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Tecla
Tecla is a female given name. Notable people with the name include: * Tecla Insolia (born 2004), Italian actress and singer * Tecla Marinescu (born 1960), Romanian sprint canoer * Tecla Namachanja Wanjala (born 1962), Kenyan peace activist * Tecla Pettenuzzo (born 1999), Italian footballer * Tecla San Andres Ziga (1906–1992), Filipina senator * Tecla Scarano (1894–1978), Italian actress and singer * Tecla Tofano (1927–1995), Venezuelan artist * Tecla Tum, Kenyan politician * Tecla Vigna (died 1927), Italian-American opera singer and teacher See also * Tecla house * Tekla (given name) * Thecla (other) Thecla, Tecla, or its variants ( grc-gre, Θέκλα, ''Thékla'', "God's fame") is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla (Thecla of Iconium), a 1st-century Christian martyr. It may also refer to: People * Thecla of Alex ... * Thekla (other) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Vigna
Tecla Vigna (died April 1927) was an Italian opera singer and educator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Early life Tecla Vigna was born at Savigliano in northern Italy, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan, where she earned her diploma in 1879.J. S. V."Tecla Vigna, Singer and Teacher"''Musical Courier'' (May 27, 1908): 16. She trained with voice teacher Francesco Lamperti. Career Vigna, a contralto, performed roles in opera in several Italy citiesTecla Vigna listing La Voce Antica. before being recruited by pianist Albino Gorno to the faculty of the in 1882. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Insolia
Tecla Insolia (born 13 January 2004) is an Italian actress and singer. Biography Born in Varese, she grew up in Piombino, Tuscany. She took part in several Italian TV shows such as ''Pequeños gigantes'' (2016) and ''L'allieva'' (2018). On 15 March 2019 she won the second edition of RAI's talent show ''Sanremo Young'', gaining participation to the Sanremo Music Festival 2020. She competed in the "Newcomers" section of the Sanremo Festival with the song "8 marzo" and ended up second to Leo Gassmann's "Vai bene così". She won the "Enzo Jannacci" Award for Best Performance and the Press, Radio, TV & Web Award "Lucio Dalla". In 2020, she starred in the thriller TV series ''Vite in fuga'', broadcast on Rai 1. She also portrayed Nada in the television biopic A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Namachanja Wanjala
Tecla Namachanja Wanjala (born 1962) is a conflict resolution, post-conflict rehabilitation, and development worker from Kenya. She was the Acting Chair of The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya. She has five children Early life and education Tecla Namachanja Wanjala was born in 1962 in the Bungoma District of Western Province in Kenya. After finishing her secondary education Wanjala pursued further training in social work, concluding in 1991. She received her master's degree in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 2003. After returning to Kenya she continued her education, completing her Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict Studies at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology in Kakamega, Kenya, in 2014. Career In war everybody is a victim. For one to reconcile communities, one needs to rise from being a wounded victim to a wounded healer. I am a wounded healer. - Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Pettenuzzo
Tecla Pettenuzzo (born 30 November 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club SSD Napoli Femminile. She previously played for AS Roma, US Sassuolo and Brescia, among other clubs. Club career Pettenuzzo began her youth career in inter-gender training matches before finding her first women's team by joining the Montegalda-based football club Due Monti in time for the 2014–15 Serie B season. Pettenuzzo's first season with Due Monti was not a successful one, as the club were relegated to Serie C in 2015. Pettenuzzo's performances were enough to earn a move to Serie B club Padova for the 2015–16 season. The Italian defender would remain with Padova for two seasons, achieving a fourth and third-placed finish in Serie B respectively. By the end of Pettenuzzo's second season with Padova, she gained the attention of the country's most successful women's football club Brescia. Brescia would sign Pettenuzzo on a loan deal in the summer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Scarano
Tecla Scarano (20 August 1894 – 22 December 1978) was an Italian actress and singer. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1937 and 1966. Life and career Born in Naples, the daughter of tenor Giovanni Moretti and operetta singer Anna Scarano, she started performing as a child actress at 9 years old and as a singer aged 10 years old. At fifteen years old, Scarano was already well known in Naples as a café-chantant singer and actress, specialized in the repertoires of and . Gianfranco Baldazzi. "Scarano, Tecla". Gino Castaldo (ed.). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Partial filmography * '' When Naples Sings'' (1926, Documentary short) * '' It Was I!'' (1937) - Fiammetta's mother * ''Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo'' (1937) * ''The Children Are Watching Us'' (1944) - La signora Resta * ''La figlia del peccato'' (1949) - Anna Jervolino * ''L'acqua li portò via'' (1949) * ''Lo zappatore'' (1950) * '' Bellissima'' (1951) - Tilde Spernanzoni * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla House
