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Siege of Pavia (773–774) Carolingian cavalry. Illustration of psalm 60 in the Golden Psalter of St. Gallen, c. 890. The siege or battle of Pavia was fought in 773–774 in northern Italy, near Ticinum (modern Pavia ), and resulted in the victory of the Franks under Charlemagne against the Lombards under King Desiderius .
Aesculus pavia, known as red buckeye or firecracker plant (formerly Pavia rubra ), is a species of deciduous flowering plant. The small tree or shrub is native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States, found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south. [2] It is hardy far to the north of its ...
Pavia (IPA: /paˈviːa/, pronuncia ⓘ; [pɐˈviːɐ] in dialetto pavese) è un comune italiano di 71 371 abitanti, capoluogo della provincia omonima in Lombardia.. Posta lungo la Via Francigena, la Via Francisca e sulle rive del fiume Ticino, poco a nord dalla confluenza di quest'ultimo nel Po, la città affonda le sue origini all'epoca delle tribù galliche; successivamente divenne ...
The Theater of the Four Noble Knights – the original name of Fraschini – was designed to counter the whims of the noble Giacomo Omodei, an aristocrat from Pavia and owner of one of the most popular theaters in the city around the middle of the 18th century. In fact, it seems that Giacomo Omodei forced the public, and the other aristocrats ...
Pavia je mesto v talianskom regióne Lombardsko. Leží na rieke Ticino, neďaleko jej sútoku s riekou Pád. Je vzdialená asi 35 km od Milána. Mesto Pavia je hlavným mestom rovnomennej provinicie, kde hrá významnú úlohu poľnohospodárstvo, hlavne produkcia vína, ryže, obilnín a mliečnych výrobkov. V meste bola založená známa ...
European Champ. Automne Pavia (born 3 January 1989) is a French judoka. [1] In 2012, she won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the class –57 kg. [1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Pavia beat Sarah Clark, Carli Renzi and Sabrina Filzmoser before losing to Kaori Matsumoto in the semi-final. She then beat Hedvig Karakas in her bronze ...
1951. Location. The Ponte Coperto ("Covered Bridge") or the Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a stone and brick arch bridge over the river Ticino in Pavia, Italy. The previous bridge, dating from 1354 (itself a replacement for a Roman construction), was heavily damaged by Allied action in 1945. A debate on whether to fix or replace the bridge ...
