Heroes-villains Archives - ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû7000 /history/heroes-villains/ ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû7000, Real Estate in Italy, Move to Italy Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-favicon-lifeinitaly-32x32.jpeg Heroes-villains Archives - ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû7000 /history/heroes-villains/ 32 32  Lost Legacy: Dante Alighieri’s final destination is not his hometown Florence /lost-legacy-dante-alighieris-final-destination-is-not-his-hometown-florence/ /lost-legacy-dante-alighieris-final-destination-is-not-his-hometown-florence/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:08:00 +0000 /?p=99619 Probably most people don’t know that the tomb of the renowned Italian poet Dante Alighieri is not located in his beloved Florence but in the heart of Ravenna, Italy. In the Basilica di San Francesco, lies a testament to literary brilliance and cultural significance — the final resting place of […]

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]]> /leonardo-da-vinci/feed/ 0 Great Italian Explorers /great-italian-explorers/ /great-italian-explorers/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:24:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2015/09/25/great-italian-explorers/ Lives of great Italian explorers: Columbus, John and Sebastian Caboto, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Amerigo Vespucci.

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]]> /great-italian-explorers/feed/ 1 Giacomo Casanova: Italy’s Original Ladies Man /giacomo-casanova/ /giacomo-casanova/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2015/10/12/giacomo-casanova-italys-original-ladies-man/ The legend of Giacomo Casanova was large in his own time and has only grown in the past two-hundred years. A mere mention of Casanova brings to mind images of adventure, intrigue and of course, seduction. Even a recent Hollywood movie (starring the late Heath Ledger) that did little justice […]

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]]> /giacomo-casanova/feed/ 0 Michelangelo: The Man /michelangelo/ /michelangelo/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2019 08:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2016/04/29/michelangelo-the-man/ We have many perceptions about the great artist who created the statue of David, the Pietà and painted the Sistine Chapel. Who was the real Michelangelo?

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]]> /michelangelo/feed/ 0 The Great Cagliostro /the-great-cagliostro/ /the-great-cagliostro/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:43:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2016/11/30/the-great-cagliostro/ Cagliostro is arguably one of the greatest and most controversial figures in occultism, although according to many he was a charlatan.

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]]> /the-great-cagliostro/feed/ 0 Antonio Meucci /antonio-meucci/ /antonio-meucci/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2019 09:20:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2012/05/31/antonio-meucci/ Antonio Meucci, the true inventor of the Telephone?

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]]> /antonio-meucci/feed/ 0 The most successful women in Italy /the-most-successful-women-in-italy/ /the-most-successful-women-in-italy/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2019 13:17:45 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2017/03/08/the-most-successful-women-in-italy/ Fashion and science are the fields of the two most powerful Italian Women.

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]]> /the-most-successful-women-in-italy/feed/ 0 Fibonacci: Great Italian Mathematician /fibonacci/ /fibonacci/#respond Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:57:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/07/19/fibonacci-great-italian-mathematician/ The Middle Ages were generally a dark time for most cultural endeavors, but especially for mathematics. Fortunately, around the beginning of the 1200’s an Italian by the name of Leonardo Pisano came along to advanced mathematics significantly – he wrote many books on numerical topics that included his own insightful […]

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]]> /fibonacci/feed/ 0 Caligula: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus /caligula/ /caligula/#respond Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:17:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/07/03/caligula-gaius-julius-caesar-augustus-germanicus/ Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was born on August 31, 12 AD. He was the third of the six children that were born to Caesar Augustus‘ adopted grandson, Germanicus, and his granddaughter, Agrippina. He was born in the ancient town of Antium (modern Anzio), which was located in Central Italy, near the […]

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]]> /caligula/feed/ 0 Rodrigo Borgia – Pope Alexander VI /rodrigo-borgia-pope-alexander-vi/ /rodrigo-borgia-pope-alexander-vi/#respond Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:47:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/06/25/rodrigo-borgia-pope-alexander-vi/ Rodrigo de Borja was born in Xàtiva, near Valencia, in Spain on January 1, 1431. In Italian, he is known as Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia; or more commonly as Pope Alexander VI, the successor to Innocent VIII. Rodrigo’s mother was Isabella Borja and his father was Joffre Llançol. Rodrigo chose to take […]

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]]> /rodrigo-borgia-pope-alexander-vi/feed/ 0 Lucrezia Borgia /lucrezia-borgia/ /lucrezia-borgia/#respond Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:56:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/06/14/lucrezia-borgia/ Born on April 18 1480, Lucrezia Borgia was the daugher of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia and his mistress, Vannozza (Giovanna) dei Cattani. Lucrezia had two older brothers, Giovanni (Juan) and Cesare. She also had a younger brother, Goffredo. Her father doted on his children but had a special bond with his only daughter. […]

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]]> /lucrezia-borgia/feed/ 0 Two Famous Italian Temptresses /two-famous-italian-temptresses/ /two-famous-italian-temptresses/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:10:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2017/03/13/two-famous-italian-temptresses/   Before the twentieth century, one of the ways women could become independent and wealthy was to become a high-class courtesan. However, this was far more difficult than it might at first appear. Class distinction reigned even in the realm of prostitution, and only the most beautiful and the most […]

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]]> /two-famous-italian-temptresses/feed/ 0 Dancer on Wings: Marie Taglioni /marie-taglioni/ /marie-taglioni/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2017/01/12/dancer-on-wings-marie-taglioni/ Marie Taglioni in Zephire She taught Queen Mary of England how to curtsy. Victor Hugo dedicated a book to ‘her feet, to her wings.’ Yet her French ballet teacher complained: “Will that little hunchback ever learn to dance?” He also called her an ‘ugly duckling’ and rejected her at the age […]

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]]> /marie-taglioni/feed/ 0 Cesare Borgia /cesare-borgia/ /cesare-borgia/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2016 21:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2016/11/30/cesare-borgia/   Cesare Borgia was born in 1475. He was the son of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, who would become Pope Alexander VI, and his mistress Vannozza de Cattani. He was also the older brother of Lucrezia Borgia. However, Cesare was probably the most infamous of all the Borgia’s. He is remembered for great […]

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]]> /cesare-borgia/feed/ 0 Niccolò Machiavelli /niccolo-machiavelli/ /niccolo-machiavelli/#respond Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2016/04/30/niccolo-machiavelli/ Niccolò Machiavelli in a painting by Tito di Santi   “They were freer than their forefathers in dress and living, and spent more in other kinds of excesses, consuming their time and money in idleness, gaming, and women; their chief aim was to appear well dressed and to speak with […]

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]]> /niccolo-machiavelli/feed/ 0 Dante Alighieri /dante-alighieri-2/ /dante-alighieri-2/#respond Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2016/01/31/dante-alighieri-2/ Florence Described by many as a living canvas and mainly known as the birthplace of the Renaissance, sophisticated Florence is impressive with its grand palaces, beautiful churches and priceless art collections. It is not for nothing that Florence epitomizes the wealth and extravagance befitting a European cultural capital. Yet this […]

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]]> /dante-alighieri-2/feed/ 0 Nobel Winner Mario R. Capecchi /mario-capecchi/ Thu, 31 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2012/05/31/nobel-winner-mario-r-capecchi/ Mario R. Capecchi In 2007 the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three researchers for their discoveries using embryonic stem cells for gene modifications. One of these men is an Italian-born scientist by the name of Mario R. Capecchi, whose struggle for survival early in life is […]

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