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Monteleone Roccadoria , Italian comune
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Monteleone () may refer to: * Monteleone (surname), an Italian surname * Monteleone chariot, an Etruscan chariot * Hotel Monteleone, an hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America Places * Monteleone d'Orvieto, Italian comune * Monteleone di Calabria (now Vibo Valentia), Italian comune * Monteleone di Fermo, Italian comune * Monteleone di Puglia, Italian comune * Monteleone di Spoleto, Italian comune * Monteleone Rocca Doria, Italian comune * Monteleone Sabino, Italian comune * Inverno e Monteleone Inverno e Monteleone ( egl, label= Vogherese, Invèrän e Muntagliòn) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southeast of Milan and about 20 km east of Pavia. Invern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone (surname)
Monteleone is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Davide Monteleone, photographer * Enzo Monteleone (born 1954), film director and screenwriter * Rich Monteleone (born 1963), Major League Baseball pitcher and coach * Thomas F. Monteleone Thomas Francis Monteleone (born April 14, 1946) is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author."Monteleone, Thomas F(rancis)", by Don D'Ammassa in David Pringle, ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers''. London : S ... (born 1946), science fiction and horror fiction author See also * Monteleone (other) {{surname Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone Chariot
The Monteleone chariot is an Etruscan chariot dated to c. 530 BC, considered one of the world's great archaeological finds. It was originally uncovered at Monteleone di Spoleto and is currently a star attraction in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247020?sortBy=Relevance&ft=monteleone&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=5 Though about 300 ancient chariots are known to still exist, only six are reasonably complete, and the Monteleone chariot is the best-preserved and most complete of all known surviving examples. Carlos Picón, curator of the museum's Greek and Roman department, has called it ''"the grandest piece of sixth-century Etruscan bronze anywhere in the world."'' Description The Monteleone chariot was part of a chariot burial, containing the remains of two human corpses, along with two drinking cups. Measuring in height and designed to be drawn by two horses, the chariot itself is construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Monteleone
Hotel Monteleone is a family-owned and operated hotel located at 214 Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. The hotel includes the only high-rise building in the interior French Quarter and is well known for its Carousel Piano Bar & Lounge, a rotating bar. Built in 1886 in the Beaux-Arts architectural style with an eclectic flair, Hotel Monteleone is a historic landmark and a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.HistoricHotels.orgHotel Monteleone Page/ref> The hotel has 570 guest rooms, including 50 suites. History Antonio Monteleone arrived in New Orleans from Sicily around the year 1880. A cobbler by trade, Monteleone set up shop on Royal Street, then a center of commerce and banking.HistoricHotels.orgHotel Monteleone Historic Significance Page/ref> In 1886, Monteleone purchased a small hotel on the corner of Royal and Iberville streets. When the nearby Commercial Hotel becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone D'Orvieto
Monteleone d'Orvieto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km southwest of Perugia and about 60 km northwest of Terni. History According to 16th-century historian Cipriano Manente, Monteleone was founded by the ''comune'' of Orvieto in 1052, as a castle guarding its northern boundaries. In 1373 Emperor Charles IV assigned it to the viscounts of Turrena, and later it was contended by several local barons such as the Corbara family and a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. In 1481 it was returned to Orvieto. In 1643, during the War of Castro fought between the Barberini Pope Urban VIII and the house of Farnese, Monteleone was besieged and destroyed by the troops of Florence. Main sights *Remains of the medieval walls, including the northern gate. *Church of ''SS. Apostoli Pietro e Paolo''. It houses a ''Madonna with Child between Sts. Paul and Peter'', once attributed to Perugino Pietro Perugino (, ; – 1523), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vibo Valentia
Vibo Valentia (; Monteleone before 1861; Monteleone di Calabria from 1861 to 1928; scn, label= Calabrian, Vibbu Valenzia or ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the province of Vibo Valentia, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center (the most famous places nearby are Tropea, Ricadi and Pizzo). There are also several large manufacturing industries, including the tuna district of Maierato. Very important for the local economy is Vibo Marina's harbour. History Vibo Valentia was originally the Greek colony of Hipponion ( grc-gre, Ἱππόνιον). It was founded, probably around the late 7th century BC, by inhabitants of Locri, a principal city of the Italian Magna Graecia, south of Vibo Valentia on the Ionian Sea. Diodorus Siculus reports that the city was taken in 388 BC by Dionysius the Elder tyrant of Syracuse, who deported all the population. The population came back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone Di Fermo
Monteleone di Fermo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona, about north of Ascoli Piceno and of Fermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 449 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Monteleone di Fermo borders the following municipalities: Belmonte Piceno, Monsampietro Morico, Montelparo, Santa Vittoria in Matenano, Servigliano. Among the churches in the town are the following: * San Marone Martire. * San Giovanni Battista, Monteleone di Fermo. *Madonna di Loreto. *Madonna della Misericordia The Virgin of Mercy is a subject in Christian art, showing a group of people sheltering for protection under the outspread cloak, or pallium, of the Virgin Mary. It was especially popular in Italy from the 13th to 16th centuries, often as a speci .... Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone Di Puglia
Monteleone di Puglia ( Irpinian: ) is a hill town and ''comune'' of the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of south-eastern Italy. Its territory borders the municipalities of Accadia, Anzano di Puglia, Ariano Irpino ( AV), Panni, San Sossio Baronia (AV), Sant'Agata di Puglia, Savignano Irpino (AV), Zungoli (AV). History The town was historically inhabited by Provençal refugees (followers of the Waldensian Protestant rite) and Arbëreshë community, but both have since assimilated. In 1942, during World War II, Monteleone was the seat of a revolt women, sparked by the arrogance of a Carabinieri officer who confiscated a pot of corn flour that was being carried to a local bakery by three women. The women resisted, pleading with the officer. The women were brought by the officer to the Fascist regime-appointed mayor. The mayor sided with the officer, and the women were promptly imprisoned in a warehouse filled with cheese and other foods. The women set the warehouse o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone Di Spoleto
Monteleone di Spoleto (in Antiquity, the Roman town of ''Brufa''), is a town and ''comune'' of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeast Umbria at 978 meters (3209 ft) above sea-level overhanging the upper valley of the Corno River. It is one of the more remote towns in Umbria, on a mountain road from Norcia and Cascia (33 km and 12 km NNE respectively) to Leonessa and Rieti in the Lazio (10 km S and 51 km SSW). The population of the ''comune'' was 648 in 2010, with the town proper accounting for about half of that; the ''frazioni'' of Monteleone are Butino, Rescia, Ruscio, and Trivio. History Monteleone is famous for one of the world's great archaeological finds: a 6th‑century BC Etruscan chariot that quickly followed the path of money and by the early 20th century had already wound up in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. A copy of the chariot is on display in Monteleone. There remain, however, few if any traces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone Rocca Doria
Monteleone Rocca Doria ( sc, Monteleone) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about south of Sassari. As of 2018, it had a population of 99 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Monteleone Rocca Doria borders the following municipalities: Padria, Romana, Villanova Monteleone Villanova Monteleone ( sc, Biddanòa) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about southwest of Sassari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2 .... Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1000 TimeAxis = orientation:v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monteleone Sabino
Monteleone Sabino is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Latium region of Italy, located about northeast of Rome and about south of Rieti. Main sights * Trebula Mutusca: ruins of the ancient Sabine The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divide ... town * Santa Vittoria: 12th-century Romanesque shrine or sanctuary church, which left side was rebuilt during the 15th century. Twin towns * Santa Vittoria in Matenano, Italy References External linksOfficial website Cities and towns in Lazio {{Latium-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
