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Sandro Filipepi called Botticelli
The magician of line He was born in Florence in 1445, his father was a tanner. The nickname Botticelli was given to him by his brother Giovanni, known as the Botticello. After he worked ...
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Dante Alighieri
(Florence 1265- Ravenna 1321) Is considered the father of Italian literature. His major work, “The Divine Comedy” is considered to be one of the world’s literary ...
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The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel was built by will of Pope Sixtus IV between 1475 and 1481, based on a project by Baccio Pontelli. On October 27, 1481, the painters Cosimo ...
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Manzoni, Alessandro
(Milan 1785-1873) Son of Pietro Manzoni and Giulia Beccaria (Cesare Beccaria’s daughter) who went to live in Paris with Carlo Imbonati, Alessandro studied in various ...
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Sandro Filipepi called Botticelli
The magician of line He was born in Florence in 1445, his father was a tanner. The nickname Botticelli was given to him by his brother Giovanni, known as the Botticello. After he worked ...
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Dante Alighieri
(Florence 1265- Ravenna 1321) Is considered the father of Italian literature. His major work, “The Divine Comedy” is considered to be one of the world’s literary ...
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The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel was built by will of Pope Sixtus IV between 1475 and 1481, based on a project by Baccio Pontelli. On October 27, 1481, the painters Cosimo ...
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Manzoni, Alessandro
(Milan 1785-1873) Son of Pietro Manzoni and Giulia Beccaria (Cesare Beccaria’s daughter) who went to live in Paris with Carlo Imbonati, Alessandro studied in various ...
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The challenge between Sicily and Tuscany
Italian literature originated in the Swabian court, the language did not The poets of the so-called Swabian court, towards the middle of the XIII century, composed poetry according to the troubadour model not in Provencal, ...
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Italian sprinkled with Arabic
Words from Sicily, from the sea and from Spain The Italian vocabulary contains many words of Arab origin, but they did not all arrive at the same time or from the same place.
Sicily was an Arab colony for ...
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The origin of the Italian language
From the north-east to Sicily they claim its primogeniture The first documents in Italian date back to the end of the X century, even though already during the VIII century the use of the vernacular among ...
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The Uffizi Gallery
Florence
The History and the Place : The building which hosts the Uffizi Gallery, is one of the master pieces of XVI century architecture. Projected in 1560 by Giorgio ...
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