that a Florentine won‚ Salvi was awarded the commission anyway. The work began in 1732‚ and the fountain was completed in 1762. It cost almost 20 years. Salvi died in 1751‚ with his work half-finished. The Trevi Fountain was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Panini. The first purpose of building it was originally to provide water from Aqua Virgo aqueduct for thermal baths. The fountain was refurbished in 1998; the stonework was scrubbed and the fountain provided with recycling pumps. And now‚ it is
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of Ferdinand de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine. In Pazzia‚ Isabella was required to feign madness‚ imitate all the other actors in her troupe‚ and speak several languages. She apparently performed this piece so spectacularly that one spectator‚ Giuseppe Pavoni‚ declared that the audience was so awed that “as long as the world goes on‚ her beautiful eloquence and worth will be praised”. Isabella performed twice for Henry IV‚ King of France‚ and his wife
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What we found was a city literally "frozen in time". About two thousand inhabitants were unable to get away in time and perished. Archaeologist‚ Giuseppe Fiorelli devised a technique for injecting plaster into the cavities left by decomposed bodies in the volcanic materials. When the plaster hardened‚ a cast was formed showing the bodies exactly as they died‚ right down to the expressions on their
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An admirer of Wagner‚ Beethoven‚ Verdi‚ and Puccini‚ Gershwin “was profoundly impressed with those qualities in the works of the great masters of music that gave them their long-lived vitality; the qualities of originality … works to triumph over the changing works of centuries” (381-Out)
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The son of a fisherman‚ Galante was born in an East Harlem tenement to Vincenzo "James" Galante an immigrant from the town of San Germano dei Berici in Veneto and Vincenza Russo‚ who had immigrated from Castellammare del Golfo‚ Sicily in 1906. His career in crime started when he was only 11‚ forming a juvenile street gang on New York’s Lower East Side. He is the father of Bonanno family reputed capo James Galante. As a teenager‚ Galante became a mafia associate during the Prohibition era‚ becoming
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As I approach the Royal Portal also known as the west façade‚ to the left and the right of are the northern and southern tower. The south tower was completed in 1160 and is 349 feet tall. The North Star is 377 feet tall and is capped by a spire added in the early 16th century to an already existing tower. Between the towers are the three lancet windows. As I enter the central portal I look up and I see the breathtaking clerestory windows the high 120 feet ceilings‚ and large buttresses‚ your eyes
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Magnitude is a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake. It may be expressed using several magnitude scales. One of these‚ Used in Southern California‚ is called the Richter scale. To calculate magnitude‚ the amplitude of waves on a seismogram is measured‚ correcting for the distance between the recording instrument and the earthquake epicentre. Since magnitude is representative of the earthquake itself‚ there is thus only one magnitude per quake. Taking the Lawton
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But the Renaissance was not the missing piece to make Italy as one. A nationalist named Giuseppe Garibaldi in the late 1840’s began a unification movement. He controlled southern Italy while the Savoy family‚ who was the northern Italian royalty‚ succeeded in defeating the Austrians who wanted to take over. In 1866‚ Savoy King Vittorio Emanuele
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Europe such as Italy‚ Germany and Russia‚ who used strong national pride for national unification purposes. Count Camillo Cavour managed to remove Austrian influence from all parts of Italy through a series of wars‚ thus spurring intense nationalism. Giuseppe Garibaldi‚ another Italian nationalist‚ raised a volunteer army in 1860 and drove Spain from the Kingdom of Two Siciles‚ thereby uniting all of Italy under Victor Emmanuel. Similarly‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ appointed by William I in 1861‚ was able to
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On September 15‚ 1945‚ in Augusta‚ Georgia‚ Jessye Mae Norman was born. Her parents were Silas Norman and Janie King-Norman. Silas was her father and Janie was her mother. Her mother was a schoolteacher and her father was an insurance salesman. She had five other siblings who were all musicians but not professional. Her mother‚ Janie‚ and her grandmother were both pianist. Her father‚ Silas‚ was a singer in a choir. Like all great musicians start‚ Jessye began playing the piano at age 2! For
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