The Tecla house is a prototype 3D-printed eco residential building made out of clay. The first model was designed by the Italian architecture studio Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA) and engineered and built by Italian 3D printing specialists WASP by April 2021, becoming the world's first house 3D-printed entirely from a mixture made from mainly local earth and water. Its name is a portmanteau of "technology" and "clay" and that of one of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities whose construction never ceases. History The project was reportedly first conceived by WASP Founder Massimo Moretti and, via research of the Cucinella-founded training center School of Sustainability (SOS), MCA's founder Mario Cucinella. For construction, WASP's 3D printing technology ''Crane WASP'' was used. This 3D printer was used for the similar building "GAIA" – the first 3D printed earth building – completed in 2018, about 7 years after WASP's inception in 2012. Printing started in September 2019. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla San Andres Ziga
Tecla San Andres Ziga (1906–1992) was a female senator in the Philippines notable for being the first woman in the country to top the bar examination for law-degree graduates. Biography Early years She was born 23 August 1906, in Nueva Caceres (now Naga, Camarines Sur). Education San Andres Ziga obtained her elementary education from the Santa Isabel College. She gained her high school education from the Catholic Central School. In 1930, she obtained her degrees in Liberal Arts and in Law from the University of the Philippines. She took the bar examination in 1931. Career San Andres Ziga first worked as an assistant attorney at the DeWitt Law Office. After seven years there, she took and passed the 1937 Philippine Civil Service examination. After topping the said examination, San Andres Ziga worked for the Department of Justice. She was elected to the House of Representatives, representing Albay's 1st district, through a special election held on November 8, 1955, to serve t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Tum
Tecla Chebet Tum is a Kenyan politician who is currently a member of the National Assembly as county woman representative for Nandi County. She is a member of the Jubilee Party. She studied at University of Nairobi, Moi University and Denver University The University of Denver (DU) is a private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral U ... and worked at Moi University as a lecturer before her election to the National Assembly in 2017. She is a member of the Departmental Committee on Administration & National Security and the Departmental Committee on Sports, Tourism & Culture. Election results References Kenyan politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Kenya-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thecla (other)
Thecla, Tecla, or its variants ( grc-gre, Θέκλα, ''Thékla'', " God's fame") is a Greek feminine given name made famous by Saint Thecla (Thecla of Iconium), a 1st-century Christian martyr. It may also refer to: People * Thecla of Alexandria, virgin, martyr, saint, and companion of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria * Thecla of Aquileia, one of a group of virgins from Aquileia, Italy, martyred in the 1st century according to the "Acts of St. Hermagoras" * Thecla of Gaza, Christian martyr with Agapius (died 306) * Thecla of Kitzingen, a saint * Thecla of Persia (4th century), martyr * Saint Tetha ( century), virgin and saint, a Welsh nun credited with the establishment of St. Teath in Cornwall * Princess Thecla of Georgia (1776–1846), member of the Georgian royal family * Thecla Åhlander (1855–1925), Swedish stage and film actress * Thecla Boesen (1910–1996), Danish film actress * Thecla Merlo (born Teresa Merlo), theologian who assisted in the foundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Marinescu
Tecla Marinescu-Borcǎnea (born 4 January 1960) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1980s. She won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Marinescu-Borcǎnea also won two bronze medals in the K-4 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1983 and 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente .... References * * * 1960 births Living people Romanian female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Romania Olympic gold medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tecla Tofano
Tecla Tofano (1927 in Naples, Italy – 1995 in Caracas, Venezuela) was an Italian-born Venezuelan artist, ceramicist, and writer active from the 1950s until her death. Tofano studied ceramics and enamel with Miguel Arroyo at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Applicadas (School of Fine and Applied Arts, Caracas), alongside fellow students and ceramicists, Cristina Merchán and Reyna Herrera. A member of the cooperative Forma Veinte (Form Twenty), her works garnered wide acclaim, and she became known for her controversial, political, and feminist imagery. Artwork Two distinct phases characterize her oeuvre: from 1955 to 1963, Tofano worked in a more traditional vein, creating utilitarian objects with incised and textured surfaces; thereafter, she became unconcerned with her work's usefulness, instead creating uniquely expressive sculptures from clay. Tofano's ceramics were charged with emotion, sexuality, and humor. Exhibitions and awards Tofano was awarded the National P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tekla (given Name)
Tekla is a Latvian, Polish, Georgian, Ukrainian, and Scandinavian feminine given name. Notable people named Tekla *Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1829/1834 to 1861), Polish composer * Tekla Chemabwai (born 1950), Kenyan sprinter and middle-distance runner *Tekla Griebel-Wandall (1866–1940), Danish composer and music educator * Tekla Nordström (1856–1937), Swedish xylographer *Tekla Róża Radziwiłł Tekla is a software product family that consists of programs for analysis and design, detailing and project communication. Tekla software is produced by Trimble Inc., Trimble, the publicly listed US-based technology company. History , Tekla ... (1703–1747), Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman See also * Thekla * Tecla References {{given name Latvian feminine given names Polish feminine given names Swedish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
