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Italy In The Jeux Sans Frontières
Italy participated in all Jeux sans frontières contests, from the first in 1965 through the last in 1999, making Italy the only country to never miss any year in the contest. They won the International Finals four times and they are the winners of the last contest, thanks to Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...-Südtirol. Participation in the international finals Notes References {{Reflist Jeux sans frontières ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeux Sans Frontières (1999)
''Jeux sans frontières'' (; "Games Without Borders" in French) is a Europe-wide television game show, based on the French programme ''Intervilles'' which was first broadcast in 1962. It was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which owned the format. In non French-speaking countries, the show had alternative titles.; nl, Spel Zonder Grenzen; it, Giochi Senza Frontiere; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Igre Bez Granica, Игре Без Граница; sl, Igre Brez Meja; es, Juegos Sin Fronteras; pt, Jogos Sem Fronteiras; el, Παιχνίδια Χωρίς Σύνορα, Paichnídia Chorís Sýnora; cy, Gemau Heb Ffiniau; hu, Játék Határok Nélkül; cs, Hry Bez Hranic. It is also widely known as ''It's a Knockout'', the title of the BBC's domestic version and national selection for the programme. History The idea of the show came from French President Charles de Gaulle, whose wish was that French and German youth would meet in a serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chioggia
Chioggia (; vec, Cióxa , locally ; la, Clodia) is a coastal town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Geography The town is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice about south of Venice ( by road); causeways connect it to the mainland and to its '' frazione'', nowadays a quarter, of Sottomarina. The population of the ''comune'' is around 50,000, with the town proper accounting for about half of that and Sottomarina for most of the rest. The municipality, located in south of the province, close to the provinces of Padua and Rovigo, borders with Campagna Lupia, Cavarzere, Codevigo, Cona, Correzzola, Loreo, Rosolina and Venice. History Chioggia and Sottomarina were not prominent in antiquity, although they are first mentioned in Pliny as the ''fossa Clodia''. Local legend attributes this name to its founding by a ''Clodius'', but the origin of this belief is not known. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valle D'Aosta
, Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demographics1_info1 = 95% , demographics1_title2 = , demographics1_info2 = , demographics1_title3 = , demographics1_info3 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = CEST , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code_type = ISO 3166 code , area_code = IT-23 , blank_name_sec1 = GDP (nominal) , blank_info_sec1 = €4.9 billion (2018) , blank1_name_sec1 = GDP per capita , blank1_info_sec1 = €38,900 (2018) , blank2_name_sec1 = H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeux Sans Frontières (1994)
''Jeux sans frontières'' (; "Games Without Borders" in French) is a Europe-wide television game show, based on the French programme '' Intervilles'' which was first broadcast in 1962. It was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which owned the format. In non French-speaking countries, the show had alternative titles.; nl, Spel Zonder Grenzen; it, Giochi Senza Frontiere; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Igre Bez Granica, Игре Без Граница; sl, Igre Brez Meja; es, Juegos Sin Fronteras; pt, Jogos Sem Fronteiras; el, Παιχνίδια Χωρίς Σύνορα, Paichnídia Chorís Sýnora; cy, Gemau Heb Ffiniau; hu, Játék Határok Nélkül; cs, Hry Bez Hranic. It is also widely known as ''It's a Knockout'', the title of the BBC's domestic version and national selection for the programme. History The idea of the show came from French President Charles de Gaulle, whose wish was that French and German youth would meet in a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cogne
Cogne (, ; Issime wae, Kunji) is a town and '' comune'' (municipality) in Aosta Valley, northern Italy, with 1369 inhabitants, as of 2017. Geography Cogne is located in the valley with the same name along a stream known as the Torrent Grand Eyvia. It is the largest municipality in the Aosta Valley. Cogne is from Turin, from Geneva and from Aosta. The town center of Cogne, called "Veulla" (meaning "town center" in the local Arpitan language), is surrounded by four valleys: * South: the Valnontey valley, which leads to the slopes of Gran Paradiso; * North: the Grauson valley; * South-east, the Urtier valley and Valleille; * East, the Gimillan valley. A large meadow, known as the '' St Ursus Meadow'' ( It. ''Prati di Sant'Orso''; Fr. ''Prés de Saint-Ours''), is located at the southern edge of the town centerwebcam; the municipal statute forbids any construction works on this meadow, which has received recognition as a "Wonder of Italy". History The population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeux Sans Frontières (1993)
''Jeux sans frontières'' (; "Games Without Borders" in French) is a Europe-wide television game show, based on the French programme '' Intervilles'' which was first broadcast in 1962. It was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which owned the format. In non French-speaking countries, the show had alternative titles.; nl, Spel Zonder Grenzen; it, Giochi Senza Frontiere; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Igre Bez Granica, Игре Без Граница; sl, Igre Brez Meja; es, Juegos Sin Fronteras; pt, Jogos Sem Fronteiras; el, Παιχνίδια Χωρίς Σύνορα, Paichnídia Chorís Sýnora; cy, Gemau Heb Ffiniau; hu, Játék Határok Nélkül; cs, Hry Bez Hranic. It is also widely known as ''It's a Knockout'', the title of the BBC's domestic version and national selection for the programme. History The idea of the show came from French President Charles de Gaulle, whose wish was that French and German youth would meet in a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breuil-Cervinia
