Italian cities. A is a territorial subdivision. The larger administrative subdivisions in Rome are the , with the being used only in the historic centre. The word derives from the Latin , the 14 subdivisions of Rome imposed by Augustus.The word rione in the '' Treccani'' dictionary on-line The term has been adopted as a synonym of in the Italian . See also * Circoscrizione * * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio A
Silvio () is an Italian male name, the male equivalent of Silvia. Sílvio is a variant of the name in Portuguese. It is derived from the Latin "Silvius", meaning "spirit of the wood," and may refer to: People * Silvio Berlusconi (born 1936), Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media magnate * Silvio Branco (born 1966), Italian boxer * Silvio O. Conte (1921–1991), US politician and member of the House of Representatives * Silvio De Sousa (born 1998), Angolan basketball player * Silvio Fernández (other), multiple people * Silvio Frondizi (1907–1974), Argentine lawyer * Silvio Gai (1873–1967), Italian politician * Silvio Gava (1901–1999), Italian politician * Silvio Gazzaniga (1921–2016), Italian sculptor * Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), German economist * Silvio Horta (1974–2020), American TV writer and producer * Silvio Leonard (born 1955), Cuban sprinter * Silvio Marzolini (1940–2020), Argentine footballer * Silvio Micali (born 1954), Italian computer sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dürer's Rhinoceros
''Dürer's Rhinoceros'' is the name commonly given to a woodcut executed by German artist Albrecht Dürer in 1515. Dürer never saw the actual rhinoceros which was the first living example seen in Europe since Roman times. Instead the image is based on an anonymous written description and brief sketch of an Indian rhinoceros that had arrived in Lisbon in 1515. Later that year, the King of Portugal, Manuel I, sent the animal as a gift for Pope Leo X, but it died in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy. A live rhinoceros was not seen again until a second specimen, named Abada, arrived from India at the court of Sebastian of Portugal in 1577. Dürer's woodcut is not an accurate representation. He depicts an animal with hard plates that cover its body like sheets of armor, with a gorget at the throat, a solid-looking breastplate, and what appear to be rivets along the seams. He places a small twisted horn on its back and gives it scaly legs and saw-like rear quarters. None of thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abul-Abbas
Abul-Abbas ( – 810) was an Asian elephant brought back to the Carolingian Empire, Carolingian emperor Charlemagne by his diplomat Isaac the Jew. The gift was from the Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid and symbolizes the beginning of Abbasid–Carolingian alliance, Abbasid–Carolingian relations. The elephant's name and events from his life are recorded in the Carolingian ''Annales regni Francorum,''''Annales regni francorum'' Anno 801 (, Monumenta Germaniae Historica edition) (Eng. tr. of ''ARB'' = ''Royal Frankish Annals'')The ''Annales regni francorum'' Anno 802 gives "''venit Isaac cum elefanto et ceteris muniberus, quae a rege Persarum missa sunt, et Aquisgrani omnia imperatori detulit; nomen elefanti erat Abul Abaz''". Harun al Rashid is referred to as either the king of the Persians (ibid 801:116 "rex Persarum") or of the Saracenes (ibid 810:113 "''ubi dum aliquot dies moraretur, elefant ille, quem ei Aaron rex Sarracenorum miserat, subita morte periit''" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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