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Showing posts with label Alessandria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alessandria. Show all posts
26 March 2018

Lella Lombardi - racing driver

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Only woman to win points in Formula One Lella Lombardi is one of only two women to start a world championship race in the history of F...
6 March 2018

Augusto Odone – medical pioneer

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Father who invented ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ for sick son Augusto Odone devoted his life to caring for his stricken son Lorenzo Augusto O...
30 March 2017

Ignazio Gardella – architect

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Modernist who created Venetian classic The architect Ignazio Gardella The engineer and architect Ignazio Gardella, considered one of ...
11 February 2017

Carlo Carrà - Futurist artist

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Painter hailed for capturing violence at anarchist's funeral Carlo Carrà, pictured in the late 1930s The painter Carlo Carrà, ...
18 August 2016

Gianni Rivera - footballer and politician

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Milan legend served in the Italian Parliament and as MEP Gianni Rivera, idol of AC Milan fans for almost two decades Gianni Rivera...
14 June 2016

Battle of Marengo

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  Napoleon works up an appetite  driving out the Austrians Napoleon was victorious in battle against the Austrians on this day in 18...
30 April 2016

Pope Pius V - Saint

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Pontiff dismissed jester and clamped down on heretics Saint Pius V: a painting by El Greco The feast day of Saint Pius V is celeb...
5 January 2016

Umberto Eco – novelist and semiotician

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Prolific author became fascinated with signs and symbols Academic and writer Umberto Eco was born on this day in 1932 in Alessandria in...