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Showing posts with label Lake Como. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lake Como. Show all posts
19 December 2018

Giulio Ricordi - music publisher

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Entrepreneur who ‘discovered’ the great Giacomo Puccini  Giulio Ricordi took over Casa Ricordi from his father in 1888 Giulio Ricord...
23 June 2018

Giuseppina Tuissi - partisan

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Key figure in capture and execution of Mussolini Giuseppina Tuissi came from a strong anti-fascist background near Milan Giuseppina ...
13 November 2017

Alberto Lattuada – film director

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Versatility and eye for talent made him leading figure Alberto Lattuada helped launch many careers in Italian cinema A leading fi...
15 October 2017

Angelo Schiavio - footballer

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Scored goal that won Italy's first World Cup Angelo Schiavio played all his club football with Bologna Angelo Schiavio, the he...
30 June 2017

Allegra Versace – heiress

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‘Favourite niece’ who inherited Gianni fortune Allegra Versace at a show in Milan with her mother, Donatella The heiress Allegra ...
26 June 2017

Alberto Rabagliati - singer and actor

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Performer found fame through radio Alberto Rabagliati won a contest as a Rudolph Valentino lookalike The singer and movie actor Alb...
1 December 2016

Alberto Cova - Olympic champion

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Los Angeles gold completed 10k hat-trick Alberto Cova in his moment of triumph at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles Alberto Cova, the...
23 September 2016

Mussolini's last stand

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Deposed dictator proclaims Republic of Salò  A Luftwaffe general inspects soldiers of the Italian Social Republic in Rome in 1943 In...
28 April 2016

The death of Benito Mussolini

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Fascist dictator captured and killed on shores of Lake Como A small cross bearing Mussolini's name marks the spot in Giulino di Me...