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Marsico Nuovo
Marsico Nuovo ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. It was the seat of the bishops of Grumentum. It is an agricultural centre in the Agri river valley. History The city's origins are obscure, but, after the destruction by the Saracens of the ancient ''Grumentum'', the town grew in importance, and became the seat of a county under the Normans (11th century). Its most famous count was Sylvester of Marsico. It was subsequently ruled by the Hauteville, the Guarna and Sanseverino families. The last count from the latter, Ferrante Sanseverino, was exiled in 1552 and his fiefs acquired by the Kingdom of Naples. Main sights Among the churches in the town are: * Cathedral of San Giorgio * San Gianuario * San Michele Arcangelo * Madonna del Carmine * Santi Maria di Constantinopoli * San Rocco, contains arts from a destroyed church of All Saints. References See also *Marsicovetere Marsicovetere ( Lucano: ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Marsico Nuovo
The diocese of Marsico Nuovo was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Basilicata, southern Italy, which existed until 1818. It was a suffragan of the archbishops of Salerno. In 1818, Marsico Nuovo was united ''aeque principaliter'' with the diocese of Potenza, to form the diocese of Marsico Nuovo and Potenza. History Marsico Nuovo is a city of the province of Potenza in Southern Italy. Its origin is obscure, but the ancient Grumentum was destroyed by the Saracens. It is said that a Saint Laberius or Saverius first preached the Gospel there. In the story of Laberius appears the name of a Bishop Sempronius Atto; both are inventions. An attested bishop of Grumentum is Tullianus (c. 558-560). In a letter of July 599, Pope Gregory I orders Romanus, his Defensor Siciliae, to intervene in a squabble between two men "in parochia Grumentina." Transfer of episcopal residence The town of Marsico Nuovo grew in importance, and became under the Normans the seat of a county. It beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauteville Family
The Hauteville ( it, Altavilla) was a Norman family originally of seigneurial rank from the Cotentin. The Hautevilles rose to prominence through their part in the Norman conquest of southern Italy. By 1130, one of their members, Roger II, was made the first King of Sicily. His male-line descendants ruled Sicily until 1194. Some Italian Hautevilles took part in the First Crusade and the founding of the Principality of Antioch (1098). Origins The traditional account of the family's origin traces them back to Hiallt, a 10th-century Norseman who settled in the Cotentin Peninsula and founded the estate of ''Hialtus villa'', giving rise in corrupted form to the family toponymic ''Hauteville''. The name represents the Scandinavian ''Hjalti'' or ''Hialti''), but may instead have resulted from confusion with the ''Helt s' found in ''Heltvilla'', modern Héauville.''Les Noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Manche'', A. et J. Picard, préface Yves Nédélec, 1986, , oclc=1531442 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsicovetere
Marsicovetere ( Lucano: ) is a town of and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Geography It is bounded by the comuni of Calvello, Grumento Nova, Marsico Nuovo, Paterno, Tramutola and Viggiano. Historically important is the historic center, the old Marsicovetere, although the most population resides today in Villa d'Agri, a hamlet (''frazione'') representing the new part of the town, at of elevation. The other municipal hamlet is Barricelle. History Marsicovetere was an ancient city of the Marsi in the Agri River valley, later conquered by the Romans. In the year 1000 it was seat of a county. In 1498 King Frederick IV of Naples donated it to the Caracciolo family, who held it until 1777 save a brief parenthesis under the Di Palmas. In 1860 it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santi Maria Di Constantinopoli, Marsico Nuovo
Santa Maria di Costantinopoli is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Santa Maria just outside the town of Marsico Nuovo, near the site of an old bridge over the river Agri, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = ..., Italy. History The church was built in 1593 under the patronage of the ''Universitas Marsicense''. The interior has an elaborate main altar, and a vault with 17th-18th century frescoes depicting the ''Coronation of the Virgin and Saints''. The portal is sculpted in stone. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ma ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna Del Carmine, Marsico Nuovo
The Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Raia Occidentale in the town of Marsico Nuovo, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata, Italy. History The church and the adjacent monastery of ''San Tommaso di Canterbury'' were first erected between the 13th and 14th centuries. The sober neoclassical-style facade has a 14th-century main portal with four slender columns and a rounded marble arch. Inside the church is a 14th-century wooden sculpture depicting the ''Madonna and Child'' attributed to Giovanni di Nola Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Michele Arcangelo, Marsico Nuovo
