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Fiesole (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfjɛːzole]) is a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a scenic height above Florence, 5 km (3 miles) northeast of that city. It has structures dating to Etruscan and Roman times. Founded in the seventh century BC as Vipsul, the city became one of the most ...
Diocese of Fiesole. The Diocese of Fiesole (Latin: Dioecesis Fesulana) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Tuscany, central Italy, whose episcopal see is the city of Fiesole. Fiesole was directly subject to the pope until 1420, when the archdiocese of Florence was created and Fiesole was made one of its suffragan bishops. [1]
Name of Hungary. "Iuhra", "the place of origin of Hungarians " (inde ungaroru origo) on Sigismund von Herberstein 's map of AD 1549 of Moscovia, located east of the Ob River. Hungary, the name in English for the European country, is an exonym derived from the Medieval Latin Hungaria. The Latin name itself derives from the ethnonyms (H)ungarī ...
The World Tree carved on a pot. Amongst the modern religions, Hungarian mythology is closest to the cosmology of Uralic peoples. In Hungarian myth, the world is divided into three spheres: the first is the Upper World (Felső világ), the home of the gods; the second is the Middle World (Középső világ) or world we know, and finally the underworld (Alsó világ).
The cathedral from above. Fiesole Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di San Romolo, Duomo di Fiesole), officially the Cathedral of Saint Romulus of Fiesole, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fiesole, Tuscany, central Italy. It is the seat of the Bishop of Fiesole and is dedicated to Saint Romulus.
The Badia Fiesolana was a medieval and renaissance period Roman Catholic monastery located in the town of Fiesole (in the quarter of San Domenico), northeast of Florence, Italy. Since 1976 the building is the main seat of the European University Institute. [1] The original Camaldolese monks building was completed in 1028 and was subsequently ...
Diocese of Fiesole. Sant'Alessandro near the top of the highest point in Fiesole. The Basilica of Sant'Alessandro is a Catholic church in Fiesole, Italy. Built in the 6th century on the site of an Etruscan temple, it is the oldest church in Fiesole. The neoclassical façade was added in the early 19th century, while the interior remains largely ...
A man speaking Hungarian. Hungarian, or Magyar (magyar nyelv, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈɲɛlv] ⓘ), is a Uralic language of the Ugric branch spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union.