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Via Del Campo
Via Del Campo is a paved road that crosses the ''carruggi'' in Genoa city centre. This street is well known for being one of the most representatives of Fabrizio De Andrè songs ( played with Enzo Jannacci ). The song is actually named "Via del Campo" ( it belongs to his ''Volume 1'' album). The street was also mentioned by Amália Rodrigues in her song "La casa in via del campo". Guide A long time ago, the street was a trafficking place and a brothel (it usually took place in warehouses or in the famous "locked" houses). Nowadays the street has lost much of its previous meaning and its sinful atmosphere. After ten years, it is now a ring that makes a chain for the old Vacca's door, a famous stop for tourists, that connects the modern seafront of the city to the old harbour. (recently remodelled by Renzo Piano). The parallel street is ''via di Prè'', named after the Commenda di san Giovanni di Prè. In the middle of the street, there is ''Vacchero square'', where one can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, had 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of Republic of Genoa, one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the commercial trade in Europe, becoming one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrizio De Andrè
Fabrizio is an Italian first name, from the Latin word "Faber" meaning "smith" and may refer to: * Fabrizio Barbazza (born 1963), Italian Formula One driver * Fabrizio Barca (born 1954), Italian politician * Fabrizio Brienza (born 1969), Italian model and actor * Fabrizio Castori (born 1954), Italian football coach * Fabrizio De André (1940–1999), Italian singer-songwriter * Fabrizio Faniello (born 1981), Maltese singer * Fabrizio Giovanardi (born 1966), Italian racing driver * Fabrizio Miccoli (born 1979), Italian football player * Fabrizio Moreira (born 1982), Ecuadorian politician * Fabrizio Moretti (born 1980), Brazilian-American drummer in the band The Strokes * Fabrizio Moretti (art dealer) (born 1976), Italian art dealer * Fabrizio Moro (born 1975), Italian singer-songwriter * Fabrizio Nieva (born 1964), Argentine boxer * Fabrizio Ravanelli (born 1968), Italian football player * Fabrizio Romano (born 1993), Italian journalist * Fabrizio Rongione (born 1973), Belgian scree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enzo Jannacci
Vincenzo Jannacci (3 June 1935 – 29 March 2013), more commonly known as Enzo Jannacci (), was an Italian singer-songwriter, pianist, actor and comedian. He is regarded as one of the most important artists in the post-war Italian music scene. Jannacci is widely considered as a master of musical art and cabaret, and in the course of his career has collaborated with many famous Italian musicians, performing artists, journalists, television personalities and comedians. He has written around thirty albums and soundtracks, some of which have since come to be seen as milestones in the history of Italian popular music. A cardiologist in his day job, he is also regarded as one of the founders of Italian rock and roll music, along with Adriano Celentano, Luigi Tenco and Giorgio Gaber, with whom he collaborated for over forty years. Early life Enzo Jannacci was born in Milan on 3 June 1935. On his father's side his family is from Apulia, in the south. His grandfather, also called Vinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 1 (Fabrizio De André Album)
''Volume 1'' (''Vol. 1º'') is the second studio release by Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André and his first true studio album. It was first issued in 1967 on Bluebell Records. It is a collection of re-recordings of De André's early singles, previously issued on the Karim label. Track listing The songs "Preghiera in Gennaio" ;("Prayer in January") :The song is dedicated to the memory of Fabrizio's longtime friend Luigi Tenco, who had committed suicide in January that year, after taking part in the Italian Song Festival of Sanremo and failing to advance to the final competition. The lyrics deal with the theme of suicide and the Church's systematic condemnation of those who kill themselves. "Marcia nuziale" ;("Wedding March") :A translated version of the song "La Marche nuptiale", written in 1956 by Georges Brassens, who De André always considered a master as well as one of his greatest sources of inspiration. "Spiritual" :This song, true to its title, is a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amália Rodrigues
Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues GCSE, GCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), better known as Amália Rodrigues () or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese '' fadista'' (fado singer) and actress. Known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado"), Rodrigues was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history. Early years Early life Even though official documents give her date of birth as 23 July, Amália herself maintained that her birthday was actually 1 July 1920. The baptism certificate of Rodrigues is in the Parish Church of Fundão, and the document was published in the Journal of Fundão after the singer's death, following its discovery in an investigation by Salvado J. Travassos. She was born in Pena, a parish of Lisbon, Portugal. Her father was Albertino de Jesus Rodrigues, originally from the Castelo Branco district in Central Portugal, and her mothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothel
