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Montalto (version Española)
Montalto may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Italy * Montalto (Apuan Alps) (correctly spelled as Monte Alto or Mont'Alto), a mountain located in Tuscany, Italy and part of the Apuan Alps * Montalto Carpasio, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria * Montalto delle Marche, a municipality in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy ** The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Montalto, with see in the above city * Montalto di Castro, a municipality in the province of Viterbo, Latium, Italy * Montalto Dora, a municipality in the province of Turin, Piedmont, Italy * Montalto Ligure, a municipality in the province of Imperia, Liguria, Italy * Montalto Pavese, a municipality in the province of Pavia, Lombardy, Italy * Montalto Uffugo, a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy * Castello di Montalto, a castle in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy * Montalto (Aspromonte), an Italian mountain peak New Zealand * Montalto, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalto (Apuan Alps)
Montalto (correctly spelled as Monte Alto or Mont'Alto, in English ''High Mountain'') is a mountain located in Tuscany, Italy and part of the Apuan Alps range. Its highest peak is at roughly 913 meters above the sea level and it is also home of two villages, Retignano and Volegno, in the municipality of Stazzema, Province of Lucca. Montalto was exploited in the past for its well-known marble quarries, opened during the nineteenth century. More recently it was selected for its strategic position to be part of the Gothic Line, during World War II. History Roman Period Through some findings it can be argued that the area of Montalto was already populated in prehistoric times, from the Paleolithic period up to the Bronze Age and Iron Age. The most certain origins of the neighboring villages can date back to the twenty years from 580 to 560 BC, in Roman times, when the inhabitants of the Apuan Alps were known as ''Liguri Apuani''. The Ligurian Apuani, or more simply Apuani, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando D' Aragona Y Guardato, 1st Duke Of Montalto
Ferdinando may refer to: Politics * Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549–1609) * Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1610–1670) * Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663–1713), eldest son of Cosimo III de' Medici * Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1587–1626) * Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1652–1708), only child of Duke Charles II of Mantua * Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1584–1648), English politician and parliamentary general Sports * Ferdinando De Giorgi (born 1961), Italian volleyball player and coach * Ferdinando Meglio (born 1959), Italian fencer * Ferdinando Piani, Italian bobsledder Other * Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena (1656–1743), Italian architect and painter * Ferdinando Galiani (1728–1787), Italian economist during the Enlightenment * Ferdinando Piretti, an Italian mathematician * Ferdinando Sardella, a Swedish scholar of the history of religion * ''Ferdinando Eboli' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montalto Di Castro Nuclear Power Station
The Montalto di Castro nuclear power station was a nuclear power plant at Montalto di Castro in Italy. Consisting of two BWR A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of light water nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power. It is a design different from a Soviet graphite-moderated RBMK. It is the second most common type of electricity-generating nuc ... units each of 982 MWe, it was approaching completion in 1988 when the Italian government decided to close all nuclear plants as a result of the 1987 referendum. In February 1988 the two units were eighty percent complete, representing about a five billion dollars investment. It never operated. Its area and some of the already built structures are now used by the fossil-fuel power station "Alessandro Volta", the biggest power station in Italy. Reactor data The nuclear power plant has two units: References External links Nuclear power in Italyat the WNA site. Nuclear power stations using bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palazzo Montalto
Palazzo Montalto, also known as Palazzo Mergulese-Montalto, is a late 14th-century palace on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily. History The palace was built in 1397 for Maciotta Mergulese. This is commemorated by the following inscription on the façade: In the 15th century, the Queen of Aragon gave the palace to Filippo Montalto. It was used as a temporary hospital during a cholera epidemic in 1837, and it was used by the ''Figlie della Carità'' in 1854. Architecture The palace is built in Chiaramonte Gothic architecture. Its façade is characterized by a number of mullioned windows decorated with flower motifs. It also has a ''palline losanghe'' cornice, similar to the one found at Palazzo Falson in Mdina Mdina ( mt, L-Imdina ; phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤈, Maleṭ; grc, Μελίττη, Melite (ancient city), Melíttē; ar, مدينة, Madīnah; ), also known by its Italian-language titles ("Old City") and ("Notable City"), is a fortifications of Mdin ..., Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Montalto
Adriano Montalto (born 6 April 1988) is an Italian association football, footballer who plays for club Casertana FC, Casertana. Biography Born in Erice, Sicily Island, Montalto started his career at Sicilian club A.C.R. Messina, Messina. in summer 2007 he was signed by Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Serie C2 club S.S. Scafatese Calcio 1922, Scafatese in temporary deal. Montalto became a free agent after Messina's bankruptcy in July 2008. Montalto became a player of the third-tier club Calcio Lecco 1912, Lecco in 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Montalto did not play any game in the first half of 2009–10 season. He was signed by Serie B club U.S. Salernitana 1919, Salernitana in January 2010 in a -year contract. He wore no.11 shirt for the first team. However, he did not play any game in 2009–10 Serie B. The club relegated to the third tier in 2010, which Montalto had played 12 times. In 2011 Salernitana bankrupted. Montalto joined another third-tier club U.S. Siracusa, Siracu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Attard Montalto
