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Showing posts with label Emilia-Romagna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emilia-Romagna. Show all posts
22 October 2023

Ettore Boiardi - entrepreneur

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Emilian immigrant who founded canned pasta brand Boiardi wowed diners with his signature pasta sauce Ettore Boiardi, the former New York che...
16 April 2019

Felice Pedroni - prospector

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Italian’s discovery sparked Fairbanks Gold Rush Felice Pedroni, a photograph taken in Alaska in the early 20th century The gold pros...
12 July 2018

Agostino Codazzi - soldier and map-maker

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Italian who mapped first route for Panama Canal Agostino Codazzi became a national hero in Venezuela after fighting for Napoleon Ago...
10 June 2018

Carlo Ancelotti - football manager

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Four-times winner of the Champions League Carlo Ancelotti in the Milan colours in which he twice won European football's top pri...
11 April 2018

Battle of Ravenna

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Thousands die in pointless conflict of the Italian Wars The chaos of the Battle of Ravenna depicted in a 15th century woodcut French...
24 December 2017

Lazzaro Ponticelli – war veteran

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Wounded soldier survived to set records for longevity Lazzaro Ponticelli as a young soldier in the First World War Lazzaro Pontic...
19 December 2017

Alberto Tomba – Italy’s greatest skier

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Playboy showman who won three Olympic golds Alberto Tomba (right) pictured with the legendary Austrian skier Franz Klammer  Ital...
11 December 2017

Gianni Morandi – actor and pop singer

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Veteran entertainer has sold 50 million records  Gianni Morandi has been in the music business for 55 years The singer Gianni Mo...
29 April 2017

Liberation of Fornovo di Taro

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How Brazilian soldiers hastened Nazi capitulation The moment at which General Otto Fretter-Pico (second left) formally surrendered to ...