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Fascinating stories from each day of the year about the people and events that have shaped the culture and history of Italy

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Showing posts with label Frascati. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Frascati. Show all posts

29 May 2025

Baldassare Cossa – Antipope

The colourful career of a pirate who became a pope A 1713 depiction of John XXIII by French printmaker Bernard Picart Baldassare Cossa, who ...

20 January 2019

Rafael Bombelli – mathematician

First person to explain algebra in simple language The front cover of the 1579 edition of Bombelli's text, published in Bologna...

21 October 2017

Domenichino - Baroque master

Artist whose talents rivalled Raphael Domenichino's picture St John the Evangelist sold for £9.2 million in 2009 The painter D...

15 September 2017

The first free public school in Europe

Frascati sees groundbreaking development in education José de Calasanz arrived in Rome from his native Aragon in 1592 The first fr...

24 May 2017

Charles Emmanuel IV – King of Sardinia

Monarch who was descended from Charles I of England Court painter Domenico Duprà's portrait of Charles Emmanuel IV Charles E...

31 January 2016

Charles Edward Stuart – royal exile

Bonnie Prince Charlie’s heart will forever be in Frascati A portrait of Charles Edward Stuart - Bonnie Prince Charlie - painted by A...

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