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Historia destructionis Troiae ('History of the destruction of Troy'), also called Historia Troiana, is a Latin prose narrative written by Guido delle Colonne, a Sicilian author, in the late 13th century. Its main source was the Old French verse romance by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie. The author claims that the bulk of the work was ...
Guido delle Colonne (in Latin Guido de Columnis or de Columna) was a 13th-century Italian judge and writer, [1] who lived in Messina. He is the author of a prose narrative of the Trojan War entitled Historia destructionis Troiae ("History of the destruction of Troy," 1287), that was based on De excidio Trojae historia written by Dares Phrygius ...
The site of the Roman ruins is located on a dune peninsula that separates the Sado estuary from the Atlantic Ocean. During Roman times it may well have been an island. At the time of the Roman occupation of Portugal the richness of fish and salt in the estuary of the River Sado led to the creation of fish industries centred on Cetóbriga (now Setúbal) and the Tróia Peninsula, and the area ...
Published in his Voyage de la Troade, it was the most commonly proposed location for almost a century. [31] In 1822, the Scottish journalist Charles Maclaren was the first to identify with confidence the position of the city as it is now known. [32] [33] The first excavations at the site were trenches by British civil engineer John Brunton in ...
It is also known as Zona Colonial (Colonial Zone) or more colloquially as "La Zona" (The Zone). The Ciudad Colonial is located on the west bank of the Ozama River , which bisects the city. It covers 1.06 km 2 (0.41 sq mi) bounded by a walled perimeter.
The Tróia Peninsula seen from Serra da Arrábida. Tróia (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a peninsula located in Grândola Municipality (parish of Carvalhal ), Portugal, next to the Sado River estuary. Tourism is the peninsula's main economic activity due to its long beaches facing the Atlantic.
The Trojan Horse (Italian: La guerra di Troia) is a 1961 Italian peplum film set in the tenth and final year of the Trojan War. The film focuses primarily on the exploits of the Trojan hero Aeneas during this time. The film was directed by Giorgio Ferroni and stars Steve Reeves as Aeneas and John Drew Barrymore as Odysseus.
The civilizing mission (Spanish: misión civilizadora; Portuguese: Missão civilizadora; French: Mission civilisatrice) is a political rationale for military intervention and for colonization purporting to facilitate the cultural assimilation of indigenous peoples, especially in the period from the 15th to the 20th centuries.