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Sorana Cirstea
Sorana may refer to: * Sorana (Pescia), a village in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy ** Sorana bean, a type of cannellini bean grown in Sorana *Sorana Cîrstea (born 1990), Romanian tennis player *Sorana Păcurar (better known as only Sorana) Romanian singer and songwriter * Sorana Gurian (1913–1956), Moldovan writer and translator * Marcia Servilia Sorana (c. 40s–66 AD), daughter of Roman Senator Barea Soranus, part of the Stoic Opposition *''Callicore sorana'', a butterfly of genus ''Callicore'' See also *Sora, Lazio, a town in Italy *Sorano, a town and comune in Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy **Sovana, a frazione of Sorano, once known as Soana *** Sovana DOC, a wine produced in Sovana *Soraya Soraya ( fa, ثریا) is a feminine Persian name. It is derived from the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, ''Thurayya'' ( ar, ثريّة). The name is also popular in Europe due to its association with Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, th ..., a female given name {{disambiguation, given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorana (Pescia)
Sorana is a village () in the municipality of Pescia in the province of Pistoia in Tuscany, Italy. It lies along the on the slope of Monte Petritulo in the foothills of the Apennine Mountains about twelve kilometers from Montecatini Terme. In 1994, it had 300 inhabitants. The area is known for its production of the Sorana bean. Sorana is one of the Ten Castella in the local area known as the Valleriana and nicknamed . The other castelle are Aramo, Castelvecchio, Fibbialla, Medicina, Pietrabuona, Pontito, San Quirico, Stiappa, and Vellano, plus an eleventh, Lignana, which is in ruins. The castella villages are built from pietra serena Pietra serena is a blue-gray sandstone used extensively in Renaissance Florence for architectural details. It is also known as Macigno stone. The material obtained at Fiesole is considered the best and is also quarried at Arezzo, Cortona, and Volt ... stone. {{Clear File:Sorana (Pescia), centro storico, 05.jpg File:Sorana (Pescia), ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorana Bean
The Sorana bean () is a type of cannellini bean grown near the Italian town of Sorana, along the in the Province of Pistoia in Tuscany. Cultivation is limited to an extremely small microclimate area with conditions considered excellent for growing this type of bean, and production is low. Demand is high, and prices are six to ten times that of other cannellini-type beans. In 2002 it received Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) certification from the European Union. It is considered economically important to the survival of agriculture in the Pescia Valley and because of this is believed to have helped prevent emigration from the area. History Native to the New World, beans had reportedly arrived in Rome by 1515 and Tuscany by 1528 and were widely distributed by the early 17th century. By the early 19th century the beans grown around Sorana were being recognized as high quality. Depopulation of the area caused by the world wars meant that cultivation of the Sorana bean had n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorana Cîrstea
Sorana Mihaela Cîrstea (; born 7 April 1990) is a Romanian professional tennis player. In singles, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 12 August 2013. In doubles, her career-high ranking is No. 35, which she reached on 9 March 2009. Her biggest achievements include reaching the quarterfinals at the 2009 French Open and the final at the 2013 Rogers Cup. Early and personal life Cîrstea was born to Mihai and Liliana in Bucharest,. She resides in Târgoviște, her parents' home town. She has a younger brother, Mihnea. Cîrstea was introduced to tennis at the age of four by her mother. Sorana's father owns an ice cream factory in Târgoviște. She has cited Steffi Graf and Roger Federer as her idols. Career 2005–2006: Last junior years and turning professional Cîrstea is a former ITF Junior Circuit top-ten player, reaching a highest combined ranking of No. 6 in 2006. Her best results include a title in the 2005 German Junior Open (Grade 1), a tournament in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorana (singer)
