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Poggio di Guccio (the surname Bracciolini added during his career) [3] was born near Arezzo, in Tuscany, in the village of Terranuova, which in 1862 was renamed Terranuova Bracciolini in his honor. Taken by his father to Florence to pursue the studies for which he appeared so apt, he studied Latin under the amanuensis Giovanni Malpaghino [ 4 ...
Poggioreale (Sicilian: Poggiuriali) is a ghost town and comune in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Belice valley. Its economy was mostly based on agriculture and fruit cultivation.
Poggio is an Italian word meaning "knoll". It may refer to: Places France ... Poggio di San Remo, a frazione of San Remo, Imperia, Liguria; Poggio Filippo, ...
Giannino di Guccio, 14th century man who claimed to be the adult version of the deceased child king John I the Posthumous of France; Mario Guccio (1953-2018) lead vocalist of Belgian rock band Machiavel; Poggio di Guccio, 15th century Italian soldier
Until the 18th century most funeral monuments were located inside churches, closer to the divine air, and where they could either buy a generation of prayer, or at least be entombed within earshot of genuflecting masses, so as to be lifted into heaven by their overhead chants.
Poggio dei Pini, literally “Pine Knoll” is a locality situated in south-west Sardinia, about 15 km from Cagliari, the island's capital. It is a frazione of the municipality Capoterra . The village, with about 4,000 inhabitants, is of a type unique in Sardinia, and unusual in Italy.
Poggi del Sasso is about 37 km from Grosseto and 10 km from Cinigiano, and it is situated along the provincial road which links Sasso d'Ombrone to the castle of Montecucco and the hamlet of Piantaverna.
The first excavations at Poggio Colla were directed by Francesco Nicosia from 1968 to 1972. From 1995 to 2012, the site was excavated annually by the Mugello Valley Archaeological Project (MVAP) under the direction of Gregory Warden and Michael Thomas; MVAP is sponsored by Southern Methodist University and the University of Pennsylvania. [2]