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Bianzè
Bianzè is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, about northeast of Turin and about west of Vercelli Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC. .... Notable people * Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676), painter and nun * Paolo Comotto (1824–1897), diplomat * Andrea Ferrero (1903–1996), diplomat *Francesco Giacinto Gonzaga (1616–1630), nobleman and abbot * Lorenzo Bernardino Pinto (1704–1788), architect References Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Vercelli-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Ferrero
Andrea Ferrero (18 Novembre 1903 – 10 June 1996) was an Italian diplomat. After graduating in law in Turin, he joined Italy's foreign service, working as a diplomat in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, New York City, Moscow, and Athens. After World War II he became Second Secretary in London. In this capacity, he helped with the repatriation of Italian prisoners of war. Ferrero then served as Counsellor in Cairo from 1950 to 1954, during the critical times of the Egyptian Revolution. In that period, the Italian ambassador to Egypt died and Italy, following the dictates of the British, did not appoint a new ambassador, in order to avoid to specify whether the new representative would be accredited to King Farouk as King of Egypt or King of Egypt and Sudan. Thus Ferrero became the ''chargé d'affaires'', providing reports about the conflict in this capacity. In the mid 1950s he served as Consul General in Geneva and Italian Delegate to the United Nations in the same city. Ferrero th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Vercelli
The province of Vercelli () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is Vercelli. , it has an area of and a total population of some 176,000. It is an area known for the cultivation of rice. Main sights In 2003, UNESCO added the Sacro Monte di Varallo, Sacred Mountain of Varallo to the World Heritage Site, World Heritage List. Other historical sights include the Basilica di Sant'Andrea, Basilica of Sant'Andrea in Vercelli. There are also numerous natural sights in the Valsesia area. Municipalities There are 82 ''comuni'' (: ''comune'') in the province. The largest by population are: The full list is: * Alagna Valsesia * Albano Vercellese * Alice Castello * Alto Sermenza * Arborio, Piedmont, Arborio * Asigliano Vercellese * Balmuccia * Balocco * Bianzè * Boccioleto * Borgo Vercelli * Borgo d'Ale * Borgosesia * Buronzo * Campertogno * Carcoforo * Caresana, Piedmont, Caresana * Caresanablot * Carisio * Casanova Elvo * Cellio con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsola Maddalena Caccia
Orsola Maddalena Caccia, born Theodora Caccia (1596–1676) was an Italian mannerist painter and Catholic nun. She painted religious images, altarpieces, and still lifes. Biography The daughter of painter Guglielmo Caccia and Laura Olivia, she was baptized Theodora Orsola on December 4, 1596. In 1620, she entered the Ursulines convent at Bianzè, where she changed her name to Orsola Maddalena after she took her vows. Four of her sisters had already taken their vows there and two years later, her other sister joined the same convent.Fonturnati, Vera, Jordana Pomeroy, and Claudio Strinati. “Orsoloa Maddalena Caccia”, Italian Women Artists: from Renaissance to Baroque. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2007. pg. 214 At the time, Bianzé was a fortified outpost on the frontier between the lands of the Gonzaga, the dukes of Mantua and Monferrato, and the duchy of Savoy and was often in the path of warring armies. To find a safer home for his daughters, Gugli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Bernardino Pinto
Lorenzo Bernardino Pinto di Barri (9 August 1704 – 18 March 1788) was an Italian architect. His works include the Fort San Vittorio of Tortona. Biography He was born in 1704 in Bianzè, the son of the surgeon Giuseppe Ferdinando Antonio and Petronilla Pinto. He joined the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1730, when he obtained the rank of second lieutenant in artillery. Thanks to his ability to understand the problems of fortifications, he was promoted to lieutenant on 18 May 1737. In 1744 during the siege of Cuneo he gave proof of courage by remaining on the front line and risking his life in the collapse of the walls caused by a mine by the besiegers. The excellent performance provided at Cuneo earned him the promotion to the rank of colonel of the royal corps of engineers, the role in which he directed the siege of Savona in 1744, conquering the city in just 18 days. After this feat, King Charles Emmanuel III decided to give Pinto the knight's cross of the Mauritian Order. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest. Piedmont also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west. Piedmont has an area of , making it the second-largest region of Italy after Sicily. It has 4,255,702 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, which was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Toponymy The French ''Piedmont'', the Italian ''Piemonte'', and other variant cognates come from the medieval Latin or , i.e. , meaning "at the foot of the mountains" (referring to the Alps), attested in documents from the end of the 12th century. Geography Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monte Viso, Monviso, where the Po River, river Po rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders France (Auvergne-Rhône ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Statistics (Italy)
The Italian National Institute of Statistics (; Istat) is the primary source of official statistics in Italy. The institute conducts a variety of activities, including the census of population, economic censuses, and numerous social, economic, and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is the largest producer of statistical information in Italy and is actively involved in the European Statistical System, which is overseen by Eurostat. History The Italian National Institute of Statistics () was established by Legislative decree no. 1162 on 9 July, 1926, as the Central Institute of Statistics () in order to replace the General Statistics Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (Italy), Ministry of Agriculture. Corrado Gini was established as the first director of the institute, under the authority of the head of state. The institute, with a staff of about 170 workers, was charged with publishing the data of the 6th general population census, gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, title of (). Formed according to the principles consolidated in Medieval commune, medieval municipalities, the is provided for by article 114 of the Constitution of Italy. It can be divided into , which in turn may have limited power due to special elective assemblies. In the autonomous region of the Aosta Valley, a is officially called a in French. Overview The provides essential public services: Civil registry, registry of births and deaths, registry of deeds, and maintenance of local roads and public works. Many have a (), which is responsible for public order duties. The also deal with the definition and compliance with the (), a document that regulates the building activity within the communal area. All communal structures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po (river), River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 856,745 as of 2025, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city was historically a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Turin is sometimes called "the cradle of Italian liberty" for having been the politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vercelli
Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC. The city is situated on the Sesia River in the Pianura padana, plain of the Po River between Milan and Turin. It is an important centre for the cultivation of rice and is surrounded by rice paddies, which are flooded in the summer. The climate is typical of the Po Valley with cold, foggy winters ( in January) and oppressive heat during the summer months ( in July). Rainfall is most prevalent during the spring and autumn; thunderstorms are common in the summer. The languages spoken in Vercelli are Italian language, Italian and Piedmontese language, Piedmontese; the variety of Piedmontese native to the city is called ''Varsleis''. The world's first university funded by public money was established in Vercelli in 1228 (the seventh universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Comotto
Paolo is a masculine given name, the Italian form of the name Paul. It may refer to: People Art * Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American sculptor * Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter * Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649), Italian painter * Paolo Buggiani (born 1933), Italian contemporary artist * Paolo Carosone (born 1941), Italian painter and sculptor * Paolo Moranda Cavazzola (1486–1522), Italian painter * Paolo Farinati (), Italian painter * Paolo Fiammingo (–1596), Flemish painter * Paolo Domenico Finoglia (–1645), Italian painter * Paolo Grilli (1857–1952), Italian sculptor and painter * Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728), Italian painter * Paolo Monaldi, Italian painter * Paolo Pagani (1655–1716), Italian painter * Paolo Persico (–1796), Italian sculptor * Paolo Pino (1534–1565), Italian painter * Paolo Gerolamo Piola (1666–1724), Italian painter * Paolo Porpora (1617–1673), Italian painter * Paolo Romano (died ), Italian sculptor * Paolo Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
