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Atri ( Ἀτρία; Latin: Adria, Atria, Hadria, or Hatria) is a comune in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Atri is the setting of the poem The Bell of Atri by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Its name is the origin of the name of the Emperor Hadrian, whose family came from the town.
Hatria (Greek: Ἀτρία) may refer to: Hatria, an alternative spelling for the Etruscan city that is now Adria in the Veneto region of Northern Italy Hatria, an alternative spelling for the city that is now Atri in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy
The tomb is located approximately 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) south-east of Rome, along the route of the ancient Via Labicana between the city and the town of Labici. [15] The tomb was decorated with various marble reliefs. [17] The part of the lower storey excavated in 1970 consisted of a semi-interred burial chamber measuring 3.5 × 3.5 m. [18]
Adria is a town and comune in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and Po.The remains of the Etruscan [3] city of Atria or Hatria are to be found below the modern city, three to four metres below the current level.
The Gallery of Maps [1] (Italian: Galleria delle carte geografiche) is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti. [1]
Statue of Carlo Barberini: Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome 1630 Sculpture Marble Life-size 27 [33] Self-Portrait as a Mature Man (Bernini) [Wikidata] Uffizi, Florence 1630–1635 Painting Oil on canvas 62 cm × 46 cm (24.4 in × 18.1 in) NA [34] Saint Longinus: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City 1631–1638 Sculpture Marble Height 440 cm (174 in ...
The palazzo hosts the Galleria Spada, the Cardinal Spada's collection, which includes four galleries of 16th and 17th-century paintings by Andrea del Sarto, Niccolò Tornioli, Guido Reni, Titian, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Guercino, Rubens, Dürer, Caravaggio, Domenichino, the Carracci, Salvator Rosa, Parmigianino, Francesco Solimena, Michelangelo Cerquozzi, Pietro Testa, Giambattista Gaulli, and ...
Facing the statue, up a grand staircase, is a domed Pantheon (a copy of the Pantheon in Rome) with a Doric portico flanked by two marble statues of the prophets Jeremiah and Job. At the time Genoa was a major centre of learning within Italy and attracted reformists and an affluent bourgeoisie. Wishing to place long-lasting memorials to remember ...