Sorana Paula Păcurar, known professionally as Sorana Păcurar or Sorana, is a Romanian singer and songwriter. Upon taking part in '' X Factor Romania'', acting in the Romanian soap opera '' O nouă viață'' (''A New Life'') and being part of the Romanian group Lala Band, Sorana released her first single "Povești" ("Stories") in 2015 under Marius Moga's label DeMoga Music. She then left her native country to further pursue a musical career and relocated to London and then Los Angeles. Her portfolio as a songwriter includes the commercially successful songs "Takeaway" (2019) by the Chainsmokers, Illenium and Lennon Stella, "OMG What's Happening" (2020) by Ava Max, and "Heartbreak Anthem" (2021) by Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix. Furthermore, Sorana has also collaborated with artists such as Alan Walker on "Lost Control" (2018). In 2022, she released her debut single under Atlantic Records, " Redrum" with David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorana Gurian
Sorana Gurian (born Sara Gurfinchel, October 18, 1913 – June 10, 1956) was a Romanian writer, journalist, and translator who wrote both in Romanian and in French. Born in the Russian Empire, in Comrat, Bessarabia, she lost both of her parents while still young. After that, she and her two younger sisters, Lia and Isabela, were taken care of by their stepmother. She went to high school in Bender, passing her Baccalauréat exam in 1931, and then studied at the Letters Department of Chernivtsi University and Iași University without graduating. She became a member of Eugen Lovinescu's Sburătorul literary circle in 1937, after returning from Berck, France, where she had gone for balneotherapeutical treatment of her extrapulmonary tuberculosis. While in France, it seems, she also studied at the Sorbonne. When she returned to Romania, she started publishing articles, first in the "Lumea" magazine in Iași, which were clearly democratic, antinationalist, antifascist and antirevis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Servilia Sorana
Marcia Servilia or commonly known as Servilia (40s-66) was the daughter of Roman Senator Barea Soranus. Her father was part of the Stoic Opposition who opposed Nero's tyrannical rule. When he was sentenced to death by Nero in 65 or 66, Servilia was similarly accused and sentenced to death on a charge of consulting sorcerers supposedly to find out her father's fate. Family Servilia's father was Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus, a prominent Roman Senator and her mother may have been from the gens Servilia. Servilia's paternal uncle was the Roman Senator Quintus Marcius Barea Sura, who was a friend to the future Roman Emperor Vespasian. Her paternal cousins were Marcia (mother of Ulpia Marciana and of future Roman Emperor Trajan) and Marcia Furnilla (the second wife of the future Roman Emperor Titus). Her paternal grandfather Quintus Marcius Barea Soranus was Suffect Consul in 34 and twice Proconsul of Africa. Life Servilia had a loving relationship with her father. She had marrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callicore Sorana
''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights or numberwings like the related genera ''Diaethria'' and ''Perisama'',_in_reference_to_the_characteristic_patterns_on_the_hindwing_undersides_of_many._In_''Callicore'',_the_pattern_consists_of_bluish_dots_surrounded_by_black_and_looks_more_like_"αB"_or_"8°",_though_some_members_of_this_genus_have_a_completely_different_arrangement_of_dots._The_forewing_undersides_vary_little_between_species,_being_black_with_one_or_two_broad_orange-yellow_bands_in_the_ basal_part_and_one_thin_and_one_very_faint_yellowish_band_near_the_apex. ''Callicore_hydarnis.html" ;"title="Basal_(anatomy).html" ;"title="849]"at Markku Sav ...'', in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In ''Callicore'', the pattern cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callicore
''Callicore'' is a genus of nymphalid butterfly found in the Neotropical realm. This genus, like some related ones, was formerly lumped together as the paraphyletic ''Catagramma'' assemblage. Species in this genus are commonly called eighty-eights or numberwings like the related genera '' Diaethria'' and ''Perisama'',_in_reference_to_the_characteristic_patterns_on_the_hindwing_undersides_of_many._In_''Callicore'',_the_pattern_consists_of_bluish_dots_surrounded_by_black_and_looks_more_like_"αB"_or_"8°",_though_some_members_of_this_genus_have_a_completely_different_arrangement_of_dots._The_forewing_undersides_vary_little_between_species,_being_black_with_one_or_two_broad_orange-yellow_bands_in_the_ basal_part_and_one_thin_and_one_very_faint_yellowish_band_near_the_apex. ''Callicore_hydarnis.html" ;"title="Basal_(anatomy).html" ;"title="849]"at Markku Sav ...'', in reference to the characteristic patterns on the hindwing undersides of many. In ''Callicore'', the pattern con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sora, Lazio