A brothel, bordello, ranch, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes. However, for legal or cultural reasons, establishments often describe themselves as massage parlors, bars, strip clubs, body rub parlours, studios, or by some other description. Sex work in a brothel is considered safer than street prostitution. Legal status On 2 December 1949, the United Nations General Assembly approved the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. The Convention came into effect on 25 July 1951 and by December 2013 had been ratified by 82 states. The Convention seeks to combat prostitution, which it regards as "incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person." Parties to the Convention agreed to abolish regulation of individual prostitutes, and to ban brothels and procuring. Some countries not parties to the convention also ban prostitution or the operation of broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015), İstanbul Modern in Istanbul (2022) and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998. Piano has been a Senator for Life in the Italian Senate since 2013. Early life and first buildings Piano was born and raised in Genoa, Italy, into a family of builders. His grandfather had created a masonry enterprise, which had been expanded by his father, Carlo Piano, and his father's three brothers, into the firm Fratelli Piano. The firm prospered after World War II, constructing houses and factories and selling construction materials. When his father retired, the enterprise was led by Renzo's older brother, Ermanno, who studied engineering at the University of Genoa. Renzo stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini (, , ; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of social-democratic republicanism, Mazzini helped define the modern European movement for popular democracy in a republican state. Mazzini's thoughts had a very considerable influence on the Italian and European republican movements, in the Constitution of Italy, about Europeanism and more nuanced on many politicians of a later period, among them American president Woodrow Wilson and British prime minister David Lloyd George as well as post-colonial leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Veer Savarkar, Golda Meir, David Ben-Guri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Targa In Via Del Campo
Targa or TARGA may refer to: Car racing events *Targa Adelaide, in Australia *Targa Canada West, in British Columbia * Targa Florio, in Sicily, Italy, 1906–1977 *Targa Florio Rally, in Sicily, Italy, from 1978 *Targa High Country, in Victoria, Australia *Targa New Zealand *Targa Newfoundland, in Canada *Targa Rignano, in Italy, 1902–1904 * Targa Tasmania, Australia *Targa West, in Western Australia * Targa Wrest Point, in Tasmania, Australia Places * Targa, Kasur, Pakistan * Targa, Sialkot, Pakistan * Targa, Tasmania, Australia *Tarġa Battery, in Malta Other uses * Targa top, or targa, a car body style **Targa, versions of the Porsche 911 * Targa, a range of boats made by Fairline * Targa, a range of boats used by the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit * ''Targa'', unreleased version of video game '' Rendering Ranger: R2'' * Targa, a pen by Sheaffer * Truevision TGA, or TARGA, an image file format * UP Targa, a German paraglider design See also * Targe, a general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Del Campo 29 Rosso
Via or VIA may refer to the following: Science and technology * MOS Technology 6522, Versatile Interface Adapter * ''Via'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae * Via (electronics), a through-connection * VIA Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of electronics * Virtual Interface Adapter, a network protocol * Virtual Interface Architecture, a networking standard used in high-performance computing Education * VIA Vancouver Institute for the Americas, an organization dedicated to education for sustainable development, since 1998 operating in Canada * VIA University College, a university college (Danish: professionshøjskole), since 2008 established in Denmark * VIA, Association of Information Sciences (Dutch: VIA Vereniging Informatiewetenschappen Amsterdam), at the University of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands Transportation * The name for a Roman road, e.g., ''Via Appia'' * VIA was the ICAO airline designator for Venezuelan airline Viasa (1960-1977) * VIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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