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Ninfa Prize
Ninfa may refer to: * Garden of Ninfa, a landscape garden in central Italy * Santa Ninfa, a town and comune in Sicily, southern Italy * Punta Ninfas in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina * Ninfa, a 12th-13th centuries town in Italy, near Norba * Ninfa, a 3rd century Christian saint and patron of Palermo; see Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha * Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi, a Baroque-Mannerist church of Palermo * ''Ninfa plebea'', a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller * ''La fida ninfa'', an opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Scipione Maffei People * Ninfa Baronio (1874-1969) was an Italian-American anarcha-feminist activist * Ninfa Laurenzo, (May 11, 1924 – June 17, 2001), a restaurateur from Houston, Texas who founded the restaurant Ninfa's * Ninfa Marra (born 3 July 1974), a Venezuelan former professional tennis player. * Ninfa Salinas Sada Ninfa Clara Salinas Sada (born 1 May 1980) is a Mexican politician. she is a marketing specialist from Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Of Ninfa
The Garden of Ninfa is a garden in the territory of Cisterna di Latina, in the province of Latina, central Italy. The park has an area of , and is an Italian natural monument. The landscape garden within the park comprises and contains medieval ruins, several oaks, cypresses and poplars, grassy meadows, a wide range of exotic plants from various parts of the world, numerous watercourses and a large variety of rambling roses growing over the stone walls of the ruins. The site is run by the Italian foundation ''Fondazione Roffredo Caetani''. It is open to the public at set times from April to November. Nearby towns include Norma and Sermoneta. Ninfa has been described as "the most romantic garden in the world". History The garden includes the ruins of the ancient settlement of Ninfa, whose name seems to derive from a classical era nymphaeum, a temple dedicated to nymphs, located on an island in the small lake; nymphs were believed to dwell in mountains and groves, by spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Ninfa
Santa Ninfa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Trapani, Sicily, southern Italy. History Santa Ninfa was founded in 1605 by Luigi Arias Giardina who, with approval of King Philip III of Spain Philip III ( es, Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain. As Philip II, he was also King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death in 1621. A member of the House of Habsburg, Phi ..., began to urbanize the country with roads and civil and religious buildings. The town is dedicated to a putative saint, venerated also in Palermo, Santa Ninfa or Nympha The town was built with concentric roads that converge in the central square (Liberty Square). Over the years, buildings were built such as the Baronial Palace (Palazzo Baronale), the Hospital, the Church of St. Ursula, St. Anne's Church and the Convent of the Third Order of St. Francis, the Mother Church (Chiesa Madre which is the Cathedral of the country) and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Ninfas
Punta Ninfas (Spanish, "Nymphs Point") is found in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. A promontory into the Atlantic Ocean, it encloses one side of the Golfo Nuevo, with Península Valdés opposite almost enclosing the circular gulf. The Point is about 90 km southwest of Puerto Madryn. A lighthouse is situated at the Point, which is made up of high, bare cliffs. Punta Ninfas is the location of an important colony of elephant seals, whose breeding season occurs from September to December, with their moult In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer ...ing season taking place from January to April. Headlands of Argentina Landforms of Chubut Province {{Chubut-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norba
Norba, an ancient town of Latium (''Adjectum''), Italy. It is situated 1 mile northwest of the modern town of Norma, on the western edge of the Volscian Mountains or Monti Lepini. The town is perched above a precipitous cliff with a splendid view over the Pomptine Marshes below; the highest point stands to ca. 460 meters (over 1500 feet) above sea level. History Norba was a member of the Latin League of 499 BC. It became a Roman colony in 492 BC, initially to protect the border with the Volsci, and later serving as an important fortress guarding the Pomptine Marshes. It served in 199 BC as a place of detention for the Carthaginian hostages, and was captured and destroyed by Sulla's troops during the civil wars at the end of 82 BC. By the first century AD Norba is included by Pliny the Elder on his list of extinct cities in Latium. Archaeology From excavations begun in 1901 it seems clear that the remains now visible on the site are entirely Roman. The well-preserved walls ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tryphon, Respicius, And Nympha
Saint Tryphon of Campsada (; also spelled ''Trypho'', ''Trifon'', ''Triphon'') was a 3rd-century Christian saint. He is venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches as a great martyr and holy unmercenary. Saint Tryphon was formerly celebrated jointly with Saints Respicius and Nympha on 10 November in the liturgical calendar of the Latin Church from the eleventh century until the twentieth, and remains on the liturgical calendar of the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. Saint Tryphon continues to be celebrated (separately) on on both the Orthodox liturgical calendar and the Roman Calendar of Saints. Life Saint Tryphon is said to have been born at Kampsada in Phrygia (now Turkey), and as a boy took care of geese. His name is derived from the Greek τρυφή ( ''tryphe'') meaning "softness, delicacy". He acquired fame as a healer, especially of animals, and is considered one of the Holy Unmercenaries, particularly invoked on farms. During the Decian persec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Ninfa Dei Crociferi
