Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In this period too the Via Giulia was famous as a venue for parties and entertainment for the common people: in 1720 the Sienese held a festival to celebrate the promotion of Marc'Antonio Zondadari to Grand Master of the Order of Malta; [22] Fireworks were set off near the Fontanone di Ponte Sisto; [57] two triumphal arches were raised above ...
Pasian di Prato (Friulian: Pasiàn di Prât) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 3 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of Udine.
Colloredo di Monte Albano (Friulian: Colorêt di Montalban) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Udine.
The Colloredo, who originated from Friuli Venezia Giulia, married the Countess Delia Maria Silvestri of Cingoli. Their son Fabio, born in 1705, married the Countess Teresa Flamini-Antici thus inheriting the original villa. The last member of the Colloredo family owning the property was the former-count Rudolf Colloredo who died in 1961.
Among the artworks that decorate the interior, the cycle of frescoes depicting the Storie di David by Francesco Salviati represents an important work of Mannerism. The palace also housed hundreds of paintings that would become the nucleus of the Pinacoteca Capitolina. Palazzo Sacchetti is widely considered the most important palace in Via ...
The Colloredo family is originally from Colloredo di Monte Albano, Italy, where they owned numerous estates. According to family tradition, it descends from the Swabian Lords of Waldsee . Allegedly, Liebhart ( Liobardo ) of Waldsee came to Italy attending King Conrad II and about 1031 was enfeoffed by Patriarch Poppo of Aquileia with Mels ...
Virgilio Spada, "deputato sopra la Congregazione delle Carceri di casa Giulia" and brother of Cardinal Bernardino, had the survey of Corte Savella carried out and commissioned Del Grande to draw up a restructuring project, but Innocent X decided to build a new prison between Via Giulia, the Tiber and Piazza Padella. [5]
Ermes di Colloredo (28 March 1622 – 21 September 1692) was an Italian count and writer who served the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Holy Roman Emperor and the Republic of Venice. [1] He is widely considered the father and innovator of Friulian literature .