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First established in 1738 as a stand for peddlers, [2] Antica Pizzeria Port'Alba was opened in 1830 in the town center at Via Port'Alba 18. [3] [4] The restaurant replaced street vendors who would make pizza in wood-fired ovens and bring it onto the street, keeping it warm in small tin stoves they balanced on their head. [3]
The most important attraction of the town is the church of San Michele e San Francesco (12th century), which houses a Visitation by the Renaissance master Pontormo.. The 10th century Rocca ("Castle"), in the upper part of the town, is well preserved.
The Island of San Michele (Italian: isola di San Michele, [ˈiːzola di sam miˈkɛːle]; Venetian: ìxoła de San Michièl) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, northern Italy. The island contains San Michele in Isola , a Roman Catholic church, as well as the San Michele Cemetery , Venice ’s principal cemetery.
It first arose near the Torlonga del Castello Carrarese, outside the ancient Roman walls of the city. It was built in 1397 over the ruins of the Santi Arcangeli church, which had been renamed San Michele by the Lombards, who proclaimed Michael the Archangel "patron of Italy" after their victory over the Byzantine Empire [1] The earlier church had been damaged in 1390 by a fire triggered by ...
San Michele all'Adige (Trentino dialect: Samichél [3]) is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Trento.
The Ospizio di San Michele a Ripa Grande (Hospice of St Michael) or Ospizio Apostolico di San Michele in Rome is a complex represented by a series of buildings in the south end of the Rione Trastevere, facing the Tiber River and extending from the bank of Ponte Sublicio for nearly 500 meters.
San Michele Arcangelo or San Michele a Port'Alba is one of four major churches facing Piazza Dante in Naples, Italy. It stands near Port'Alba , a city gate opening to the piazza. Rococo Facade Interior
Looking east from Villa San Michele towards Capri harbor (Marina Grande) Map of Capri with Villa San Michele shown north-east of Anacapri. The Villa San Michele was built about the end of the 19th century on the isle of Capri, Italy, by the Swedish physician and author Axel Munthe. [1]