The Church of Saint Nympha (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Ninfa or Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi) is a Baroque-Mannerist church of Palermo. The facade rises on Via Maqueda, a block north of the central intersection known as the Quattro Canti, in the quarter of Seralcadi, within the historic centre of Palermo. The church belongs to the Camillians (also known as ''"Crociferi"''). History The church is dedicated to one of the female patron saints of Palermo: Ninfa or Nympha who had lived in Palermo was putatively martyred for her faith in the 4th century. It is one of the first buildings erected after the opening of Via Maqueda, the second most important street of the city. The order of the Camillians had been founded by the later canonized Camillus de Lellis in 1582, and rapidly spread throughout Italy. Its adherents, known for wearing cassocks with a red cross, and known as the ''Crociferi'' were in demand for their service in ministering to the sick. Construction of the churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninfa Plebea
''Ninfa plebea'', internationally released as ''The Nymph'', is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. It is based on the Premio Strega winning novel with the same name by Domenico Rea. Cast * Raoul Bova: Pietro * Lucia Cara: Miluzza * Stefania Sandrelli: Nunziata * Isa Danieli: Gesummia * Peppe De Rosa: Don Peppe * Lorenzo Crespi Lorenzo Crespi (born Vincenzo Leopizzi on 13 August 1971) is an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Messina, Crespi made his film debut in 1995, in Pappi Corsicato's '' Black Holes''. In 1998 he won the Globo d'oro for ...: Dino * Simona Patitucci : Rosinella * Giuditta del Vecchio: Annuzza * Lola Pagnani: Lucia References External links * 1996 films 1996 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films Films directed by Lina Wertmüller Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films with screenplays by Ugo Pirro 1990s Italian films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Fida Ninfa
''La fida ninfa'' (''The Faithful Nymph'', RV 714) is an opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Scipione Maffei. The opera was first performed for the opening of the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona on 6 January 1732.Michael Talbot The Vivaldi Compendium - Page xxiii - 2011 "In January 1732 La fida ninfa, an exceptionally prestigious commission, inaugurated ..." Among the arias is ''Alma oppressa de sorte crudele'' (''Soul oppressed by cruel fate''). Recording * ''La fida ninfa'' - Sandrine Piau, Veronica Cangemi, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Lorenzo Regazzo, Philippe Jaroussky, Sara Mingardo, Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi Naive, 3CDs Recorded Église Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris April/May 2008 See also *List of operas by Antonio Vivaldi This is a complete list of operas by Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741). He claimed to have composed 94 operas, but fewer than 50 titles have been identified, of which the scores of only 20 or so survive, wholly or in part. Moreover, the practice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninfa Baronio
Ninfa Baronio (1874-1969) was an Italian-American anarcha-feminist activist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After emigrating from Northern Italy to Paterson, New Jersey, she helped found Paterson's anarchist ''Gruppo Diritto all'Esistenza'' (Right to an Existence Group); co-founded a local feminist group and performed in feminist plays; and, with her companion Firmino Gallo, ran an anarchist bookstore said to be "America's richest storehouse of extreme radical literature." Biography She grew up in Mongrando in the Piedmont region of Italy, where she met Firmino (or Fermino) Gallo, a silk weaver. Both were active in the anarchist movement in Italy before they emigrated to the United States, traveling in steerage in 1892. They settled in Paterson, New Jersey, where they joined a community of three or four hundred anarchists, most of them Italian weavers. Baronio was followed by her siblings, Serafina, Divina, Anetta, Jennie, Egisto and Abele. The whole family beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninfa Laurenzo
Maria Ninfa Rodriguez Laurenzo (nicknamed Mama Ninfa, ." Ninfa Laurenzo Early Childhood Center. Retrieved on February 4, 2012. May 11, 1924 – June 17, 2001), born with the family name Rodriguez,Linnee, Susan. Poor Widow is Now Texas Taco Queen " '''' at the '' Youngstown Daily Vindicator''. Wednesday April 26, 1978. Page 70. Retrieved on February 4, 2012. wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ninfa may refer to: * Garden of Ninfa, a landscape garden in central Italy * Santa Ninfa, a town and comune in Sicily, southern Italy * Punta Ninfas in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina * Ninfa, a 12th-13th centuries town in Italy, near Norba * Ninfa, a 3rd century Christian saint and patron of Palermo; see Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha * Santa Ninfa dei Crociferi, a Baroque-Mannerist church of Palermo * ''Ninfa plebea'', a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller * ''La fida ninfa'', an opera by Antonio Vivaldi to a libretto by Scipione Maffei People * Ninfa Baronio (1874-1969) was an Italian-American anarcha-feminist activist * Ninfa Laurenzo Maria Ninfa Rodriguez Laurenzo (nicknamed Mama Ninfa, ." Ninfa Laurenzo Early Childhood Center. Retrieved on Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninfa Salinas Sada
Ninfa Clara Salinas Sada (born 1 May 1980) is a Mexican politician. she is a marketing specialist from Universidad Anáhuac de México, she has an extensive political career being a current member of the Partido Verde Ecologista de México. In Mexican politics she is recognized as one of the youngest women in the country in holding a political position, and as an important figure who drives laws in benefit of the environment. Currently she holds the position of President at Grupo Dragón, a company that generates electricity from renewable energy. Education Salinas earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing from Universidad Anáhuac de México. Masters in Sustainability and Administration of the Environment from Harvard University. Political career She was a Congresswoman in term LXI (2009-2012), being one of the youngest women to carry out that position. She led the Commission for the Environment and Natural Resources. She coordinated the approval of the Law to Use Renewabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
