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Santa Sofia (pre-historic Site)
Santa Sofia may refer to: Places * Santa Sofia d'Epiro, an Arberesh town and comune in Cosenza, Italy * Santa Sofia, Emilia–Romagna, a comune in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in Emilia–Romagna, Italy * Santa Sofía, Boyacá, a town and municipality in Boyacá, Colombia Churches and other buildings * Santa Sofia, Benevento (8th century), a church in Benevento * Santa Sofia, Naples (1487), a church in Naples * Santa Sofia, Padua (10th century), a church in Padua * Santa Sofia a Via Boccea (1968), a church in Rome * Santa Sofia, Venice (11th century), a church in Venice * Palazzo Santa Sofia, a palace in Mdina, Malta Other uses * Santa Sofia, an alternative name for the Italian wine grape Fiano See also * Hagia Sophia (other) * Santa Sophia * Sofia (other) Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. Sofia may also refer to: People * Sofia (given name), alternate form of the given name Sophia * Sofia (Filipino singer), a bossa nova singer fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofia D'Epiro
Santa Sofia d'Epiro ( aae, Shën Sofia e Epirit) is an Arbëresh town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town is bordered by Acri, Bisignano, San Demetrio Corone San Demetrio Corone (Arbëreshë: ''Shën Mitri'') is a town and municipality in the Calabria region of Italy, at an altitude of 521 meters and with 3,387 inhabitants. The town is among the most important cultural centers of the Albanian communit ... and Tarsia. People * Angelo Masci (1758–1821), writer External links * Shqiponjat (folk group) Notes and references Arbëresh settlements Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofia, Emilia–Romagna
Santa Sofia ( rgn, Santa Sfía) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia–Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Forlì. The municipality of Santa Sofia is located in the Bidente river valley and is surrounded by the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park. Santa Sofia borders the following municipalities: Bagno di Romagna, Civitella di Romagna, Galeata, Pratovecchio, Premilcuore, San Godenzo, Sarsina, Stia. Main sights Santa Sofia is located within the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park. Sights include: *Church of the Holy Crucifix, housing a 15th-century crucifix. * Giardino Botanico di Valbonella, a nature preserve and botanical garden *Romanesque ''pieve'' at Corniolo, with a ceramics by the Della Robbia workshop *Sculpture Park, at Spinello Notable people *Guelfo Zamboni, Italian diplomat and humanitarian *Pope Paschal II, head of the Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofía, Boyacá
Santa Sofía is a town and municipality in the Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province, Colombia. The urban centre of Santa Sofía is located at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, with the highest elevated parts of the municipality, that have a páramo ecosystem, reaching . Santa Sofía borders Moniquirá in the north, Gachantivá in the west, Villa de Leyva in the southeast, Sutamarchán in the south, Saboyá in the southwest, and Puente Nacional, Santander in the west. Etymology Originally, Santa Sofía was called Guatoque, a name derived from Muysccubun, meaning "creek of the mountain". The name was changed in 1906 to Santa Sofía, because mail that was meant to go to Guateque, in southern Boyacá, was accidentally delivered in Guatoque. The name Santa Sofía was given to the town honouring Sofía Ángulo de Reyes, spouse of the then president of Colombia Rafael Reyes. History The area of Santa Sofía before the Spanish conques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofia, Benevento
Santa Sofia is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Benevento, in the region of Campania, in southern Italy; founded in the late-8th century, it retains many elements of its original Lombard architecture. In 2011, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a group of seven inscribed as Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.). History The church was founded by the Lombards, Lombard Arechis II of Benevento around 760, as testified by numerous privileges signed by him, some of which are in the Museum of Samnium near the church. The edifice was modeled on the Palatine Chapel of the Lombard king Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Liutprand in Pavia and, after the defeat of Desiderius by Charlemagne and the fall of the Lombard kingdom in northern Italy (774), it became the national church of the Lombards who had taken shelter in the Duchy of Benevento. The church was part of a large program of construction which would legitimate Arechis' claim as the highest Lomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofia, Naples ...
