Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cortona (/ k ɔːr ˈ t oʊ n ə /, Italian: [korˈtoːna]) is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic centre of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo .
Cortana was a virtual assistant developed by Microsoft that used the Bing search engine to perform tasks such as setting reminders and answering questions for users.. Cortana was available in English, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese language editions, depending on the software platform and region in which it was used.
Cortona Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Cortona, Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cortona, Tuscany, central Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. [1] It was the seat of the Bishops of Cortona from 1507 to 1986, and is now a co-cathedral in the present Diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro.
Pietro da Cortona (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro da (k)korˈtoːna]; 1 November 1596 or 1597 [1] – 16 May 1669 [2]) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini , he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture .
The Tabula Cortonensis (sometimes also Cortona Tablet) is a 2200-year-old, inscribed bronze tablet in the Etruscan language, discovered in Cortona, Italy. [1] It may record for posterity the details of an ancient legal transaction which took place in the ancient Tuscan city of Cortona , known to the Etruscans as Curtun .
Santa Maria Nuova, Cortona The church of Santa Maria Nuova is a Roman Catholic place of worship, located just outside the walls of the town of Cortona , in Tuscany , Italy. Construction
Inside can be seen some distinguished artworks, including the Nativity of Raffaello Vanni, the Annunciation by Pietro da Cortona, St. Anthony of Padua and the miracle of the mule by Cigoli (1597), and the Virgin in glory among the saints by Ciro Ferri.
The facade of the church San Domenico in Cortona. San Domenico is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church located on via Berrettini in Cortona, region of Tuscany, Italy.