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Milan's Palazzo di Brera which houses the Braidense Library The library is located in the Palazzo di Brera , an imposing building constructed by the Jesuits in the 17th century. In addition to the library, it is also home to the Brera Art Gallery , the Brera Astronomical Observatory , the Brera Botanical Gardens , the Lombard Institute of ...
Metropolitan City of Milan: 1980 93; i, ii (cultural) The complex of the Dominican Convent in Milan was constructed in the second half of the 15th century; it is partially attributed to Bramante. The northern wall of the reflectory of the convent features the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, a masterpiece of High Renaissance art. [10]
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Naval mine, or sea mine, a mine at sea, either floating or on the sea bed, often dropped via parachute from aircraft, or otherwise lain by surface ships or submarines Parachute mine , an air-dropped "sea mine" falling gently under a parachute, used as a high-capacity cheaply-cased large bomb against ground targets
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Leonardo wrote aerodynamic studies in a notebook eventually titled ''Codex on the Flight of Birds''. [1] The Barsanti-Matteucci engine, the first proper internal combustion engine The voltaic pile presented by Alessandro Volta to Napoleone Bonaparte Alessandro Cruto, creator of the first practical long-lasting incandescent light bulb [2]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Wednesday warned that credit card companies devaluing or canceling reward points, cash back or miles rewards programs may be breaking the law.
Milan (/ m ɪ ˈ l æ n / mil-AN, US also / m ɪ ˈ l ɑː n / mil-AHN, [5] [6] Milanese: ⓘ; Italian: Milano ⓘ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban population [7] and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.