Santa Sofia was a church on via Santa Sofia in the city of Naples, Italy, now deconsecrated. It was founded around 308 by Constantine, though the present church was built in 1487 to house a congregation which worked to bury the poor. It has a 1754 maiolica pavement and its facade has two doors. Francesco Domenico Moccia e Dante Caporali, ''NapoliGuida-Tra Luoghi e Monumenti della città storica'', Clean, 2001. It also contained paintings by Fabrizio Santafede and Marco Pino, but these were removed after the 1980 earthquake. References {{coord missing, Italy Former churches in Italy Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofia, Padua
Santa Sofia is the oldest Roman Catholic church structure in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. It was built in the 10th century on the site of a presumed Mithraeum. A grant was made to bishop Sinibaldo of this church in 1123, which had already been in construction. The Romanesque stone and brick facade was constructed from 1106 to 1127, but the semicircular apse may date from earlier. The interior is now relatively bare. History Tradition is that the church was founded by St. Prosdocimus on the ruins of a temple dedicated to Apollo. The first document in which is mentioned the church is dated February 19, 1123: the bishop Sinibaldo of Padua intervened to urge the completion work of the church, which had started at least from 1109, and had suffered from the earthquake of 1117. Chiesa di Santa Sofia (Padova), Italian Wikipedia Numerous archaeological finds from the site date to between the second and fourth centuries). The apse is suspected to date to the 9th century, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofia A Via Boccea
Santa Sofia a Via Boccea () is a church in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Holy Wisdom ("Sancta Sophia" in Latin), one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. It served as the mother church of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church while St. George's Cathedral in Lviv was controlled by the Russian Orthodox Church. Description The church is the national church for the Ukrainians in Rome, a meeting place and religious center for the community. The Divine Liturgy is celebrated according to the Byzantine-Ukrainian rite, whilst still in full communion with the Catholic Church. The church was built in 1967–1968 on the orders of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj, the Major Archbishop of Lviv who had spent about 18 years in a Soviet gulag, and subsequently released but not allowed to return to Ukraine. It is modeled after Kyiv's own Saint Sophia Cathedral. The relics of Pope Clement I (88-97) are kept in the church. Following the Byzantine rite, the church has an iconostasis, painted by Juvena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Sofia, Venice
Santa Sofia is a church located in the sestiere (neighborhood) of Cannaregio in Venice, Italy. It should be distinguished from the palazzo Ca' d'Oro on the Grand Canal is also called the ''Palazzo Santa Sofia''. A wooden church of Sant Sofia in Venice is documented in chronicles from 886 The church dates to initial patronage in the 11th century by the patrician family of the Gussoni. Construction began in 1020. It appears to have survived the great fire of 1105 in Venice. Major reconstruction took place from 1507 to 1534. The architect of a late-1600s reconstruction was Antonio Gaspari. With the construction of the Strada Nova in Venice in the 1800s, the church's length was diminished. Under Napoleonic rule, the rites in the church were suppressed. The church was converted into a warehouse, and the contents were dispersed. Fontana recounts how in 1836 the church was " ''redeem(ed) from the Israelites into whose hands it had fallen'', and cleared of the debris. " In 1836, the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palazzo Santa Sofia
Palazzo Santa Sofia is a palace in Mdina, Malta, located in Villegaignon Street, across the square from the cathedral. Its ground floor was built in 1233, and it is believed to be the oldest surviving building in the city. The upper floor is of a much later construction, being built in the 20th century. History The ground floor of Palazzo Santa Sofia was built in the 13th century, and the date 1233 is inscribed on the moulding of one of its windows. The upper floor was built sometime after 1938. The building was periodically rented and used as a school run by Roman Catholic nuns. Today, the palace is privately owned, and it is managed by a local heritage foundation ''Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti''. It is not open to the general public, although it can be hired for dinner or cocktail parties, lectures or other events. The palace is scheduled as a Grade 1 national monument, and it is also listed in the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. Architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiano (grape)
Fiano is a white Italian wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Campania region of southern Italy and on the island of Sicily. In Campania, this fairly strong flavored white wine grape is particularly noted around Avellino where the ''Denominazione di origine controllata e Garantita'' (DOCG) wine of Fiano di Avellino is produced.Berry Bros. & Rudd - Fiano Grape Variety . The grape has a long history in the Campanian region and is believed to have been the grape behind the ancient Roman wine ''Apianum''. Even today, the name ''Apianum'' is permitted to appear on |
Hagia Sophia (other)
Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 537 as the Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral, later becoming a Roman Catholic cathedral, then a Sunni mosque, then a museum. It currently functions as a mosque. Hagia Sophia or Saint Sophia may also refer to: *The Greek for Holy Wisdom, a concept in Christian theology Churches Australia * Saint Sophia Cathedral, Sydney (1928), a Greek Orthodox cathedral in Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales * St Sophia Greek Orthodox Church (), a Greek Orthodox church in Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales Belarus * Saint Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk (11th century), a cathedral in Polotsk Bulgaria * Saint Sofia Church, Sofia (6th century), a church in Sofia * Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar (9th century), a church in Nesebar China * Saint Sophia Cathedral, Harbin (1907), a church in Daoli, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province Cyprus * Saint Sophia Cathedral, Nicosia (11th century), a former church in Nico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Sophia (other)
Saint Sophia may refer to * Saint Sophia of Milan, feast day 17 September *Saint Sophia of Rome, martyr, feast day 15 May * Saint Sophia of Sortino (Sicily), martyr, feast day 23 September * Saint Sofia of Suzdal (died 1542), see Solomonia Yuryevna Saburova * Saint Sophia of Slutsk (died 1612), see Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill * Sancta Sophia College See also * Hagia Sophia (other) Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 537 as the Greek Orthodox patriarchal cathedral, later becoming a Roman Catholic cathedral, then a Sunni mosque, then a museum. It currently functions as a mosque. H ... * Sophia (other) * Santa Sofia (other) * Saint Sophia Cathedral (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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