John Attard Montalto (born 7 February 1953) is a Maltese politician who was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2014. He is a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists. He served in the government of Malta as Minister for Industry and Economic Affairs from 1996 to 1998. Career Born in Sliema, Attard Montalto studied History and Law at the University of Malta and he was also student representative on the University Senate. He first contested the general elections in 1987 and was elected. He was re-elected in subsequent elections in 1992, 1996, 1998 and 2003. Between 1996 and 1998, when the Labour Party was in government, he served as Minister for Industry and Economic Affairs. After the defeat of Labour Party at the polls in 2003 and the resignation of the Party Leader Alfred Sant, Attard Montalto announced his intention to run for the post. The race turned out to be between three contestants, including Sant who was persuade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Montalto
Giacomo Montalto (Trapani, April 4, 1864 - Trapani, October 24, 1934) was an Italian Republican-inspired socialist, politician and lawyer. He was one of the leaders of the ''Fasci Siciliani'' (Sicilian Leagues), a popular movement of democratic and socialist inspiration in 1891-1894. Early life Born in Trapani, the son of the lawyer Francesco Montalto and Maria Sanfilippo, he obtained a law degree. As a young man he attended the radical circles of Trapani inspired by Giuseppe Mazzini and studied the social question in Sicily. Between August and October 1890, he travelled to Germany where he came into contact with Marxist ideas, met some social-democrat Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soc ... leaders and was inspired to translate socialist texts into Italian, such as ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Peretti Di Montalto
Francesco Peretti di Montalto (1597 – 4 May 1655) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal. Peretti was born to an Italian noble family. By birth he was to be the successor of his father; Prince of Venafro, Venetian patrician, Marquis of San Martino, Count of Celano and Baron of Pescina. However, he was also a nephew of Cardinal Alessandro Peretti di Montalto and a great-grand-nephew of Pope Sixtus V. As his father's only son he was urged to marry to continue the family line. He chose the ''Princess of Cesi'' but his father disapproved. Dismayed by his father's prohibition he ran away from home and went to Rome to become a priest. Little is known of his early ecclesiastic career but having served faithfully, he was elevated to cardinal on 16 December 1641 by Pope Urban VIII and was made Cardinal-priest of San Girolamo degli Schiavoni on 10 February 1642. He participated in the Papal conclave of 1644 which elected Pope Innocent X. He was elected Archbishop of Monreale in 1650. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Baroni Peretti
Andrea Baroni Peretti (1572–1629) was a Catholic cardinal. Biography On 30 November 1624, he was consecrated bishop by Sebastiano Poggi, Bishop of Ripatransone, Bishop Emeritus of Ripatransone, with Lorenzo Azzolini, Bishop of Ripatransone, and Aloysius Galli, Bishop of Ancona e Numana, serving as co-consecrators. Wikipedia:SPS, References 1572 births 1629 deaths 17th-century Italian cardinals {{Italy-RC-cardinal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Peretti Di Montalto
Alessandro Damasceni Peretti di Montalto (1571 – 2 June 1623) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal Bishop. He received the title by his uncle Felice Peretti after the latter was elected Pope Sixtus V on 24 April 1585, in the consistory on 13 May, and was installed as Cardinal Deacon of San Girolamo dei Croati on 14 June 1585; the cardinal was then fourteen years old. The Republic of Venice inscribed him in the ''Libro d'Oro'' as a patrician of Venice that same year. Though he was made the permanent governor of Fermo the following year, and was often the papal legate in Bologna, he was not made a bishop until 1620, when he became Cardinal-Bishop of Albano. He served also as Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church (1589–1623) and Cardinal Protector of the Kingdom of Poland (named on 19 September 1589 by King Zygmunt III Waza) and of the several religious orders. Alessandro Peretti was born at Montalto delle Marche, the son of Fabio Damasceni and Maria Felice Mignucci Peretti, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gioseffo Danedi
Gioseffo Danedi (1618–1689) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. He was born at Treviglio, and was the brother of Giovanni Stefano Danedi, and together, they were known as the ''Montalti''. Both received instruction from the Milanese painter Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli (''il Morazzone''). Gioseffo painted in Turin and Milan, including a ''Murder of the Innocents'' in the church of San Sebastiano. He was influenced by Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious .... One of his pupils was Tarquinio Grassi. by Luigi Malvezzi, (1882), page 250. References< ...
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Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting
On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida, murdering 17 people and injuring 17 others. Cruz, a former student at the school, fled the scene on foot by blending in with other students, and was arrested without incident approximately one hour later in nearby Coral Springs. Police and prosecutors investigated "a pattern of disciplinary issues and unnerving behavior". The killing spree is the deadliest high school shooting in United States history, surpassing the Columbine High School massacre that killed 15, including the perpetrators, in Colorado in April 1999. The shooting came at a period of heightened public support for gun control that followed mass shootings in Paradise, Nevada, and in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in October and November 2017. Students at Parkland founded Never Again MSD, an advocacy group that lobbies for gun control. On , Gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
