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Showing posts with label Livorno. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Livorno. Show all posts
3 December 2022

Matilde Malenchini – painter

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The tempestuous life of a talented Tuscan artist Vincenzo Camuccini's portrait of Malenchini, from about 1815 The painter Matilde Malenc...
24 March 2019

Guido Menasci - poet, librettist and biographer

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Respected writer and historian who found fame from an opera Guido Menasci (right) with fellow librettist Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, f...
8 February 2019

Italo Santelli - fencer

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Olympic medallist famous for real ‘duel’ Italo Santelli set new standards for sabre fencing with his own technique The Olympic fence...
24 October 2018

Sir Moses Montefiore - businessman

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Italian-born philanthropist who made his fortune in London A late 18th century photograph of the Jewish philanthropist Moses Montefior...
14 August 2018

Giorgio Chiellini - footballer

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Juventus star renowned for defensive excellence Giorgio Chiellini won 97 caps for the Italian national team but missed out on trophies...
6 August 2018

Battle of Meloria

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Naval loss that sparked decline of Pisa as trading power An artist's visualisation of the Battle of Meloria The decline of the Re...
11 August 2017

Massimiliano Allegri - football coach

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Former AC Milan boss has topped Conte's record Massimiliano Allegri led Juventus to three consecutive league and cup doubles M...
2 August 2017

Pietro Mascagni – composer

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One opera was enough to build reputation of musician Pietro Mascagni in 1890, the year his opera Cavalleria Rusticana, was first pl...
10 April 2017

The Moby Prince disaster

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Tragic toll of collision between ferry and tanker The charred wreck of the Moby Prince pictured in the days after the tragedy that cl...