His heart is preserved inside Basilica dei Frari in Venice, but his body lies in Possagno, hometown of the artist, located into the hills of the Marca Trevigiana, where he loved to come back often.
The great artist, the most representative of the Neoclassi
Lorenzo Da Ponte was born in Ceneda (now Vittorio Veneto) in 1749, under the name of Emanuele Conegliano, from a wealthy family of Jewish ancestry. In 1763, at 14 years old, He change his name with the name of the Bishop who baptized him, Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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Cipro have always had a strategic importance for the Serenissima Republic: his position in the middle of the Mediterranean see makes the island an essential target for the safety of Venetian trades.
Giacomo II Lusignano reigned in Cipro in 1468; &
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Giorgione was born between 1477 and 1478 in Castelfranco Veneto, where he left two important work: the Fregio nella Casa Marta (now Giorgione's House museum), and the altarpiece in the Cathedral. Not much is known about his life and his youth training. In Venice
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Eleonora met Gabriele in 1894. She was 37 years old and he was younger than her. She had the passion for stage performance in her blood, while he had poetical inspiration running through his veins. She was famous all over the world and he was starting to
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The ancient hills in the Treviso's country, the castle of Conegliano, the church of San Leonardo, the castles of Saint Salvatore and Collalto: We, children of the twentieh century, can understand how these enchanting landscapes were half a millennium a
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