Sora () is a town and ''comune'' of Lazio, Italy, in the province of Frosinone. It is built in a plain on the banks of the Liri. This part of the valley is the seat of some important manufacturing, especially of paper mills. The area around Sora is famous for the costumes of its peasants. History Sora, an ancient Volscian town, was thrice captured by the Romans, in 345, 314, and 305 BCE, before they managed, in 303, by means of a colony 4,000 strong, to confirm its annexation as a Latin colony. In 209, it was one of the colonies that refused further contributions to the war against Hannibal. By the ''lex Julia'', it became a municipium, but under Augustus, it was colonized by soldiers of the legio IV Sorana, which had been mainly enrolled there. It belonged technically to ''Latium adiectum''. Located in the ''Ducatus Romanus'' under the authority of the pope during the early Dark Ages, it was captured by the Lombards of Gisulf I of Benevento in 705. The castle of ''Sorel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorano
Sorano is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Grosseto, southern Tuscany ( Italy). It as an ancient medieval hill town hanging from a tuff stone over the Lente River. History Sorano was probably inhabited by Villanovan culture, but the first historical mentions are relative to the 3rd century BC, when it was an Etruscan city under the influence of the more populous nearby Sovana. Disappearing from history under the Roman domination, it is again known in 862 when a county was founded by Emperor Louis II, under the Aldobrandeschi suzerainty. The Aldobrandeschi were the most powerful feudataries of southern Tuscany for more than four centuries, disappearing in 1312 when Margherita, son of Ildibrandino, died without male heirs. His daughter Adelaide married to Romano di Gentile Orsini, who added the city to the family fiefs. The county of Pitigliano-Sorano fought against the Republic of Siena, but was forced to accept its suzerainty from 1417. It regained a full independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovana
Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a ''frazione'' of Sorano, a comune in the province of Grosseto. History Etruscan by origin, Sovana became a Roman ''municipium'', and, from the 5th century, an episcopal see. Conquered by Lombards in 592–605, it was chosen as their administrative center in the area. Later, when Roselle was abandoned due to Saracen ravages, it became the centre of the county under the Aldobrandeschi family. In the Middle Ages it was known as Soana. Its importance declined when the county was acquired by the Orsini, who moved the capital to Pitigliano. In the mid-16th century Sovana was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany by Cosimo I de' Medici. Main sights *''Rocca Aldobrandesca'' (Aldobrandeschi Castle), probably built over a pre-existing Etruscan/Roman fortress. The current appearance dates from its 1572 renovation, when the bastions were added. Dismantled in the 17th century, today only the portal, a tower and a stretch of walls remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovana DOC
Sovana is a denominazione di origine controllata red or rosé wine from the south of Tuscany, in Italy. The DOC is named after the ancient Etruscan settlement of Sovana. Sovana received DOC status in 1999, along with its neighbor, the DOC Capalbio. Sovana encompasses roughly the same areas that produce the white wine Bianco di Pitigliano, and encompasses the towns of Pitigliano, Sorano, Manciano and borders the DOC Morellino di Scansano in the north, and the region of Lazio in the south. Under the DOC regulations, Sovana can be made in rosso or rosato styles. Sovana rosso must be at least 50% sangiovese, plus up to 50% other local non aromatic red grapes. One of these local grapes used for the Sovana blend is Ciliegiolo. Sovana rosso is for the most part a light wine, although there are reserva wines that receive extended maturation. Sovana also allows monovarietal DOC wines, made from the grapes of Aleatico, Sangiovese Sangiovese (, also , , ) is a red Italian wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
