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Piazza San Domenico, Palermo
Piazza San Domenico is a square of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is located down Via Roma, Palermo, Via Roma, in the quarter of Loggia (Castellammare), La Loggia, within the historic centre of Palermo. The square derives its name from the San Domenico, Palermo, Church of San Domenico, one of the famous city sights. In the past it was called "''Piazza Imperiale''" (''Imperial Square''), because its creation was decided by the Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Charles VI. The middle of the square is dominated by the Colonna dell'Immacolata, Palermo, Column of the Immaculate Conception, designed by Tommaso Napoli in 1724 and erected by Giovanni Biagio Amico in 1728. The former Dominican Order, Dominican convent overlooking the square is the location of the Museo del Risorgimento, Palermo, Museo del Risorgimento. Moreover, the square represents an entrance of the La Vucciria market, La Vucciria, one of the historical markets of Palermo. References External links Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage. Two ancient Greeks, Greek ancient Greek colonization, colonies were established, known collectively as ; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th centuryBC. As , the town became part of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under History of Islam in southern Italy, Arab ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sicily
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Roma, Palermo
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Via Roma is an important street of Palermo. It represents one of the main axes of the historic centre and connect the Palermo Centrale railway station to the Teatro Politeama. Several important buildings of the city appears along the street's path. Via Roma was designed with the 1885 Master Plan of Palermo (the so-called "''Piano Giarrusso''") and built between 1894 and 1936. Places of interest * Vucciria * Piazza San Domenico * Church of San Domenico * Church of Sant'Antonio Abate * Anglican Church of the Holy Cross * Palazzo delle Poste * Palazzo delle Ferrovie * Teatro Biondo References Books Chirco A., Di Liberto M., ''Via Roma: la strada nuova del Novecento'', Flaccovio, 2008 Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loggia (Castellammare)
Castellammare, also called La Loggia, is one of the original quarters of Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ..., region of Sicily, Italy. The four original districts or ''mandamenti'' were established during the Spanish rule of Palermo. ''La Loggia'' or ''Mandamento Castellammare'' had as a patron Sant'Oliva and its coat of arms matched that of the Royal House of Austria. The polygonal district is historically delimited by Via Maqueda; Corso Vittorio Emanuele; Via Cavour; and Via Crispi. It contains the Vucciria marketplace. History of Palermo Tourist attractions in Palermo Zones of Palermo {{Sicily-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Domenico, Palermo
San Domenico (''Saint Dominic'') is a Baroque architecture, Baroque-style Roman Catholic church, located on Piazza San Domenico, Palermo, Piazza San Domenico, and located in the ancient Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Castellammare (or Loggia), La Loggia, in central Palermo, region of Sicily, Italy. Piazza San Domenico opens to Via Roma a few blocks south of the large Palazzo delle Poste, Palermo, Palazzo delle Poste, and a few blocks north of Sant'Antonio Abate, Palermo, Sant'Antonio Abate and Teatro Biondo, is the northern border of the warren of alleys of the Vucciria neighborhood. The church houses the burial monuments of many notable Sicilians, and is known thus as the ''Pantheon of illustrious Sicilians''. History A Dominican Order, Dominican church was built on this site between 1280 and 1285. The church was built Norman architecture, Norman–Gothic architecture, Gothic style and had alongside a convent with a cloister that reproduced a small and simple cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
, house = Habsburg , spouse = , issue = , issue-link = #Children , issue-pipe = , father = Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor , mother = Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg , birth_date = , birth_place = Hofburg Palace, Vienna , death_date = , death_place = Palais Augarten, Vienna , place of burial = Imperial Crypt , signature = Signatur Karl VI. (HRR).PNG , religion = Roman Catholicism Charles VI (german: Karl; la, Carolus; 1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles II. In 1708, he married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, by whom he had his four children: Leopold Johann (who died in infancy), Maria Theresa (the last direct Habsburg sovereign), Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonna Dell'Immacolata, Palermo
The Colonna dell'Immacolata Concezione is a monumental sculpture, whose centerpiece is a bronze statue of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception atop a column, erected in 1631 on Piazza San Domenico in Palermo, Sicily. The monument, which stands in front of the church of San Domenico, Palermo, San Domenico is also referred to as the ''Colonna di San Domenico'' or ''Monumento all'Immacolata''. The 18th-century monument falls within the tradition for example, of the Spires of Naples, ''guglia'' or spire monuments common to Naples. History The work was commissioned during the rule of Sicily by King Charles VI of Naples, and designed by Tommaso Maria Napoli for this piazza, then known a Piazza Imperiale. Construction took place from 1724 to 1726, and was completed by Giovanni Amico. Atop a plinth made with white Carrara marble is a column made from gray Billiemi marble. The column was shortened to allow for the priest to see the Madonna from the main altar through the large window o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso Napoli
Tommaso Maria Napoli (16 April 1659 – 12 June 1725) was an Italian architect, Dominican Order monk, engineer and mathematician. Biography Born at Palermo, Tommaso Napoli received his training under Andrea Cirrincione as a novitiate in the Convento di San Domenico. His first architectural experience was in the construction of the church of San Domenico designed by Cirrincione. Napoli, the son of silversmith, was fervent member of the Dominican order and published at least two treatise on civil and military architecture. He travelled extensively including stays in Naples, Rome, Vienna, and Dubrovnik, Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik). He visited Vienna on numerous occasions often in service to the Imperial Court. From 1689 to 1700 he was the official architect of the Republic of Ragusa. He assisted in the ongoing reconstruction of that city after the earthquake of 1667. He made significant contributions to the construction of the new Cathedral, altering the plans made by Bufalini, and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Biagio Amico
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 Don Juan * Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon * Giovanni (World of Darkness), a group of vampires in ''Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness'' roleplay and video game * "Giovanni", a song by Band-Maid from the 2021 album ''Unseen World'' * ''Giovanni's Island'', a 2014 Japanese anime drama film * ''Giovanni's Room'', a 1956 novel by James Baldwin * Via Giovanni, places in Rome See also * * *Geovani *Giovanni Battista *San Giovanni (other) *San Giovanni Battista (other) San Giovanni Battista is the Italian translation of Saint John the Baptist. It may also refer to: Italian churches * San Giovanni Battista, Highway A11, a church in Florence, Italy * San Giovanni Battista, Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Caleruega. It was approved by Pope Honorius III via the papal bull ''Religiosam vitam'' on 22 December 1216. Members of the order, who are referred to as ''Dominicans'', generally carry the letters ''OP'' after their names, standing for ''Ordinis Praedicatorum'', meaning ''of the Order of Preachers''. Membership in the order includes friars, nuns, active sisters, and lay or secular Dominicans (formerly known as tertiaries). More recently there has been a growing number of associates of the religious sisters who are unrelated to the tertiaries. Founded to preach the Gospel and to oppose heresy, the teaching activity of the order and its scholastic organisation placed the Preachers in the forefront of the intellectual life of the Middle Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