San Michele Arcangelo is a Roman Catholic church located on Largo San Gianuario, in front of the more imposing church of San Gianuario in the town of Marsico Nuovo, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata, Italy. History The popularity of churches dedicated to the warrior angel was spread by the Lombards, and this and some documents attest to this church existing centuries before 1131, perhaps in the time of the Duchy of Benevento. The church at the site has undergone many reconstructions over the centuries. Many are due to damage by earthquakes, including one in 1700 cited by a plaque in the belltower. The present facade was likely the original apse. The main portal in gothic-style dates to the 13th century or earlier, and is attributed to the Master Melchiorre da Montalbano. The interior has a medieval stone baptismal font and an 18th-century painting on wood of the Archangel. The apse has remains of medieval frescoes showing Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Gianuario, Marsico Nuovo
San Gianuario is a Roman Catholic church located on Largo San Gianuario, in front of the church of San Michele Arcangelo, in the town of Marsico Nuovo, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata, Italy. It is cited as the co-cathedral of the town along with the church of San Giorgio. History The church is thought to have been erected at the site of a pagan Serapeum, and that some of the capitals of the columns are spolia from such a temple. The site had a pre-Christian cemetery. Documents maintain the Abbey of Santo Stefano was erected here under the patronage of a Count Osmondo during the rule of the Norman Robert Guiscard in the region. The abbey putatively held the relics of ''San Gianuario'', a 4th-century bishop martyred nearby by Diocletian. The abbey however fell into disuse and ruin, leaving behind only this church. The structure has been refurbished over the centuries. The church houses a number of artworks including a detached fresco derived from the church of San Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsico Nuovo Cathedral
Marsico Nuovo Cathedral ( it, Concattedrale di Marsico Nuovo; Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Giorgio) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint George, in the town of Marsico Nuovo, province of Potenza, region of Basilicata, Italy. It stands on a hill that rises above the town. Formerly the seat of the diocese of Marsico Nuovo, it has been a co-cathedral within the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo since 1986. History The structure was erected in 1131 under the patronage of the bishop Enrico and count Goffredo. This Romanesque church was destroyed by a fire in 1807. A new church was commissioned by the bishop Ignazio Maroldo, and completed by 1829, but an earthquake razed the building in 1857. Finally, a new cathedral was begun in 1875 and completed in 1899. The belltower dates from 1293, commissioned by Count Tommaso Sanseverino. The main portal dates from the 16th century and is surrounded by an 18th-cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrante Sanseverino
Ferdinando (Ferrante) Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno (18 January 1507 – 1568) was an Italian condottiero. Biography Born in Naples, he was the son of Roberto Sanseverino and a noble girl from a Salerno family. Fernando Sanseverino was the last of the Sanseverino Princes of Salerno. He fought for Emperor Charles V in Germany and France. He took part to Charles' incoronation in Bologna (1530), and was also present at the Conquest of Tunis (1535). He was one of the imperial leaders in the fourth war against Francis I of France and fought at the battle of Ceresole (1544). Returning to Naples, he clashed with the Spanish viceroy Pedro de Toledo, due to his opposition to the institution of Holy Inquisition tribunals in the Kingdom of Naples. He therefore moved to France at the court of King Henry II, embracing the Huguenot faith. His Italian fiefs were given to the Gonzaga family. Ferdinando Sanseverino died at Avignon, in France, in 1568. Main accomplishments He was a passionat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanseverino
* Sanseverino (family): The Sanseverino are one of the historical families most famous in the Kingdom of Naples and all of Italy, having 300 strongholds, 40 counties, nine marquisates, twelve duchies and ten principalities primarily distributed in Calabria, Campania, Basilicata, and Apulia. Among its members, one finds a cardinal, a viceroy, marshals and condottiere. Sanseverino is also a surname, and may refer to: * Roscemanno Sanseverino, 12th century cardinal * Antonio Sanseverino, (ca. 1477-1543), Neapolitan branch; Cardinal Priest (1527-1537), Cardinal Bishop (1537–1543); Archbishop of Taranto (1528–1543). * Ferdinando Sanseverino (1507–1572), prince of Salerno and Italian condottiero * Aurora Sanseverino (1669–1726), Italian noblewoman and salonniere * Gaetano Sanseverino (1811–1865), Italian theologian * Stéphane Sanseverino (born 1961), contemporary French singer, best known as Sanseverino Fictional characters * Robyn Sanseverino, an FBI agent with a recurri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Statistics (Italy)
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is by far the largest producer of statistical information in Italy, and is an active member of the European Statistical System, coordinated by Eurostat. History The Italian National Institute of Statistics (IT ISTAT) was founded in compliance with Law Decree no. 1162 of 9 July 1926 as the Central Institute of Statistics (IT Istituto Centrale di Statistica) in order to replace the General Statistics Division of the Ministry for Agriculture (now known as Ministero delle politiche agricole alimentari, forestali e del turismo). The direction of the institution, which was subordinated to the head of state, was given to Corrado Gini. The ISTAT institute, with a staff of about 170 workers, was supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neapolitan Language
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