Breuil-Cervinia (french: Breuil; it, Cervinia; Valdôtain: ) is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Valtournenche, and is considered one of the most renowned winter and summer tourist resorts in the Alps. Etymology The name of ''Breuil-Cervinia'' is a fusion of two terms: ''Breuil'', in French, the original name of the place before the tourist settlement was built, derived from Valdôtain dialect ''Breuill'' indicating a marshy mountain terrain, a very common toponym throughout the Aosta Valley; and ''Cervinia'', the toponym that was given the town following the process of italianization of placenames in the Aosta Valley wanted by the fascist government, referring to the Cervin (fr.) or Cervino (it.), the Matterhorn. Geography Breuil-Cervinia lies at above sea level, at the foot of the Matterhorn, in the Valtournenche valley and surrounded by the Jumeaux, the Château des Dames, the Furggen and the Grandes Murailles summits. It shares a ski area with Zermatt through the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeux Sans Frontières (1992)
''Jeux sans frontières'' (; "Games Without Borders" in French) is a Europe-wide television game show, based on the French programme ''Intervilles'' which was first broadcast in 1962. It was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 under the auspices of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which owned the format. In non French-speaking countries, the show had alternative titles.; nl, Spel Zonder Grenzen; it, Giochi Senza Frontiere; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Igre Bez Granica, Игре Без Граница; sl, Igre Brez Meja; es, Juegos Sin Fronteras; pt, Jogos Sem Fronteiras; el, Παιχνίδια Χωρίς Σύνορα, Paichnídia Chorís Sýnora; cy, Gemau Heb Ffiniau; hu, Játék Határok Nélkül; cs, Hry Bez Hranic. It is also widely known as ''It's a Knockout'', the title of the BBC's domestic version and national selection for the programme. History The idea of the show came from French President Charles de Gaulle, whose wish was that French and German youth would meet in a serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigevano
Vigevano (; lmo, label= Western Lombard, Avgevan) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pavia, Lombardy in northern Italy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing agricultural district. Vigevano received the honorary title of city with a decree of Duke Francis II Sforza on 2 February 1532. It is famed for its beautiful Renaissance "''Piazza Ducale''" in the centre of the town. History The earliest records of Vigevano date from the 10th century AD, when it was a favoured residence of the Lombard king Arduin, for the sake of the good hunting in the vicinity. Vigevano was a Ghibelline commune, favoring the Emperor and was accordingly besieged and taken by the Milanese in 1201 and again in 1275. In 1328 it finally surrendered to Azzone Visconti, and thereafter shared the political fortunes of Milan. The Church of San Pietro Martire (St Peter Martyr) was built, with the adjacent Dominican convent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treviso
Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls (''le Mura'') or in the historical and monumental center; some 80,000 live in the urban center while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000. The city is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton, Sisley, Stefanel, Geox, Diadora and Lotto Sport Italia, appliance maker De'Longhi, and bicycle maker Pinarello. Treviso is also known for being the original production area of Prosecco wine and radicchio, and is thought to have been the origin of the popular Italian dessert Tiramisù. History Ancient era Some believe that Treviso derived its name from the Celtic word "tarvos" mixed with the Latin ending "isium" forming "Tarvisium", of the tarvos. Tarvos means bull in Celtic mythology, thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monte Argentario
Monte Argentario is a ''comune'' (municipality) and a peninsula belonging to the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about south of Grosseto. The peninsula is connected with the mainland by three spits of land which form two lagoons, the ''Laguna di Ponente'' on the west side and the ''Laguna di Levante'' on the east side of the middle dam. The two main villages on Monte Argentario are Porto Santo Stefano, chief town, facing north, and Porto Ercole facing south. The panoramic road ''Strada panoramica'' starts in Porto Santo Stefano allowing splendid views of the coast and the Tuscan Archipelago. Monte Argentario borders the ''comune'' of Orbetello, which is located on the middle dam between the two lagoons. Geography Monte Argentario is a promontory stretching towards the Tyrrhenian Sea in correspondence of the two southernmost islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, Giglio and Giannutri. The promontory was an island in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pila, Aosta Valley
Pila is an Alpine ski-resort in the Aosta Valley region of northern Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Gressan. There are more than 24 pistes (>70 km total length), including 4 blue runs, 29 red runs and 4 black runs, with a pipe zone and a slopestyle zone. There is one cable car, 3 gondolas, 8 chairlifts and 5 conveyors. The resort itself is at 1,814 metres altitude, while the highest skiing can be done at 2,700m. The nearest city to Pila is Aosta, to which it is connected by road and also a cable car system. It is the site of one of Laurent Chappis Laurent Chappis (8 May 1915 – 28 December 2013) was a French architect and town planner. He was born in Aix-les-Bains, France in May 1915. He created the French ski resort of Courchevel located in the Trois Vallées and in doing so practically w ...'s works. References External links Ski Resort HomepageHotelTHE SKI FACTFILEPila ski resort guide Frazioni of Aosta Valley Cities and towns in Aost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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