The Harvey Lee Ross House is a two-story frame, side-gabled house built in approximately 1858 on the farm of Harvey Lee Ross near Vermont, Illinois. The house and several outbuildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1996, based on the distinctive characteristics of the architecture and an association with the […]
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Coordinates: 42°15′N 12°48′E A comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Latium, located about 45 km northeast of Rome and about 20 km southwest of Rieti. Country: ItalyRegion: LatiumProvince: Rieti (RI)Frazioni: Collelungo Sabino
Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698 – c.1765) was an Italian composer who is best known for his operas. Biography He was born at Bitonto (Province of Bari) in the Apulia region and was a pupil of Giovanni Veneziano and Giuliano Perugino at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto. In 1738 he collaborated with Leonardo Leo
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Fulvio Mingozzi (born 6 October 1925 in Lagosanto, Ferrara, Italy; died 19 September 2000 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian character actor best known for his prolific work in Italian cinema from the mid‑1960s through the mid‑1980s. He appeared in numerous films in brief, often uncredited roles, frequently portraying policemen, drivers, minor officials, or other
Bedford is a large market town in Bedfordshire, England. Bedford was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse, and is thought to have been the burial place of King Offa of Mercia, who is remembered for building Offa’s Dyke on the Welsh border. Bedford Castle was built by Henry I, although it was destroyed in 1224. Bedford was granted borough status in 1165 and has
David Hofer is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 39th in the individual sprint and 53rd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit events.
Domenico Gargiulo (c. 1609 – c. 1675), better known by his nickname Micco Spadaro, was an Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman who served as the preeminent “visual chronicler” of 17th-century Naples. 🎨 Unlike many of his contemporaries who focused on idealized religious subjects, Gargiulo is celebrated for his vivid, topographically accurate depictions of contemporary Neapolitan
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Giovanni Andrea Sirani (4 September 1610 – 21 May 1670) was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker of the Bolognese School. 🎨 A primary pupil and close collaborator of the legendary Guido Reni, Sirani became a central figure in the mid-17th century art scene in Bologna, eventually succeeding Reni as the head of his prestigious
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